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Stephen King’s Cosmic Turtle Maturin Makes His First Appearance in Welcome to Derry’s Halloween Special
Welcome to Derry’s Halloween special, “A Story of Derry,” gives Stephen King’s cosmic turtle Maturin his first live-action appearance in the series and connects him to the objects that can…
On screen
Adaptations
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Josie Totah’s Tina Blake Barely Existed in the Carrie Film. Mike Flanagan Made Her the Series’ Best-Dressed Character
Tina Blake barely existed in the “Carrie” film, but in Mike Flanagan’s Prime Video series she became the show’s best-dressed…
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Carrie’s Blood-Soaked Prom Scene Gets Compared to a Gustave Moreau Lady Macbeth Painting, but Sissy Spacek Named a Different Artist as Her Reference
Sissy Spacek’s blood-covered stillness in Carrie (1976) has a striking parallel in the pale figure of Lady Macbeth painted by…
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Why Carrie Keeps Getting Remade, and the Stephen King Story That Has Been Adapted Even More
Carrie has been remade again and again. Its screen and stage history spans 6 major productions, counting the sequel: Brian…
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Samantha Sloyan Worried Her Margaret White Would Repeat Her Midnight Mass Fanatic. Mike Flanagan Told Her What Would Set Them Apart
Samantha Sloyan, who plays Margaret White in Mike Flanagan’s Prime Video Carrie, worried the role would repeat Bev Keane, the…
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Stephen King Says Horror Fans Who Aren’t Watching FROM Should “Get with It,” and All Three Seasons Hit Netflix Oct. 19
Three seasons of FROM land on Netflix in the U.S. on Oct. 19, a limited-time deal ahead of the fifth…
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Mike Flanagan’s ‘Carrie’ Reverses the Iconic ‘Plug It Up’ Chant Back at the Bully
Mike Flanagan’s Carrie takes one of the story’s cruelest moments and hands it back to the bully. In Episode 5,…
On the page
The books
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Why Stanley Kubrick Made the Girls in the Shining Identical Twins Instead of Stephen King’s Different-Aged Sisters
The girls waiting for Danny in The Shining (1980) ask him to play with them forever. Their invitation gives the…
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‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Drops a Surprise Halloween Special Set Hundreds of Years Before Pennywise
“It: Welcome to Derry” has a new 30-minute special on HBO Max, and it reaches hundreds of years into the…
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Stephen King Once Answered His Own Fan Mail. A Daughter Just Found the Reply He Sent Her Late Father
Dee Dee found one of Stephen King’s replies among her late father’s belongings. She hadn’t known it existed, and she…
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Carrie Is Getting a Season 2, and Mike Flanagan and Stephen King Are Taking Her Story Past the Prom
Prime Video’s Carrie is getting a 2nd season, giving Mike Flanagan and Stephen King room to take Carrie White’s story…
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Kate Siegel Has Two Jobs on Mike Flanagan’s Carrie, and You Hear Her Long Before You See Her
Kate Siegel has two jobs on her husband Mike Flanagan’s Carrie: she plays Adelaide, a cult leader, and directed Episode…
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A Line in Stephen King’s Carrie Explains What Happens to High School Bullies When They Grow Up
This quote from the Carrie book is actually terrifying. It explains how a high school bully transforms into an adult…
In his words
King on King
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Carrie’s Blood-Soaked Prom Scene Gets Compared to a Gustave Moreau Lady Macbeth Painting, but Sissy Spacek Named a Different Artist as Her Reference
Sissy Spacek’s blood-covered stillness in Carrie (1976) has a striking parallel in the pale figure of Lady Macbeth painted by…
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Samantha Sloyan Worried Her Margaret White Would Repeat Her Midnight Mass Fanatic. Mike Flanagan Told Her What Would Set Them Apart
Samantha Sloyan, who plays Margaret White in Mike Flanagan’s Prime Video Carrie, worried the role would repeat Bev Keane, the…
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Mike Flanagan Gave Four of Carrie’s Eight Episodes to Women Directors, Including His Wife Kate Siegel
Mike Flanagan gave four of the eight episodes of his Prime Video series Carrie to women directors, including his wife…
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Mike Flanagan Hid a Detail in Carrie’s Title Card That Changes with Every Episode
Take the title card of Mike Flanagan’s new Carrie miniseries. In the first episode, the word “Carrie” appears in plain…
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Anjelica Huston and Bette Midler Both Turned Down Annie Wilkes in Misery Before Kathy Bates Won an Oscar for the Role
Anjelica Huston and Bette Midler both turned down the role of Annie Wilkes in Misery before Kathy Bates took it…
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Stephen King Wanted Mike Flanagan to Leave Carrie Alone Until He Read Flanagan’s Plan for the Series
Stephen King initially wanted Mike Flanagan to leave Carrie alone when Flanagan proposed a TV series. Flanagan sent him a…
Horror news
News
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Mike Flanagan’s ‘Carrie’ Series Reconstructs the Prom Massacre Through 911 Calls and Courtroom Testimony
Mike Flanagan’s new Carrie series treats the destruction of Chamberlain like a disaster that survivors and investigators are still trying…
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Pennywise Is Gone: Tim Curry, Horror Icon of ‘IT’ and ‘Rocky Horror,’ Dies at 80
Tim Curry, who terrified a generation as the child-eating clown Pennywise and made a cult legend of himself as Frank-N-Furter,…
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