Ding Dong Darkness Time

Everything's Eventual, y'all. Including the ultimate ending of our Stephen King Boogaloo! But Allison and Chris want to go out on a haunting note, so they decided to pluck their two favorite stories from King's celebrated short story collection, Everything's Eventual. While the entire catalog is worth celebrating, these are two key stories that we think go very well together, especially as they were both mentioned in King's fantastic non-fiction book, On Writing.

In The Man in the Black Suit, King flexes his literary fiction muscles to the tune of winning an O. Henry Award and other major accolades in a story about a young boy who goes to the river to do a little fishing and ends up meeting the devil.

And in 1408, the ultimate haunted hotel story, a man's skepticism about ghosties and ghoulies is put to the ultimate test with a bad acid trip/fever dream experience that has lived rent-free in our heads ever since we read it. The movie starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson is also well worth a watch. We give you the scoop on a lot of the interesting trivia you might have missed.

Additional Info:

80s High Podcast:  https://the80shigh.podbean.com/

Credits:
Show Art -- Nathaniel Dickson http://ndickson.com
Music -- Spencer Morelock

Ding Dong Darkness Time Media:
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Show Credits:
Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com
Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson

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Back in October of 2021, before the dawn of the Darkness Time, Allison visited the 80s High podcast to talk with Ben and Chris about Stephen King's mega-monster of a tome, IT. We also dove into the movie franchises, the origins of clowns-as-horror-tropes, HP Lovecraft, and so much more.

This is not only a great opportunity to stuff your head full of knowledge on one of Stephen King's most famous works, but especially to get to know one of the best podcasts out there. We promise there won't be a pop quiz, but it never hurts to study!

Additional Info:

80s High Podcast:  https://the80shigh.podbean.com/

Credits:
Show Art -- Nathaniel Dickson http://ndickson.com
Music -- Spencer Morelock

Ding Dong Darkness Time Media:
Twitter: @dddarknesstime
Instagram: dddarknesstime
Gmail: [email protected]

Show Credits:
Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com
Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson

Ding Dong Darkness Time Media:
Twitter: @dddarknesstime
Instagram: dddarknesstime
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It's the finale of Season 2: Stephen King Boogaloo! Chris and Allison have packed this thing to the gills doing a full exploration of the piece of storytelling that made Stephen King a triple threat: Author, Screenwriter, Feature Film Director.

We begin with King's short story, Trucks. Featured in the collection Night Shift, it's a chilling vignette of big rigs turned autonomous and bloodthirsty. We then venture into King's directorial debut with the 1986 exercise in campy , schlocky fun, Maximum Overdrive. Rumor has it King was coked out of his mind, and many don't exactly remember this movie as particularly great. However, even as we recognize some of the movie's faults, we're swinging as heavyweights in favor of it.

The genuine craft of this movie really comes into focus when we take a short side trip into the USA Network adaptation from 1997, also named Trucks. Watch this and then dare to tell us Maximum Overdrive doesn't deliver the entertaining goods.

In King's movie, we have big trucks, explosions, the Green Goblin, and AC/Freakin/DC!

By the time you get to the end of this episode, you should be able to sufficiently answer the question, Who Made Who?

Additional Info:

Chris's Podcast, 80s High: https://the80shigh.podbean.com/
Maximum Overdrive Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_Overdrive
Trucks (USA Network, Full Movie) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPEfEkVkrLc

Show Credits:

Artwork: Nathaniel Dickson http://ndickson.com
Music: Spencer Morelock

Ding Dong Darkness Time Media:
Twitter: @dddarknesstime
Instagram: dddarknesstime
Gmail: [email protected]

Show Credits:
Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com
Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson

Ding Dong Darkness Time Media:
Twitter: @dddarknesstime
Instagram: dddarknesstime
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This week, Allison is joined by author and poet Jaclyn Youhana Garver to discuss one of Stephen King's most under-read books, Hearts in Atlantis. This mosaic of five stories circles around a cast of characters who grew up in the incredibly tumultuous 1960s, and either went off to Vietnam, or joined the protests against it as young adults. The most well-known story from this collection, Low Men in Yellow Coats, was adapted to the big screen in 2005, starring Anthony Hopkins.

With elements of the mundane supernatural thrown into the mix, as well as a potent shot of bitter nostalgia, King's lens on his generation and its effects on the world throughout the decades clear through to today is a fascinating, bold, and heart-rending read. And as many of his works tend to be, it remains incredibly relevant as we face many of the similar challenges. When do we follow along with the status quo? When do we resist? What are the consequences, both inwardly and outwardly, for making those choices?

Also, there's something here for the Dark Tower fans out there...

Additional Information:

Follow Jaclyn on Twitter: @JYoGarver
(Jaclyn's New Website Coming Soon!)
Hearts in Atlantis Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearts_in_Atlantis

Credits:
Show Art -- Nathaniel Dickson http://ndickson.com
Music -- Spencer Morelock

Ding Dong Darkness Time Media:
Twitter: @dddarknesstime
Instagram: dddarknesstime
Gmail: [email protected]

Show Credits:
Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com
Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson

Ding Dong Darkness Time Media:
Twitter: @dddarknesstime
Instagram: dddarknesstime
Gmail: [email protected]

This week Allison sits down with post-apocalyptic fiction author David Kazzie to discuss what is largely considered Stephen King's most epic and consequential work, The Stand. Apart from talking about the story's origins, we consider how it holds up in the current era. What's it like lining up a fictional pandemic against a real one? How does King manage to make such a story originally crafted in 1978 (and revised and expanded in 1990) feel so relatable to the tumultuous events of today?

Additional Info:
David Kazzie's Website: https://davidkazzie.com/
David Kazzie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidkazzieauthor/
The Stand Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stand

Credits:
Show Art -- Nathaniel Dickson http://ndickson.com
Music -- Spencer Morelock

Ding Dong Darkness Time Media:
Twitter: @dddarknesstime
Instagram: dddarknesstime
Gmail: [email protected]

Show Credits:
Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com
Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson

Ding Dong Darkness Time Media:
Twitter: @dddarknesstime
Instagram: dddarknesstime
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This week's Stephen King discussion intersects with our love of true crime. And because our special guest, Kate Jenkins, happens to be a lawyer, we wasted no opportunity to discuss one of our favorite novellas and movies in the realm of an actual murder case. Would Andy Dufresne have actually been convicted of the double murder that sent him to Shawshank State Prison? Could he have ever had his conviction overturned on appeal?

Not only that, but we also use this amazing novella and film to discuss how it forces us to reflect on aspects of criminal justice, prisoner rehabilitation and institutionalization, compassion, and what it says about the Judeo-Christian values that shape our society.

Okay, also we pick which of our celebrity crushes would be on the poster that covers the tunnel we'd be digging out of our prison cells. Really, we run the full gamut here.

Additional Information:

Chris's Podcast, 80s High: https://the80shigh.podbean.com/
Ear Hustle Podcast -- Stories of prison life: https://www.earhustlesq.com/
Shawshank Redemption Movie Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shawshank_Redemption
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption Novella Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hayworth_and_Shawshank_Redemption

Show Credits:

Artwork: Nathaniel Dickson http://ndickson.com
Music: Spencer Morelock

Show Credits:
Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com
Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson

Ding Dong Darkness Time Media:
Twitter: @dddarknesstime
Instagram: dddarknesstime
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In the second part of our episode on The Body and Stand By Me, Allison, Chris, and Kate dive to the depths of the emotional core of this tale and all its characters, as well as rehash some of its best moments and how they resonated with us on a personal level.

How did Rob Reiner get such great performances out of his young actors? How can it be that a parent who completely ignores you is almost worse than one who hits you? What is Emotional Carbonation? Wait... Kiefer Sutherland is how tall?

All those answers and more await you in this episode!

Additional Info:

Chris's Podcast, 80s High:  https://the80shigh.podbean.com/
Stand by Me IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092005/
Different Seasons Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Different_Seasons

Credits:

Show Art: Nathaniel Dickson http://ndickson.com
Show Music: Spencer Morelock

Show Credits:
Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com
Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson

Ding Dong Darkness Time Media:
Twitter: @dddarknesstime
Instagram: dddarknesstime
Gmail: [email protected]

This week, Allison, Chris, and special guest Kate Jenkins set out on a journey to explore Stephen King's best known coming of age tale, The Body, as well as the Rob Reiner film adaptation, Stand By Me.

Although it's set in 1959 rural Maine, a very different world from today, this story seems to resonate through the ages, and we're here to pick apart all the reasons why. This is part one of a two part discussion, so be sure to come back for the conclusion!

“I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?”

Additional Info:

Chris's Podcast, 80s High:  https://the80shigh.podbean.com/
Stand by Me IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092005/
Different Seasons Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Different_Seasons

Credits:

Show Art: Nathaniel Dickson http://ndickson.com
Show Music: Spencer Morelock

Show Credits:
Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com
Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson

Ding Dong Darkness Time Media:
Twitter: @dddarknesstime
Instagram: dddarknesstime
Gmail: [email protected]

Picking right back up where we left off in Part 1 (please listen to that one first if you haven't!), Allison and James D.F. Hannah delve into the darkest and most horrific parts of Stephen King's novel, Pet Sematary. And then things lighten up a tad when they discuss Mary Lambert's 1989 film adaptation, which gets about as much wrong as it does right. We're not saying James has it out for Dale Midkiff, but we're also not NOT saying it...

James DF Hannah on Amazon -- https://www.amazon.com/James-D.F.-Hannah/e/B01A9QHA84%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Pet Sematary Wiki -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Sematary

The Monkey's Paw -- https://americanliterature.com/author/w-w-jacobs/short-story/the-monkeys-paw

Credits:

Show Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson http://ndickson.com
Show Music -- Spencer Morelock

Show Credits:
Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com
Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson

Ding Dong Darkness Time Media:
Twitter: @dddarknesstime
Instagram: dddarknesstime
Gmail: [email protected]

This week, crime author James D.F. Hannah comes on to discuss Stephen King's most terrifying novel, Pet Sematary, a book that King himself thinks was too dark, even for him.

We introduce the Creed family, and their friendly neighbors across the very dangerous road, and we discuss King's overall meditation on family, secrets, death, and grief. And much like the book itself, we dose you with a small spoonful of the unimaginable darkness to come in the second half. But nothing will compare to the full journey to the end of this harrowing beast of a tale.

Part 2 will be up very soon after, so you won't have to wait too long!

Additional Info:

James DF Hannah on Amazon -- https://www.amazon.com/James-D.F.-Hannah/e/B01A9QHA84%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Pet Sematary Wiki -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Sematary

The Monkey's Paw -- https://americanliterature.com/author/w-w-jacobs/short-story/the-monkeys-paw

Credits:

Show Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson http://ndickson.com
Show Music -- Spencer Morelock

Show Credits:
Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.com
Music -- Spencer Morelock, Ken Dickson

Ding Dong Darkness Time Media:
Twitter: @dddarknesstime
Instagram: dddarknesstime
Gmail: [email protected]