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The Running Man review – brings very little new to the death sports arena

by David Jenkins

Edgar Wright’s slick new adaptation of the dystopian Stephen King novel fails to tackle some of the key issues of our age.

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The Long Walk review – more televised deathsports in a grim future

by David Jenkins

The director of The Hunger Games pivots towards gnarly allegory in this violent Stephen King adaptation about a hike to the death.

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The Life Of Chuck review – soliloquy soup

by Billie Walker

Mike Flanagan returns with yet another Stephen King adaptation, but is too busy posturing to offer anything truly substantial.

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The Monkey review – Theo James goes ape

by Hannah Strong

A cheeky monkey with a violent streak gets Theo James in all sorts of trouble in Osgood Perkins’ bloodthirsty horror based on a Stephen King short story.

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Not Movies

Midnight Mass is a thrilling tribute to Stephen King’s literary legacy

by Leila Latif

Mike Flanagan’s latest Netflix outing, set in a small island community, is his most ambitious and personal work to date.
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Bryan Fuller is pumping the gas on a remake of Stephen King’s Christine

by Charles Bramesco

The creator of TV’s Hannibal and Pushing Daisies will make his foray into movies with the tale of automotive horror.
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Lynne Ramsay sets her sights on a Stephen King adaptation

by Charles Bramesco

She’s set to bring the survival-horror ​‘The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon’ to the screen.
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Alex Ross Perry is set to adapt a Stephen King novel for next project

by Max Copeman

The Her Smell writer/​director is tackling ​‘The Dark Half’ for MGM.
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Doctor Sleep

by Anton Bitel

Ewan McGregor retreads familiar ground in this sequel to Stephen King’s (and Stanley Kubrick’s) The Shining.

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Want to live at Stephen King’s house in Maine? Now you can

by Charles Bramesco

The horror novelist par excellence has turned his home into a museum/​writers’ retreat.