Episode 21: Stephen King

Episode 21: Stephen King This episode was recorded on February 8, 2024 and posted on March 9, 2024. Content Warning: Light vulgarity.  Introduction Welcome to No Bodies Episode 21 Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie Introductions to our guests Tom from Reviews by Tom Today's Topic: Stephen King Discussion on Stephen King's Impact Defining King's impact horror literature, cinema, and community  This Week's Coroner's Report What was your first experience with Stephen King's work? Do you have a favorite King adaptation?  Film Discussion The Stephen King Metaverse + the "shine" The Shining (1980) The Green Mile (1999) Doctor Sleep (2019) King's Controversy - Depictions of Women in Works by King Carrie (1976) Misery (1990) Dolores Claiborne (1995) Gerald's Game (2017) Childhood & Fear - Use of Children as Protagonists & Antagonists  It (1990) + It (2017) Worst & Best Representations of Stephen King Adaptations Spoilers ahead! Worst Riding the Bullet (2004) - Tom & Suzie Firestarter (1984) & 1922 (2017) - Lonely Best Cujo (1983) - Tom Pet Sematary (1989) & Salem's Lot (1979) - Lonely 1408 (2007) - Suzie Suzie's Deep Cuts Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB.  Lisey's Story (2021) Closing Thoughts What piece of the Stephen King resume would you want to see made or remade in the coming years? Thank you to our guest! Follow Tom on Instagram at @reviews_by_tom!  Keep Up with Your Hosts Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.  Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner's Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner's Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.  Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com. Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!  Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show! Sources Ahlin, C. (2017, October 24). Stephen King's books are all connected to each other, and it's honestly terrifying. Bustle. https://www.bustle.com/p/stephen-kings-books-are-all-connected-to-each-other-its-honestly-terrifying-2947873 Breznican, A. (2017, September 12). How Stephen King scared a generation of storytellers into existence. EW.com. https://ew.com/movies/2017/09/12/stephen-king-influence-filmmakers-horror-genre/ Deininger, K. (2020, July 3). Stephen King Theory: Every character that has the shine.  ScreenRant. https://screenrant.com/stephen-king-universe-every-character-shine-powers/ Hoppe, C. (2019, December 22). Why Stephen King loves writing child characters. ScreenRant. https://screenrant.com/stephen-king-books-child-characters-reason/#:~:text=King%20loves%20to%20write%20about,his%20creation%20of%20predatory%20antagonists. Lombardi, E., Lombardi, E., & Lombardi, E. (2023, May 28). The influence of Stephen King on modern horror literature. A Book Geek. https://www.abookgeek.com/influence-stephen-king/#:~:text=Stephen%20King's%20writing%20style%20has,to%20follow%20in%20his%20footsteps. Romano, A. (2018, October 10). Stephen King: A guide to his horror, his history, and his legacy. Vox.https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/8/4/16066180/stephen-king-themes-cultural-influence-explained Stephen King Multiverse. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse_(Stephen_King) The 15 best Stephen King movie adaptations. (2023, February 6). Empire. https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-stephen-king-movies/ Walsh, A. (2019, August 8). The Women of Stephen King: the Good, the Bad, and the Best. Medium. https://medium.com/legendary-women/the-women-of-stephen-king-the-good-the-bad-and-the-best-9feab00c6604 Wikipedia contributors. (2024a, March 2). List of highest-grossing horror films. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_horror_films Wikipedia contributors. (2024b, March 2). Stephen King. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King Yant, C. (2021, November 19). All the King's Women: the Fats - Fantasy Magazine. Fantasy Magazine. https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fm/non-fiction/all-the-kings-women-the-fats/