| Ye he was alright, but not hard hitting and more of a farcical baddy. Compare to the baddy in firestarter that I think kicked a dog to death in the preview, and of course the horrible clown in It. That spooked me. |
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desirous 85 posts
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11/22/63 takes a different spin on the whole bad guy thing, given it's actually a real documented person, though arguably the 'bad guy' in it is time itself - it becomes an almost malevolent protecting force, resisting change by throwing increasingly ridiculous obstacles at the person trying to do it.
Spoilered, though it's something explained within the first few pages of the book itself, so it's not a huge one. -
MetalDog 24,076 posts
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Registered 20 years agoThe dog-kicking dude was from Dead Zone, wasn't he? -
desirous 85 posts
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Registered 9 years agoActually I'm mixing them up, I was thinking about the baddy out of Dead Zone not Firestarter, also the better ending to Dead Zone. -
Scimarad 9,964 posts
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Registered 18 years agoYeah, that was Mr Stilson wasn't it? What a twat!
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spamdangled 31,803 posts
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Registered 13 years agomeme wrote:
My favourite was "Oh look, there just happens to be a giant space turtle here that can kill the evil alien spider that was pretending to be a clown"
It's less the satisfaction and more the fact that it often comes out entirely of left-field, often with some contrived deus ex machina device.
"PS, your autistic mate is actually a super-alien and he can fight the bad guys"
"PS, I'm going to send the UFO into space using my telepathic brain powers I suddenly have"
etc etc
But his books are almost always about the journey, rather than the destination anyway. I've always thought he'd be awesome to tell stories around the campfire. -
spamdangled 31,803 posts
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Registered 13 years agoThe only book of his that has genuinely made me feel uneasy was Pet Sematary. I think he's said that even he feels creeped out by how macabre and disturbing it is. -
MetalDog 24,076 posts
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Registered 20 years agoPet Semetary is up and down unpleasant. I read it when I was about 14 and it seriously shit me up. I've read it again since and it still holds up pretty well.
Quite a few of his shorts are similarly badass creepy. The Monkey, Grandma, The Mangler, etc. -
spamdangled 31,803 posts
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Registered 13 years agoThe epilogue to Pet Sematary still makes me shudder. -
desirous 85 posts
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Registered 9 years agoNa Pet Semrtary didn't affect me much. The absolute best was Misery, it was incredably tense, I couldn't stop reading it. Also Thinner was really good. -
spamdangled 31,803 posts
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Registered 13 years agoMisery was good. It was spoiled slightly by all the shitty excerpts from his writing though. I personally thought the film was better. -
spamdangled 31,803 posts
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Registered 13 years agoDesperation/ The Regulators was pretty good I thought (preferred The Regulators) -
evilashchris 7,785 posts
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Registered 16 years agoInsomnia is a cracker. Love that one. -
desirous 85 posts
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Registered 9 years agoevilashchris wrote:
With the doctors, I loved that.
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spamdangled 31,803 posts
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Registered 13 years agoInsomnia was the first King book I ever read. Couldn't put it down, read it in 2 days.
I also somehow managed to read IT in 2 days and The Stand (uncut version) in three days.
I used to read a lot back then.gif)
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desirous 85 posts
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Registered 9 years agoCujo was also good, although the moral centre of it annoyed me a bit. You have to forgive him a bit as he said he was pissed out of his skull writing it and couldn't remember anything. -
Trowel 24,512 posts
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Registered 18 years agoMy absolute favourite thing he's ever written is The Langoliers, in Four Past Midnight. Brilliant characters and pace. The Willem Dafoe audiobook is great too, especially when he falsettos the little girl's voice .gif)
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spamdangled 31,803 posts
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Registered 13 years agodesirous wrote:
That covers most of his 80s output, to be fair.
Cujo was also good, although the moral centre of it annoyed me a bit. You have to forgive him a bit as he said he was pissed out of his skull writing it and couldn't remember anything.
He's admitted that Tommyknockers was a subconscious admission of his struggle against a massive cocaine habit.
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desirous 85 posts
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Registered 9 years agoTrowel wrote:
I don't know that, but there was an ever so poignant short story in one of his books that I can't remember maybe Night shift. I think because it was entirely un-supernatural. I think it was about a young troubled girl who expected her brother to catch her after going badly off the rails. She ultimately killed herself jumping from a building but always had the memory of her brother catching her from a bad fall in her childhood The thing sticking in the mind is the uncharictaristic touch.
My absolute favourite thing he's ever written is The Langoliers, in Four Past Midnight. Brilliant characters and pace. The Willem Dafoe audiobook is great too, especially when he falsettos the little girl's voice
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MetalDog 24,076 posts
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Registered 20 years agoThat's 'The Last Rung on the Ladder' and it is in Night Shift.
He's written quite a few shorts and novellas like that - not as much as his horror/fantasy yarns, but a fair number. -
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Registered 11 years agoI love the Long Walk. Such a simple idea, but magnificently written.
Thanks to this thread I'm seriously considering reading all his books in chronological order. Even Rose Madder.
For audiobooks by the way I recommend Thinner, read by Joe Mantagne (think I spelled the name right) and Hearts In Atlantis read by William Hurt. Just brilliant. -
I want to read the (uncut) The Stand again.
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desirous 85 posts
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Registered 9 years agoIt is apparently deppresing because people think his best work is, The Stand, and was done so long ago. Sorry mate there is truth in it you tit. Like I said maybe the pinnacle of his work like this was done in his 20s? Early 30s? When he probably had a lot more personal issues before he mellowed. -
Blaizefm 232 posts
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Registered 11 years agoTry checking out Swan Song by Robert McCammon - very similar to The Stand and a great read. But The Stand: great read. The Talisman is ahead by a nose though. -
spamdangled 31,803 posts
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Registered 13 years agoLexx87 wrote:
True, aside from the 200-page epilogue.
I want to read the (uncut) The Stand again.
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Has anyone read his short story (still about 120 pages) called 'The Mist' ? I read it about 20 years ago and always remember it as being excellent. Re-read it again this year (found in a horror anthology) and its still great. Not sure how it rates to his other stuff as I haven't read any of his books since Christine 
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spamdangled 31,803 posts
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Registered 13 years agooldgregg wrote:
The film is excellent.
Has anyone read his short story (still about 120 pages) called 'The Mist' ? I read it about 20 years ago and always remember it as being excellent. Re-read it again this year (found in a horror anthology) and its still great. Not sure how it rates to his other stuff as I haven't read any of his books since Christine
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The end of the film was bloody great.
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