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Distributed for Intellect Ltd

Mark Browning

Stephen King on the Big Screen

256 pages,  7 x 9  © 2009

Paper $25.00

ISBN: 9781841502458   Published July 2009
Not for sale in the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, or select South East Asia countries

Introduction
 
Chapter 1
Mind Over Matter: Telekinesis
   Carrie
   The Rage: Carrie II
   The Dead Zone
   Firestarter
 
Chapter 2
Tales from the Darkside: The Portmanteau film
   Creepshow
   Creepshow II
   Cat's Eye
   Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
 
Chapter 3
Sometimes Dead is Better: The Body Under the Sheet
   Silver Bullet
   Pet Sematary
   Pet Sematary II
   Sleepwalkers
 
Chapter 4
Boys to Men: Rites-of-Passage
   Stand by Me
   Apt Pupil
   Hearts in Atlantis
 
Chapter 5
The Rise of the Machines: 1950s Science-Fiction B-Movie
   Christine
   Maximum Overdrive
   Graveyard Shift
   The Lawnmower Man
   Dreamcatcher
 
Chapter 6
The Great Escape: Prison Drama
   The Shawshank Redemption
   The Green Mile
   The Running Man
 
Chapter 7
Books of Blood: The Writer
   Misery
   The Dark Half
   Secret Window
 
Chapter 8
The Terror of Everyday Life and Final Girls
   Cujo
   Dolores Claiborne
   The Shining (Kubrick)
   The Shining (Garris)
   1408
 
Conclusion
References
Subjects



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