Horror Movie Podcast Ep. 138: Winter With Stephen King – Part 1: The Shining (1980) and Misery (1990)

It’s cold out there, so why not snuggle up with Horror Movie Podcast, Episode 138 and the creepiest cuddliest of horror icons, Stephen King? Back in August we brought you a survey of the films adapted from King’s work with our 2-Part series, The Horror of Stephen King. Earlier in the Summer, we’d sunk our teeth into Cujo during our Man’s Best Fiend – Horror Pets episode. And this past September we spent some quality time with Pennywise the Dancing Clown when we took a look at Creepy Killer Clowns in horror cinema with an “It vs It” episode. Now, we warm the cockles of your icy heart with two classic wintry tales from King films in Part 1 of our 2-Part series, Winter With Stephen King. Jay of the Dead, Wolfman Josh and Dr. Shock welcome the host of the Movie Moments Podcast, William Rowan Jr. (aka Kill Bill Kill aka Rowan the Destroyer aka William Solo Jr) to discuss Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980) and Rob Reiner’s Misery (1990). We hope you’ll come in and stay forever and ever and ever.

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SHOW NOTES:

I. Introduction

— Welcome guest Kill Bill Kill (aka Rowan the Destroyer)

— Check out the Movie Moments Podcast

— Dave’s news

— Agenda for this episode

[ 0:13:54 ] II. Feature Review: THE SHINING (1980)

(based on the novel from 1977)

Jay of the Dead = 10 ( Must-see / Masterpiece / Buy it! )

Wolfman Josh = 10 ( Masterpiece / Buy it! )

Dr. Shock = 10 ( Masterpiece / Buy it! )

William Rowan the Destroyer = 10 ( Masterpiece / Buy it! )

[ 1:33:12 ] III. Feature Review: MISERY (1990)

(based on the novel from 1987)

Jay of the Dead = 9.5 ( Must-see / Buy it! )

Wolfman Josh = 10 ( Buy it! )

Dr. Shock = 9 ( Buy it! )

William Rowan the Destroyer = 9 ( Must-see / Buy it! )

IV. Wrap-Up / Plugs / Ending

— Thank you to The Gray Man for the posters!

JOIN US FRIDAY AFTER NEXT ON HMP: Episode 139 (a Frankensteinian episode)

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