The Running Man
The Running Man (1987) continued a trend in American mainstream media of critiquing late Reagan-era conservatism through the moral decay of commercial public television. Like Robocop (1987) and Frank Miller’s… Read more »
Tag: Stephen King
Silver Bullet
In fourth grade I took Stephen King’s Cycle Of The Werewolf out from my public library. It was Halloween season and my best friend and I thrilled to Bernie Wrightson’s… Read more »
Sleepwalkers
Mick Garris and Stephen King have had a long and fruitful working relationship together, both good and bad. Their first full fledged collaboration, with Garris directing and King writing, was… Read more »
The Haunting
I’m ashamed to admit that I haven’t seen Robert Wise’s film of The Haunting (1963); nor have I read Shirley Jackson’s acclaimed novel The Haunting Of Hill House. I am,… Read more »
It
When I was growing up our family doctor had something of an obsession with clowns. All over his office were little oil paintings of clowns, dolls of clowns, decorative plates… Read more »
