The unfilmable adaptation Stephen King has been trying to make since 1982: “Several times he came very close”
One day, maybe.
Stephen King Archives: 05/2026
“Braindead”: the 2021 scene Mike Flanagan called “the stupidest thing I’d ever shot”
Not a choice he would ever have made.
The Stephen King adaptation that almost starred John Candy: “We did reach out”
Perhaps put out at being thought of as a token fat guy.
Spooks, psychology, 1955, and Stephen King’s new favourite writer: Nat Cassidy names the perfect entry point into horror fiction
“…if you’re feeling brave enough”.
“Could have turned out a lot worse”: the 1979 adaptation Stephen King was never truly satisfied with
He had a healthy perspective.