stephen king

I could never understand people who did their laundry with horror movies in the background, until the pandemic. The lack of a commute or a social life gave me the time to watch all those famous movies I hadn’t seen before. But mostly, I ended up watching scary ones. The relief of not having to […]

There were horror writers before Stephen King, and there will almost certainly be horror writers after Stephen King, but there will never be another writer as able to capture the world’s imagination so thoroughly with his ability to terrify in one moment and inspire hope in the next. Not only has King written nearly 90 […]

This week Tribeca Film Festival recognized Hideo Kojima as a true artist—whether he knows it or not.

The HBO series, based on a Stephen King novel, covers dark territory with a surprisingly positive worldview.

Jeanine Cummins, just stop.

The king of horror doesn’t understand his own implicit biases.

Does the biggest name in gritty horror movie gore still hold up?

Where’s the group sex scene?

Whose version of Pennywise is scarier, Tim Curry or Bill Skarsgård?

Does Pennywise really want the kids to win?