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Whoopi Goldberg shared a spooky pic of her dressed in character as Mother Abagail for the CBS All Access production of Stephen King’s The Stand. The moderator of The View — which she co-hosts with Meghan McCain, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, Joy Behar, and Sarah Haines — posted the snap as a way to remind […]

Author Stephen King recently took to Twitter to go on a tirade against President Donald Trump, who he has expressed his dislike for on many occasions. Notably, King accused the president of being illiterate and claimed he is the dumbest of all the world leaders. “Hard to believe there was ever a world leader as […]

Stephen King announced over the weekend that he has decided to delete his Facebook profile because of the false information present in political advertising, reported The Guardian. The horror novelist took to Twitter, where he has 5.6 million followers, to explain why he quit the popular social media platform. “I’m quitting Facebook. Not comfortable with […]

Pretty Little Liars star Brendan Robinson took to Instagram a few hours ago to share a snap of himself standing on the red carpet of the Doctor Sleep premiere at the Regency Bruin Theatre. At the front of his caption, the actor asked his 848,000 Instagram followers if they thought he looked “dapper.” In his […]

Halloween is all about elaborate costumes, a belly full of candy, and — of course — horror movies. If your idea of a good Halloween party involves sitting in front of the TV while being scared out of your wits, then check out one of these top ten scariest movies. Halloween (1978) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIM-iZ4PNe8 You can’t […]

Moderator of The View Whoopi Goldberg stunned viewers of the morning talk series with a dramatic new look on Wednesday, September 18 as well as news of a role she is undertaking that will return her to her “first love.” Instead of her usual short, dark dreadlocks, Whoopi emerged from the wings during the show’s […]

Stephen King is the master of the fright, but the famed author says he has found something even scarier than the tales he spins — Donald Trump’s presidency. The mind behind horror classics like The Shining and Carrie spoke out this week about Trump’s administration, with NowThis News asking if he thought Trump’s presidency was […]

The Stand is one of Stephen King’s most well-known titles. It is also one of his largest, with the unabridged version topping more than a whopping 1,400 pages in some editions of the paperback. The book was previously made into a miniseries back in the 1990s. Now, a new adaptation of The Stand is in […]

Stephen King likes to get under Donald Trump’s skin. The famous author, who has not shied away from giving his two cents on Trump’s policies over the last couple of years, has been critical of Trump’s narrative, which has sought to paint the southern border as a national security threat. On Sunday, King offered to […]

Stephen King has something to say about the relationship between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump. In a recent tweet, the prolific author drew a line from Chinese philosopher and general Sun Tzu to offer a little insight into the upcoming meeting between the two leaders, and it isn’t good for the president. The Outsider author […]

The latest Pet Sematary trailer has dropped, and fans are freaking out for more than one reason. According to SyFy Wire, the new trailer is not only terrifying, but it also spoils a huge plot change from the original film. As many fans of the Stephen King classic horror novel, or the original film, will […]

In the current climate of television, remakes of classic movies and TV series are all the rage. Now, CBS All Access has announced it will remake Stephen King’s apocalyptic novel, The Stand. The Stand tells the story of the world falling after a strain of influenza altered for use in biological warfare escapes a secret […]

Horror icon Stephen King didn’t hold back in his criticism of Donald Trump on Wednesday, as he took to Twitter to comment about what he feels is the president’s “vanity” project — his planned U.S.-Mexico border wall. As noted by Mashable, King focused on the wall in two Twitter posts from earlier in the week, […]

Horror fans are getting much to celebrate for the holidays on Shudder. The AMC-owned horror streaming platform is offering fans a veritable smorgasbord of holiday-themed horror movies, ranging from the funny to the downright scary and everything in between. Among the holiday scares are movies like Christmas Evil, Black Christmas, A Christmas Horror Story, Better […]

Yet another one of Stephen King’s works is making its way onto the screen. This time, though, it’s not coming to movie theaters. The Outsider has officially been signed by HBO with Ben Mendelsohn slated to star, according to a report from Variety. Not only is Mendelsohn slated to appear in the show as the […]

The holidays are upon us, and when we aren’t involved in Black Friday sales and festivities, many of us will want to curl up with a good book. The same is equally true for horror buffs, and the genre has never been hotter at the box office. What’s more, Bookstr reported that the trend has […]

President Trump drew the ire of Stephen King when he recently challenged the integrity of the 2011 mission that retired Navy Admiral William McRaven led to kill Osama bin Laden. To King, the assertion that McRaven’s work would have been more praiseworthy had bin Laden been taken out earlier played on a pattern of statements […]

Horror master Stephen King has a good sense of humor. The accomplished author of many famous novels trolled his namesake and Iowa GOP congressman Steve King on Twitter on Sunday morning. Urging Iowans to vote out the incumbent congressman, who has a history of making racist remarks, King said he doesn’t want to be confused […]

Film going audiences aren’t always happy about movies being remade — or even getting a reboot — as they often feel that Hollywood has lost all imagination. But, sometimes, said remakes or reboots turn out to be wholly worth it. In the words of John Lithgow during the trailer for the remake of Stephen King’s […]

The 2017 adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, IT, was the highest grossing horror movie of all time. The film broke box office records and surpassed expectations across the board. It also received plenty of glowing reviews from movie critics and currently holds an 85 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Naturally, a movie so successful would generate […]

Warning: Spoilers ahead! Castle Rock has been a great watch so far this season and despite some missteps in the previous episode, “Filter,” this week’s episode became a tribute to all of the things we love about the storytelling of Stephen King. At once poignant and unsettling, the episode focuses on the events of the […]

For those who are regular readers of Stephen King’s horror novels, one town keeps popping up: Castle Rock. In fact, this town is so prevalent within the Stephen King universe that Hulu now has a series called Castle Rock. And the latest episode may have just revealed why this town appears so often. SPOILER ALERT: […]

Hulu’s Stephen-King-inspired series Castle Rock has officially been renewed for a second season, according to Variety. Castle Rock, named after Stephen King’s fictional Maine topography, is set in the Stephen King multiverse, but is not based on any particular novel or series of King’s. The anthology’s first season centers around Castle Rock, Maine’s only private […]

Deadline recently revealed that Patrick Wilson, star in both Insidious and The Conjuring, is getting ready to take on yet another big role in the horror movie industry. This isn’t news that may excite Wilson fans or horror movie viewers, but those who appreciate the works of Stephen King are in for a treat in […]

Castle Rock took its time in the first three episodes, giving the characters and Stephen King’s haunted town some depth. Longtime fans of Stephen King expected the horror series on Hulu to be a slow-burn tale, but some casual fans felt that the first three episodes of Castle Rock took its time a bit too […]

Famed horror writer Stephen King blasted President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in a unique way. According to the Huffington Post, King tweeted a quote from George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm. “George Orwell on Trump and Putin, in 1945: ‘The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from […]

Stephen King’s It is the highest grossing horror film of all time, having dethroned M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense as king of the mountain in that department. Since then it has been a race for movie studios to greenlight as many Stephen King horror properties as possible, in an effort to capitalize off the […]

Surfing the wave of their successful special Joe Bob Briggs The Last Drive-In, Shudder has officially greenlit a new horror series. Creepshow is set to premiere on the streaming horror platform in 2019. At the helm of the upcoming series will be horror special-effects and makeup legend Gregory Nicotero. Nicotero is famous for having worked […]

One of the most highly anticipated horror series of 2018 is just a couple of weeks away from debuting on Hulu, J.J. Abram’s and Stephen King’s Castle Rock. The Hulu horror series is produced by J.J. Abrams and inspired by Stephen King’s stories that take place in his often-used fictional town of Castle Rock. When […]

Disney and Pixar are no strangers to box office to success. Marvel and Star Wars titles aside, Disney’s original titles are still hitting home runs on a regular basis. Home to such box office darlings as the Toy Story franchise, as well as Cars and Monsters, Inc., Pixar puts out no shortage of financially successful […]

Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is one of the most popular horror movies of all time; Ready Player One is one of the most popular books from 2011; and when the two met on the big screen in the film adaptation of Ernest Cline’s novel, fans went nuts. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Ready Player One was […]

Last week, the second half of the remake of Stephen King’s It officially began production thanks to a rather humorous post from actor James McAvoy. Not long after that, two more big roles were cast for the movie, and now, there are two other key parts which have actors in place. On Monday, news broke […]

Netflix’s monster hit Stanger Things is not without already established iconic images. One of the more recognizable is beloved character Eleven with a box of Eggo Waffles by her side. Considered by many to be an American classic, since 1953 Eggo Waffles have been part of a complete breakfast, although technically so is a bowl […]

The sequel to last year’s blockbuster remake of Stephen King’s IT just filled two key roles that were major parts of the author’s novel. Not every single thing from the book would be able to make it into either part of the film as it simply wouldn’t fit. Still, there are some exciting things happening […]

Stephen King has been around for decades and brought forth some of the most memorable and terrifying stories to the world, but he’s not close to going away. A number of King’s novels have been turned into films over the years, but there is no shortage of them now and another has just started production. […]

A remake of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary is something that has been rumored for a very long time, but things picked up a lot of steam in the last few years. Then, Paramount Pictures decided to move ahead with the movie and the waiting began, but fans need not wait any longer. On Monday, the […]

Two new horror movies are in the works, Stephen King’s The Tommyknockers and a remake of Arachnophobia, and it has been reported that genre maestro James Wan is producing both. With producer and director credits including the Saw, Insidious, and Conjuring franchises, James Wan is a leading filmmaker for the horror genre. Wan is the […]

Everyone’s favorite 1958 red Plymouth Fury is back. Christine, directed by genre icon John Carpenter, was one of the most popular horror movies to be adapted from a Stephen King novel, and she is driving her way to 4K UHD. Not only one of the most popular horror movies of the early ’80s, Christine has […]

Since the release of Stephen King’s IT last October, a resurgence of interest in the writer’s previous works has resulted in a number of forthcoming film adaptations. Today, Pet Sematary moves a step closer to finalizing the cast, as Amy Siemetz of Alien: Covenant fame is in talks to play one of the lead roles […]

The 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King’s IT is not only one of the most popular horror movies of the last several years, it is one of the most successful genre films of all time. The horror film was a success for myriad reasons, from great writing and directing, to a stellar performance from Bill […]

Another Stephen King property has received an official release date. Doctor Sleep – a direct sequel to The Shining – is set for release on January 24, 2020, and will be helmed by director Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Ouija: Origin of Evil). According to Box Office Mojo, Doctor Sleep’s release confirmation comes amid a bit of […]

Many people are lashing out at Stephen King for using Melania Trump’s most recent health ailment as the butt of a joke. As the Inquisitr reported yesterday, Melania underwent a successful kidney surgery at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland for an embolization procedure. White House Communications Director Stephanie Grisham told […]

Two big names have been cast for Paramount Pictures’ new film adaptation of the Stephen King horror classic, Pet Sematary. The Pet Sematary remake was announced last fall, and Stephen King fans have been anxiously awaiting details ever since. Paramount Pictures released the 1989 original, and the company is aiming to make this one a […]

Per Hollywood Reporter, New Line Cinema will be creating the film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk. New Line Cinema produced the 2017 film version of Stephen King’s It, the all-time highest-grossing horror film — earning over $700 million — and it looks like they’re not done bringing stories from “The King of Horror” […]

John Krasinski and Emily Blunt’s A Quiet Place is being dubbed the scariest movie of the year, and Chris Pratt most certainly agrees. Over the weekend Chris Pratt took to Instagram to give a quick review about A Quiet Place, telling his followers that they “have to go see this movie.” In the caption, he […]

Legendary horror author Stephen King ruffled a couple feathers this week when he used his infamous Twitter account to mock a deadly train wreck involving Republicans and a garbage truck. The notoriously anti-Trump writer’s train wreck tweet began sounding like a joke that almost wrote itself, but it ended with King inferring that the trainload […]

New to On Demand is one of the most highly-anticipated horror movies of 2017, IT. Considered one of the best movies of 2017 by both critics and audiences alike, horror fans can now own IT on platforms like Google Play, iTunes, and Xfinity Movies On Demand before it arrives on DVD and Blu-ray (set to […]

The Watch continues for fans who are hoping to get their hands on The Winds of Winter. The long overdue sixth novel by George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire book series was expected to be released two years ago but has yet to be published. However, it looks like the highly anticipated […]

Stephen King’s IT is closing the gap between Marvel’s Spiderman: Homecoming and shooting up the box office charts to be in the top five 2017 movies this year. Propelled by non-stop weekend box office hauls, starting with its opening weekend, horror fans can expect to see the unimaginable when Stephen King’s IT rolls past $333.2 […]

Halloween is much more than just a holiday for kids, tricking and treating for candy, and wreaking havoc on neighborhood trees with toilet paper. For those who like to stay inside on Halloween and kick back with a fun horror movie, there is a specific playlist of films that you might default to. But did […]