Stephen King
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The Monkey director calls Stephen King film 'Robert Zemeckis on ecstasy' (exclusive)
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Bill Skarsgård to return as Pennywise on It prequel series Welcome to Derry
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Kiefer Sutherland reveals how he, River Phoenix, and a guitar may have inspired Stand by Me's title
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Read the start of Stephen King's Cujo sequel in excerpt from story collection, You Like It Darker
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Clive Barker adaptations, ranked
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The 20 best horror sequels of all time
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Squish! Bug out to these 25 movies for Halloween
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The 21 best horror anthology series ever
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The 20 best horror villains of all time, ranked
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The 20 best psychological horror movies of all time, ranked
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The 20 best '90s horror movies
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Piper Laurie, Oscar-nominated Carrie and Twin Peaks actress, dies at 91
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The 13 best John Carpenter movies, ranked
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13 new horror movies to give you nightmares this Halloween
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How Pet Sematary: Bloodlines unearthed fresh terrors from Stephen King's original book
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The scariest thing about Stephen King: He loves 'Mambo No. 5' so much his wife nearly divorced him
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Holly Gibney leads her own horrific procedural in Stephen King's new novel Holly: Read an excerpt
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The 24 best horror movies of the '80s
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George Romero movies, ranked
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The best Jack Nicholson performances
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The 19 best Blumhouse horror movies
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Director Mike Flanagan gives update on The Dark Tower TV show: 'We're on a great path'
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Christopher Walken's best roles
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The 20 best dystopian novels of all time
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Chris Messina recalls finding a hand washed up on the beach as a kid: 'It was very Stand by Me'
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Chris Messina's childhood love for Stand by Me led him to The Boogeyman
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Enter the Stephen King Fairy Tale Sweepstakes
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How The Boogeyman director scared up a big-screen release for his Stephen King adaptation
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Theo James to star in James Wan-produced adaptation of Stephen King's 'The Monkey'
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How David Dastmalchian faced down his real-life demons for The Boogeyman
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Stephen King says he's not leaving Twitter: 'They don't get to scare me away'
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Elon Musk 'personally' paying for some celebrity Twitter Blue checks, even if they don't want them
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Not It: Bill Skarsgård 'not currently involved' in Pennywise prequel, offers advice to next clown
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It prequel series Welcome to Derry coming to HBO Max
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The Children of the Corn are stalking (aha!) the adults in horror reboot trailer
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Turn on all the lights before watching the trailer for Stephen King adaptation The Boogeyman
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Original Firestarter star Drew Barrymore slams Razzies for nominating remake's child actor: 'It's bullying'
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Razzies withdraw Worst Actress nomination for Firestarter child star Ryan Kiera Armstrong
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Holly Gibney is back on the case in Stephen King's new novel: Read an excerpt from Holly
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Mike Flanagan wants to make The Dark Tower TV series after leaving Netflix
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Stephen King won't pay to keep his Twitter verification: 'They should pay me'
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16 Stephen King books that haven't been adapted yet
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The best horror heroines in film
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The Stephen King Ultimate Companion book: The most interesting things we learned
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33 of the scariest Stephen King moments
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Fairy Tale review: Stephen King's epic story takes an unexpected turn
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Peter Straub, horror author and Stephen King collaborator, dies at 79
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The 37 scariest movies of all time
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The best horror movies streaming on Shudder
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The scariest movies to watch on Netflix right now
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Chill your bones with a first look at the new Creepshow comic
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The 12 best Stephen King movie and TV adaptations
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Firestarter (2022) vs. Firestarter (1984): Which Stephen King adaptation burns brightest?
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We got to tell Zac Efron that Stephen King digs the new Firestarter
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Stephen King is returning to a beloved character in new novel
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Watch the first Firestarter trailer and find out Stephen King's reaction to the remake
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Read an exclusive excerpt from Stephen King's forthcoming novel Fairy Tale
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Enter for a chance to win a Stephen King prize package
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Jerry O'Connell recalls Kiefer Sutherland bullying Stand by Me boys to stay in character: 'We can take him now'
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Dane DeHaan on crafting his Lisey's Story villain, brutal scenes, and that 'fake mangled body'
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Stephen King talks thriller Billy Summers and why the pandemic isn't that different from The Stand
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Joan Allen on the challenges of bringing a near-catatonic character to life in Lisey's Story
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Stephen King on why he refused to let anyone adapt Lisey's Story — until now