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S3:E5 The King of Page & Screen
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It’s officially Stephen King month on Based on a Book, and we’re kicking things off with a deep dive into the master of horror himself. Whether you’re a constant reader or just here for the creepy vibes, this episode sets the stage for a thrilling month of episodes ahead.
Hosted by Lindsey with co-hosts Crystal and Keri.
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(17:45) King or Not King?
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Introduction and Stephen King Month
00:00:07
Speaker
Welcome back to Based on a Book, the podcast that's wandering the foggy streets of Derry, creeping through the halls of the Overlook, and hiding from killer clowns and storm drains, all in the name of book-to-screen adaptations.
00:00:21
Speaker
I'm Lindsay, your royal subject in the House of Horror. I'm Crystal, and I hate horror, but I love Stephen King. And I'm Carrie, not to be mistaken with the powerful telekinetic one.
00:00:36
Speaker
And today, I'm hosting our very first episode of Stephen King Month. That's right, throughout September, we're honoring the master of horror, suspense, and strange small towns with three very different King adaptations that prove the King does have range.
Stephen King's Prolific Career
00:00:54
Speaker
We're going to kick things off with a look at the man behind the madness. So before we get into our adaptations that we'll be covering this month... Stephen Edwin King was born in 19... my whole government name. That one was not expecting that middle name, but... but Right.
00:01:16
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Stephen Edwin King was born in 1947 in Portland, Maine. King has paul published over 65 novels and 200 short stories.
00:01:27
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And that's just what's been published. His work has sold over 350 million copies worldwide, and more than 50 of his stories have been adapted for the screen, making him the most adapted living author.
Themes Beyond Horror
00:01:43
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What makes King so fascinating is that he doesn't just write horror. He explores addiction, grief, adolescence, and morality, all wrapped up in terrifying or twisted packaging.
00:01:58
Speaker
And Whether it's supernatural or the all-too-human, he knows how to tap into fear. And his first novel, Carrie, was rejected 30 times before being published in 1974. And it was adapted into a film just two years later. And the rest is spooky history.
00:02:22
Speaker
Can you believe that? Being rejected like so many times? It's honestly inspiring. iconic Being iconic? Yeah. i it Apparently though it was his wife who saved the manuscript from the trash when he got so discouraged.
00:02:37
Speaker
So like shout out to Mrs. King.
King's Personal Quirks and Pen Names
00:02:40
Speaker
Yeah. Listen to your wife. He also hates Mambo No. 5. What?
00:02:50
Speaker
ah Because apparently King was writing something and just kept listening to Mambo number five. Oh, interesting. And she threatened to leave him because he kept playing the song.
00:03:03
Speaker
I still want to know what happened to Mambo's number one through four. why there aren't seven, eight, nine, ten. Right? Five was the only good one, folks.
00:03:16
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ah But King originally published several books under the pen name of Richard Bachman, including The Long Walk, which is one of the titles that we're covering this month.
00:03:27
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So here is a breakdown of the King lineup that we've got in store for September.
Focus on Adaptations
00:03:32
Speaker
First, we have The Life of Chuck, one of his newest stories adapted by Mike Flanagan.
00:03:39
Speaker
Crystal, do you want to talk a little about little bit about why you picked this one? um Well, like I said in the intro, I'm not a fan of horror, but Stephen King writes some amazing dramas.
00:03:53
Speaker
His stories, a lot of his dramas really focus on the human condition, just life in general and and muddling through it.
00:04:04
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And how even the small mundane moments can be really special. And that resonates with me. So when I saw they were adapting Life of Chuck and that, well, they already had. And, you know, it was released in other parts of the world before it was here. But when I found out it was coming here, I was like, you know, no, this is the one for me. This is what we're doing.
00:04:26
Speaker
And of course, Tom Hiddleston. So yeah. There you go. yeah And that's that. the yeah And then next we have The Monkey. A creepy little short story about a murderous toy monkey.
00:04:40
Speaker
Carrie, what made you pick this one? You mean outside of Theo James being in the movie? No, I'm just kidding. Actually, I'm not kidding. No. I love Theo James.
00:04:53
Speaker
But, I mean, i really like the idea of us doing a lot of new adaptations. I mean, all of our picks, I think, are mostly in, I think, 2025.
00:05:04
Speaker
Yeah. So I love the idea of doing that. The Monkey is 2025 adaptation. Also from, you said a short story. It's from the Skeleton Crew collection, which is, i really like that collection a lot.
00:05:19
Speaker
So I was excited to grab from that one. Also a storyline revolving around siblings. I believe twin brothers. I'm not 100% certain on that because I've been trying to stay away from the synopsis because we love going in blind on stories.
00:05:35
Speaker
Also a horror comedy. So kind of it's still horror, but a horror comedy. So trying to like mix it up a little bit between the three of us. I think that I like horror comedy. Like if it's meant to be funny, that's a little different. It takes the edge off the scary. I like this.
00:05:54
Speaker
Yeah. I am excited about that one. Yeah, I'm really excited about horror comedy. Yeah. um And last but not least, we do have The Long Walk. And this one is giving Hunger Games.
00:06:07
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So yeah that's kind of why I picked it. Also our first theater release. and Yeah, it is our first theater to release. And I was excited to do one under his Bachman pseudonym. I think it'll be interesting.
00:06:24
Speaker
Yeah, that one's go be fun. I was like debating on... i know we were discussing of doing, you know, one of his classic stories because personally I have not seen a lot of the classics or read the classics, which is probably like, oh my God, like why haven't you read or seen these?
00:06:44
Speaker
Like I haven't read or seen The Shining, which is probably like absolutely insane. Pet Sematary. Misery, Gerald's Game.
00:06:58
Speaker
like Those are big ones that i really want to cover as well. But i don't know. The idea of doing like all brand new releases was really exciting. Yeah. There's a ton that I haven't seen either.
00:07:11
Speaker
But now that we're doing this podcast, I'm purposely not watching them because i want to like save them for if we do. um i'm kind of super excited about the idea of doing more Stephen King.
00:07:26
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as much as i might not always enjoy the material. Yeah. There's no denying I love his writing. So I'm kind of excited by the idea that although this month might be our big Stephen King focus, there's probably going to be more Stephen King to come.
00:07:41
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Oh, absolutely. I had never read lot of Stephen King before we started the podcast. I'd seen a lot of movies, so I was actually really nervous. I wasn't sure what to expect from writing. That surprises me.
00:07:54
Speaker
From like the horror queen herself. Right? Not reading a ton of Stephen King is so crazy to me. I'd always heard it was really detailed and depth. It was a lot to it. And I was honestly intimidated by his writing.
00:08:10
Speaker
Yeah, i I will admit, I'm pretty sure I've said this before on the podcast, that the longer stories I have yet to have success with um and the shorter stories I've had a lot of success with,
00:08:27
Speaker
So I'm really waiting for that longer story to really grasp me, like really get me. So I'm excited for that. I think there's a lot of potential out there. So out of his entire backlist. So that I'm really interested in.
00:08:44
Speaker
Were there any other Stephen King facts or.
Dollar Baby Program
00:08:50
Speaker
bits that we want to discuss something i really love that he does is that he has this program called the dollar baby program which was developed i think in like the 70s when he was like first started getting super big i think but i believe was like the success was starting with like the shining
00:09:19
Speaker
which helped upcoming filmmakers where he would sell his short stories to these upcoming filmmakers for just a dollar. where you get to use the story, the short story to create movies, but you couldn't use them to necessarily make a profit, but you could use them for school, like education purposes or at like educational institutes, charity, or at film festivals.
00:09:46
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And people would review them and they can bring opportunities to those filmmakers. And I thought that was really cool that he has this program. And it's been like, it's active. Like they've had, they still have, they call him like dollar baby films all the way up to like 2024. They're still doing them.
00:10:01
Speaker
Yeah. That's really cool. I really
Philanthropy and Community Support
00:10:03
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love that. love that. I think that's amazing. In my Stephen King research, I found that he was a contestant on celebrity jeopardy twice.
00:10:15
Speaker
He won it in, I think, 1995. Yeah. i
00:10:22
Speaker
And he was playing against David Duchovny and Lynn Redgrave. But did you know with Celebrity Jeopardy, whatever they win ends up being a donation to the charity of their choice. And his charity was the Banker Public Library in Maine. And I think it's really awesome that he still to this day is really big in donating to public libraries and to public organizations that serve the communities that he's in.
00:10:54
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i always hope that if I ever got to a point where I had um more money than I could really use myself, that I would keep trying to help promote and help care for the the communities that helped care for me. So I think it's really awesome that him and his wife, his whole family keep doing that.
00:11:12
Speaker
Yeah, that's amazing. Something I also really love about him is that with his stories, there's a lot
Interconnected Universe
00:11:21
Speaker
of... Like, when you have such a huge backlist, something that's really exciting about the fact that of this huge, you know, backlist that makes it... It's still really intimidating, but makes it maybe a little less intimidating is and more exciting is the fact that...
00:11:39
Speaker
there's crossover characters and there's crossover you know locations. There's connections that can be made between these novels that may not necessarily have to do with each other, but you can make these different connections work.
00:11:57
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with their worlds. And I love that in books. I love that. Even if they're just like really silly, super small connections, it's just, it's super fun to, if you're just like a diehard fan or if you're just getting into it to have maybe like a starting point, like this is the reading order if you want to find all these connections. And I love that there is a focus on that. And like, like he, like you said, he's from Maine and lot of his stories are set there. And I think that's really cool. I love that.
00:12:30
Speaker
Well, even in like the mist that we covered, the painting that the main character was doing in the beginning of the mist was actually the cover of one of his next books.
00:12:42
Speaker
Wasn't it? Yeah. It was the dark tower series. There you go. Yeah. And then like in real life, he owned, radio stations in Maine.
00:12:53
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And in one of his books, one of the characters talks about her job at the local radio station, specifically stating the radio station that he owns.
00:13:03
Speaker
So there's like all those random little like Easter eggs here and there that tie back to either real life or previous stories is really kind of neat. Yeah. And I'm pretty sure he will make special appearances in some of his adaptations. I have not seen the adaptations that he has made a special appearance in, but he has like a couple that like he's like a background person or something like that.
00:13:27
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So I realize I've only have actually not seen ton of adaptations. I think I've only seen like six adaptations, which was crazy me when I was like going through everything.
00:13:41
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was like, what? Right. I've only seen six of his movies. That's crazy see to me. Six of his. How many did we say? There's what? 300, 400, something like that. I don't think it's that many, but it feels like it's that many.
00:13:56
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Yeah. Well, I think there's like only 140 or something that were actually adapted. It's just insane. Into like a movie. it's It's so wild to me that he is such a prolific author and not just a great author, but that these stories are so good. Because anybody could write 140 books if they didn't mind writing trash. You know what i mean? like Anybody can sit down and write material.
00:14:27
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But to write good material, to write material that people want to read, that's just – that level of skill I don't understand – And throws them out. Like he throws them out.
00:14:42
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I don't understand the stories that live in this man's head. You know, that's so much creativity. ah it just blows me away. Yeah.
00:14:53
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And I think like in my opinion – I'll say in my opinion – Some of them, i think, can be an acquired taste because i think he is known for that slow burn fear in some of them. like I'm thinking of stuff, where it's like or Gerald's Game, it's like that one night and it's just it's in your head that's low burning you know
00:15:25
Speaker
scariness that's happening whether it's like in your head throughout the night and it's just like that's not my favorite thing to read personally. i think that's why I don't usually gravitate towards him too much but Yeah, I think one of my favorite reads from him have been Carrie and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. Those are my two top two favorites.
00:15:51
Speaker
I love those two. They're doing a Girl Who Loved Tom girl Gordon adaptation, right? Aren't they? Yeah, which is so crazy to me because they just like... How many adaptations have there are they done in 2025 of his books?
00:16:04
Speaker
Right. it's Now they're signing on to another one. It's so insane. and They're going to Cujo soon. They're redoing Carrie soon. hu Which is also kind of in insane because how many Carries are there? Like three already? Yeah.
00:16:21
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Something like that, yeah. I think Mike Flanagan is doing Carrie, right? Is that right? I think so. I know he just did Life of Chuck.
00:16:32
Speaker
and Yeah. Yeah. ah just I just thought. Yeah, believe so. Yeah. Yeah. So I'm excited. Me too. that's Another tie back to, well, to us.
00:16:46
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Stephen King was mentioned in the...
00:16:53
Speaker
In The Princess Bride, William Goldman mentioned that Stephen King was going to be adapting the Buttercup's baby, which was supposedly like the next in the series, in the book.
00:17:08
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And but William Goldman also wrote the screenplay for Misery. Like Stephen King and William Goldman knew each other. And that was kind of an inside joke between the two of them. So my God, I totally remember that in Buttercup's baby or whatever.
00:17:21
Speaker
i just I think that's so so funny. was like, what the heck is going on? Right. Like, you know, this apparently no But but he thought it was hilarious because he loved William Goldman. So i think that's neat.
00:17:35
Speaker
Yeah, that's pretty funny. Well, I think we're going to get into our game for the episode. I'm so excited.
Stephen King Creation Game
00:17:45
Speaker
We're calling this King or Not King.
00:17:49
Speaker
And I'm going to start with a short synapssises synopsis of a story. And then my co-hosts will have to guess. Is it a real Stephen King story?
00:18:00
Speaker
Or is it something that we made up?
00:18:04
Speaker
Oh, it could go any direction. Interesting. Okay. And I did. If you want a hint, I can give you the title of the story as well before you make your guess.
00:18:18
Speaker
Okay. It's either going to be really great or really embarrassing. Right? So our first title is a family prepares to be teleported to Mars, but the sun opens his eyes during the process and it doesn't go well.
00:18:38
Speaker
Oh my gosh. This seriously like something. feel like this is a Stephen King. And I are you almost, is this the jaunt or I think, is this the jaunt? It is.
00:18:52
Speaker
Oh my gosh. What a Carrie. That was a complete guess. That was literally a complete guess. I've never read that before. i actually had. I've literally never read it. I had full confidence that you were going to get that one because the jaunt is in the skeleton crew.
00:19:07
Speaker
Yes. I know how much you like the skeleton crew, so I had a feeling you were going to get that one. That was one that's been on my TBR. I have not read yet, but I've heard that it had like some type of teleportation thing happening in it.
00:19:27
Speaker
Well, okay. Point for me. Wait, are we keeping score? and No, I don't know. If i are, I'm going to write it down. because but but I got it. I got it. I got it. Carrie won. Got it. Okay.
00:19:40
Speaker
All right. Title number two. A man discovers a mirror in an antique shop that shows alternate versions of himself committing crimes.
00:19:52
Speaker
alternate versions of himself committing crimes. This sounds very- In a mirror. This sounds very Philip K. Dick, actually. This sounds like a Minority Report type thing.
00:20:08
Speaker
I'm going to say not King. Oh. I feel like it's- Yeah, I feel like it's not King. I'm going to agree with Crystal. Final answers? o you know, right?
00:20:21
Speaker
Okay, yeah, final answer. Okay. You're both right. That is not King. A. Yes. All right. ah A hitchhiker picks up a mysterious woman and soon finds himself committing a series of violent crimes.
00:20:40
Speaker
that's That's Stephen in King. Gotta be Stephen King. There's a hitchhiker. Yeah, that's... Seems very Stephen King. Seems very mean. I'm actually gonna go...
00:20:53
Speaker
Hitchhiker. This is so basic. it's like I feel like this is like every horror movie I've ever seen. oh do you want a hint?
00:21:08
Speaker
I'm going to say not Stephen King. Final answers? Yeah. It is Stephen King.
00:21:18
Speaker
What's the title? Nona. I knew I'd heard this one before. Interesting. Okay. Tide game, folks. Tide game. Tide. A detective interviews a suspect who claims his wife has been possessed by something not of this world.
00:21:39
Speaker
Okay. Listen, this... I can't think of what Stephen King this would be or that I've even heard it, but it does sound very Stephen King-y.
00:21:51
Speaker
King-esque. I'm going with Stephen King. this Yeah, going to go with Stephen King on this one. And i No, it's not that one book. Yeah, I'm going to go with Stephen King.
00:22:03
Speaker
It is King. hey It's titled Red Screen and it was published on Humble Bundle. Ooh. Ooh.
00:22:14
Speaker
Okay. We're getting sneaky up in here. A little sneaky. A little sneaky. A gardener in New England discovers he's been growing flowers in a cursed graveyard.
00:22:29
Speaker
I would read that. But I don't think it's Stephen King. No. I don't think it's Stephen King. It is not Stephen King. Yay!
00:22:40
Speaker
We're getting good at this, Carrie. Yep. I don't know why. It's my intuition. Is that a real book? I have no idea. Oh, well, if anybody knows the book with that plot, let us know. Cause I, I'd actually like to read it.
00:22:57
Speaker
Uh, uh, let's see. A young man buys roses for his sweetheart, but there's something deadly behind his charming smile.
00:23:09
Speaker
I mean, I feel like that's just about anybody. Yeah. Like what? I feel like I need a hint for this one. I need a hint. Okay. The title of the story is the man who loved flowers.
00:23:22
Speaker
No, this is not Stephen King. i don't know. Yeah. No, I don't think so. I don't think not Stephen King. It is Stephen King. No way. Oh, Lindsay gets a point. She stumped us both.
00:23:38
Speaker
That one is from Night Shift. What? Isn't that, is I'm pretty sure that's like his very first collection. I believe so. i and don't think I would read that one.
00:23:50
Speaker
See, even Little thinks it's crap. Yeah. The title felt really basic. It really did. So I was like, interesting. Okay. Okay. Okay.
00:24:01
Speaker
Scientists keep five subjects awake for 15 days using using an experimental gas with horrifying results. That's Stephen King.
00:24:13
Speaker
I feel like that might actually be real life. I'm just saying. and They did some weird ass experiments in the like 40s and fifty s Just could be.
00:24:24
Speaker
ah Yeah. That sounds like something Stephen King would write. It is not Stephen King. Lindsay gets a point again. yo That is the sleep experiment, which is an internet creepypasta.
00:24:39
Speaker
Oh my gosh, Lindsay. it's That is creepypasta. You're killing us. Okay. An elderly woman decides to cross the frozen bay to the mainland for the first time in her life, but she's not walking alone.
00:24:58
Speaker
Yeah, that's got to be a Stephen King. Yeah. When you said the mainland. Yeah.
00:25:05
Speaker
Yeah, that's Stephen King. It is Stephen King. Yes. hey That is the reach from Skeleton Crew. All right. Carrie and Crystal are tied at five each. Lindsay has two.
00:25:18
Speaker
yeah Yeah. I wasn't expecting points, so I'm excited. We're generous around here. Thank you. Explorers in Antarctica discover a race of small frozen humanoids buried in the ice who might not be entirely dead.
00:25:36
Speaker
I feel like I've seen this movie.
00:25:41
Speaker
No, that wasn't humanoids. That was bacteria. I'm going to I'm going say... I'm going to say no. was going say no. That's Stephen King.
00:25:53
Speaker
I don't feel like it is. That is not Stephen King. Yes! Okay. Alright. Okay. This is our our last one for the game. Okay.
00:26:05
Speaker
During a foggy spring, a college campus is plagued by a serial killer and the narrator suspects he knows more than he should. This is so weird. Is the narrator the killer?
00:26:19
Speaker
But he doesn't know It's so vague. But... Can we get a hint? I want a hint. The title is Strawberry Spring. That is unhelpful. That did nothing. That did nothing for me.
00:26:35
Speaker
i'm going to say I'm going to say that that is Stephen in King. And you would be right. Yes! Okay. That is from Night Well... Well, Lindsay, I'm sorry to say you lost your own game.
00:26:51
Speaker
but Carrie, Crystal, we we tie Carrie at seven points each. There we go. That was fun. That was fun. That was great. You upset Little.
00:27:02
Speaker
Yeah. a Little wanted Little did a great job. The commentary was spot on. She says thank you. The meows in the background great.
00:27:14
Speaker
If our editing software edits out Little's commentary after I just said that, I'm going to sound like a crazy person. Just so anybody listening knows, there is a cat present. There's two. One's really loud.
00:27:26
Speaker
Yeah. There is one crying in the background at this moment. But now we're going to get into our question of the episode.
Favorite Adaptations Discussion
00:27:38
Speaker
What is your favorite Stephen King adaptation? i' going to start because my answer is crap. I was going to let little start, but go ahead. ah Okay. Sorry, little. She left.
00:27:52
Speaker
i I don't really, I don't feel like I've seen enough to have a favorite because i really haven't seen that many. Shawshank um has a very, very tender place in my heart. I don't want to talk about life of Chuck yet because that's our next week's episode.
00:28:11
Speaker
But I am very much looking forward to reading and watching Thinner if we ever do that. Because it's about a curse and I love a good curse. So, yeah.
00:28:23
Speaker
That's the one I'm looking forward to. Okay. Karen. Yeah, can I feel of similar because I haven't seen that many. But out of the six that I've seen,
00:28:36
Speaker
Okay. Out of the six that I've seen, I've seen... Shawshank 1408. fourteen ah eight The Mist. The 2017 version.
00:28:50
Speaker
Not seen the older version. but Don't. In the Tall Grass. And I've seen Salem's Lot.
00:28:58
Speaker
The older version than from like 1979. Um... seventy nine um Shawshank has to be probably my favorite. I want to say The Mist is my second just because of the ending is so crazy and so absurd. I'm still mad about it.
00:29:18
Speaker
Yeah. But I do want to say my least favorite out of those six. And it's that Salem's Lot movie. That movie is absolutely unhinged in the worst way possible.
00:29:35
Speaker
I want to make that note. I want to see the newer one too. I haven't seen the newer one. I do want to see that. Also in the tall grass, I was like, because I was, like I said, I was looking through all like the adaptations that I'd seen and I was trying to remember all them. And in the tall grass, the Netflix adaptation, i don't know if either you have seen that.
00:29:57
Speaker
I haven't watched yet. That freaking crazy. That was crazy. You guys got to see that. I'll have to check it out. It's it's definitely on my watch list in my queue. Yeah. You got to watch that.
00:30:08
Speaker
Lindsay, what's your favorite? Honestly, I have so many, but I really like both of the It adaptations. like the older one and the newer one.
00:30:21
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huh and That's one the handful of of his horrors. like That's when I stopped having anything to do with Stephen King was watching the original It adaptation. i it was a two-parter. like if you had the VHS, I watched the first VHS.
00:30:38
Speaker
I never watched the second. i couldn't I barely got through the first one. and That's when I realized that like that that is a defining moment in my childhood. That should be Red flag, number one, who let a child watch that movie?
00:30:52
Speaker
And number two, why didn't they make me watch the end to at least get some resolution? I don't even know if there is any resolution because I'll never watch it. I'm never to watch it. I'm never go to read it and I'm never going to watch the new one. i feel like that...
00:31:04
Speaker
It movie is like a defining factor for so many people's fears of clowns. Yeah. and And somebody today suggested that we should do clown and a cornfield together. And I was like, no.
00:31:16
Speaker
No. No. i like I don't even know why it's a discussion. No. There's a clown and a cornfield? Absolutely not. Wrap it up. Lindsay and I saw that. We thought it wasn't that bad.
00:31:28
Speaker
I mean, you would probably... Die. Die. yeah Hide in my popcorn. it's yeah yeah I wouldn't have popcorn. I'd be scared of the popcorn because we're in a cornfield. No.
00:31:40
Speaker
Y'all. But Stephen King dramas are good. Yeah. For sure. I remember watching um it for the first time and like you said it cuts off. And I remember it cutting off like he was in the bathtub and it cuts off. I was like what?
00:31:56
Speaker
That's not the end. I was so confused. Yeah. Oh, I was just terrified. I didn't take showers by myself for so long. And I was afraid to close my eyes in the shower. Like, oh, it was bad.
00:32:08
Speaker
Who lets a kid watch them? to be To be very clear, it wasn't my parents. Nobody get mad at parents. It was a really bad babysitter. I'm pretty sure I just let myself watch it. It's fun. Let me just turn this on real quick. right Why do we own this VHS? Let me pop this in the VCR here.
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Goes to sleep perfectly fine. She's just like sleeping well. Not me. Nope. That was me when I'd stay home from school sick and I'd fall asleep watching Nightmare on Elm Street. Oh my god. That is crazy. That's unhinged.
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yeah This is why she is our queen of creep. who This is it. You were born for this moment. yeah For sure. Yeah.
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I feel like I'm living up to my potential and I'm really excited about it. Out here living my best life. There you go. But you guys, that was so much fun and hopefully a little
Episode Wrap-Up and Next Tease
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creepy.
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We are so excited to spend the month with the Master of Horror. And we'd love to hear what your favorite Stephen King adaptation is. Be sure to follow us on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube. And subscribe so you don't miss an episode this month.
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Next up again is The Life of Chuck. It's super bittersweet story that's part existential crisis, part horror, and part... well, I guess we'll find out.
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And we'll catch you in the next chapter Based on a Book. Bye. Bye.