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Sorry Not Sorry, The Dark Tower Isn’t That Bad Of An Adaptation
After the constant stream of entertaining advertising for The Dark Tower, I decided to sit down in my local theater and see if the film lived up to the promise of the trailers (and everything else rel...
Cujo Definitely IS In The Dark Tower (Alongside A Host Of Others)
After what feels like years of anticipation, we’re finally just a few weeks away from the release of The Dark Tower. Last we heard, none other than Cujo was set to make an appearance. Now it see...
Why We Need More Weird Anthologies Like Cat’s Eye
Cat’s Eye is a weird movie, but that’s part of what makes it so endearing. Of the Stephen King adaptations I watched over and over again as a kid, I always thought it would hold up the least. But in a...
Script to Pieces: The Pet Sematary Remake
Welcome to Script to Pieces, a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where we look at the best, most interesting and at times most unbelievable horror movies that never happened. Sometimes these will be ...
Ten Memorable Horror Musicals from Film and Stage
Music plays an integral role in the horror genre. The soundtrack assists in setting the tone. The suspension of disbelief regarding characters bursting out into song can be a stretch when trying to il...
Is Cujo Making A Cameo In The Dark Tower?
The hugely-anticipated trailer for The Dark Tower finally dropped just a couple of weeks ago. And, although the upcoming movie may not be exactly what fans are expecting, we’ve got news about a ...
Script to Pieces: George Romero’s The Stand
Welcome to Script to Pieces, a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where we look at the best, most interesting and at times most unbelievable horror movies that never happened. Sometimes these will be ...
I’m Loving IT: Seven Best Moments from the 1990 Miniseries
In my excitement for the upcoming film adaptation of It, it has definitely appeared to some readers that I’ve come down pretty hard on the 1990 miniseries. But that simply comes out of my love of the ...
Why The Shining is Just a Ghost Story (And Why That’s Okay)
Stephen King’s chief influence for his novel The Shining was Shirley Jackson’s classic book The Haunting of Hill House. He speaks clearly about this in introductions to the book and in interviews. Mor...
