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One Creepshow Tale Cleverly Connects to the Stephen King Universe

Creepshow featured many terrifying and scary stories in its first movie. But one shared a clever connection to Stephen King's best works.

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Stephen King's Darkest Horror Tale Was Supposed To Be a Comedy

Stephen King has proven himself a true master of horror. But even still, some of his darkest tales were initially meant to cause laughs.

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Stephen King Hurt Maximum Overdrive by Making a Big Change to His Original Story

Maximum Overdrive's biggest change from the original short story explains why the trucks went evil -- and ruins the story in the process.

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10 Best Scares In The Boogeyman

Based on a Stephen King short story, The Boogeyman is one of the scariest films of 2023.

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10 Biggest Similarities Between The Boogeyman & Stranger Things

With a monster that looks like Vecna and child protagonists like Eleven, Mike, and the gang, The Boogeyman has many similarities to Stranger Things.

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REVIEW: The Boogeyman is a Standard Horror Flick that Works Better as a Character Drama

The Boogeyman is a fairly standard Stephen King adaptation that works best when it's focused on the central characters.

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Blumhouse's Five Nights at Freddy's Is Already Using Stephen King's Best Tricks

Five Nights at Freddy’s surprisingly shares common elements with Stephen King’s works, which could mean success for Blumhouse’s upcoming horror movie.

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Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill Set to Star in New Stephen King Adaptation

Actors Tom Hiddleston and Mark Hamill are leading the cast of Mike Flanagan’s newest Stephen King adaptation The Life of Chuck.

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Beyond IT: All of Pennywise's Appearances in Other Stephen King Stories

Though TV and movies have been shy, King's novels make repeated references to the sinister clown. Here's a breakdown of all of them.

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10 Strangest Theories For Iconic Horror Franchises

Iconic horror franchises like Halloween and Friday the 13th inspire horror fans to come up with some truly creative theories for their favorite films.

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The Boogeyman Isn't the First Adaptation of the Stephen King Story

The Boogeyman trailer promises a feature-length version of Stephen King's classic short story. But it's not the first adaptation of "The Boogeyman."

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The Boogeyman Trailer Promises a Big Update to the Stephen King Story

King's original story, "The Boogeyman," is too short for feature length. The new movie adaptation needs to make some big changes in order to succeed.

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The Boogeyman Trailer Will Give Stephen King Fans Fresh Nightmares

The latest trailer for The Boogeyman gives fans a glimpse of the horror to come in the latest feature film adaptation of a Stephen King story.

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Sawyer, played by Vivien Lyra Blair, looks under her bed at a ball of light in 2023's The Boogeyman. 1
How The Boogeyman Plans to Avoid the Stephen King Movie Curse

The Boogeyman director Rob Savage reveals the steps he took to ensure the horror adaptation wouldn't be a victim of the Stephen King movie curse.

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10 Great Horror Villains Ruined By One Single Scene

In horror, the real draw is not the main characters but a compelling villain, which makes it all the more awful when a single scene ruins them.

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Why Does Hollywood Have So Much Trouble With Stephen King Adaptations?

Many of the stories of prolific horror author Stephen King have been adapted to screens big and small, with notably few successes. Here's why.

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Children of the Corn Inverts the Stephen King Story's Original POV

With two previous versions of the Stephen King short story, the new Children of the Corn opts to present a prequel, adopting the kids' point of view.

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Children of the Corn Borrows From Another Stephen King Story

Children of the Corn approaches the Stephen King short story as a prequel, pulling from the author's other works about small towns in the process.

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Forget Children of the Corn, These Stephen King Books Are Begging for Movies

Stephen King movies are still getting readapted. So, it’s time for filmmakers to stop remaking the same films and adapt these untouched stories.

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Stephen King's Worst Movie Put the Author's Directing Career to an End

Stephen King may be a great author, but the scariest part of his sole turn directing one of his many movie adaptations was its nightmarish quality.

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