We are fans of the books of Stephen King, and one of the ones we enjoyed the most was It, which gave us the iconic Pennywise the Clown, who is already known to many having already been immortalised by the legendary Tim Curry, in a 1990 TV mini series adaptation. With liking both the book and mini-series, as well as giving them a re-watch, we were highly excited to see … [Read more...]
Barking Mad About Films Head To The Tower
This week we saw The Dark Tower, the latest film to be adapted from the books of Stephen King. However, unlike many other King novels we had not read any of the Dark Tower stories so went into the film with an open mind. From Director Nikolaj Arcel, the film is a science fiction fantasy with a bit of a western thrown in. The film introduces us to Roland the Gunslinger … [Read more...]
We’re Glad We Visited Miss Peregrine’s Home!
We could not wait to see the movie adaptation of Ransom Riggs book, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, directed by our favourite film director, Tim Burton! With Tim directing and fact that we had loved the book (You can read our review of it here) we had high hopes for this one. Now we read many books, normally we choose them when we hear they are to be filmed … [Read more...]
Can Stephen King Make You Scared Of Your Cell Phone?
With news of Cell, the bestseller from ‘The King of Horror’ Stephen King, heading to our screen, we quickly found the book in a charity shop and gave it a read, to find out if it will be a great movie. Of course, reading the book will not tell us what the film will be like, King’s works have ranged from the excellent such as Misery; Stand By Me and The Mist to the not so … [Read more...]
Returning to Stephen King’s Pet Sematary
Stephen King is undoubtedly one of, if not the King of horror, his books have terrified us for decades. So it is no surprise that those books have been chosen to be adapted for the big screen, to varying results. Yes, for a man prolific for writing horror novels, when it comes to the big screen, The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me, both dramas and not horror novels, are … [Read more...]