Stephen King 2025 read-along discussion
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i started tis one but have only read the first story... also need to finish Thinner. Thanks for the list of adaptations. makes my life a little easier lol.
So two short stories in and I ask myself... What the h#!!. He writes about some weird things sometimes lol.
I ordered nightshift yesterday it said it will take 2-4 business days to get here so hopefully it gets here before this month is over
I have currently read up to The Mangler... so far my reaction has been WTH. The Mangler is my favorite one so far. I also enjoyed the movie to Graveyard shift more then i enjoyed the short story lol... currently watching The mangler
ugh... watching The Lawnmower man and it's not the right one... i can't find the correct one though and this one is JUST BAD!
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So happy to hear you've been watching the movie adaptations. Where did you find them?
Melissa wrote: "Kimberly wrote: "I have currently read up to The Mangler... so far my reaction has been WTH. The Mangler is my favorite one so far. I also enjoyed the movie to Graveyard shift more then i enjoyed t..."some on netflix and some i've been renting on youtube... because netflix doesn't have them all unfortunately. The only one i haven't been able to find anywhere is the correct Lawn Mower man
I wanted to look up the movie adaptations for these short stories if there are any in case you guys were interested in watching the films. I will be leaving the title of the movies below along with the page number the short stories start at.
MOVIES
Children of the Corn (1984)- "Children of the Corn" (pg.380)
Cat's Eye (1985) consists of 3 short stories two of which are based from this collection- "Quitters, Inc." (pg. 320) and "The Ledge". (pg. 282)
Maximum Overdrive (1986)- "Trucks" (pg.204)
The Lawnmower Man: A Suburban Nightmare (1987)- "The Lawnmower Man" *Don't confuse this with "The Lawnmower Man" movie from New Line Cinema...King sued them for using his title* (pg.306)
Graveyard Shift (1990)-"Graveyard Shift" (pg. 73)
The Mangler (1995)- "The Mangler" (pg. 128)
No Smoking (2007)-"The Quitters, Inc." (pg. 320)
T.V. Shows
Sometimes They Come Back (1991)- "Sometimes They Come Back" (pg.228)
Trucks (1997)- "Trucks" (pg.204)
Children of the Corn (2009)- "Children of the Corn" (pg.380)
Here's a link for 58 of King's adaptations: https://io9.gizmodo.com/all-56-single...
Good luck this month everyone. Hope you are all doing well.