Episode Ninety Eight-Full Dark, No Stars

This week, I examine Stephen King's most underrated novel, The Regulators.  Published on the same day as Desperation, this entry, under the pen name Richard Bachman, is one of King's most out-there and high concept novels.  Perfectly skewering suburban life as well as offering up commentary on living with a difficult child, The Regulators is an action sci-fi with satirical horror elements that combine to make this novel  an incredibly imaginative journey.

10 Syys 20151h 12min

This week I take another stroll down The Green Mile, examining Frank Darabont's cinematic adaptation of Stephen King's classic.  How does this compare with Darabont's other Stephen King prison movie, The Shawshank Redemption?  Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast!

4 Syys 201538min

In 1996, King embarked upon a six month journey that provided a new installment of an ongoing serial for half a year.  The result? The much beloved The Green Mile.

27 Elo 20151h 9min

This week on the Stephen Kingcast, I examine Stephen King's second novel, the classic tale of a small town plagued by vampires, Salem's Lot. Hardcore Stephen King fans, stick around after the end of the podcast to listen to how Salem's Lot ties into King's magnum opus, The Dark Tower.  If you have any thoughts, write into stephenkingcast@yahoo.com Follow me on Facebook, Tik Tok, Instagram and Bluesky.

25 Elo 20151h 24min

Do you remember Rose Madder?  The answer is, "probably not."   And you might be better off for it.  Why?  Find out this week in The Stephen Kingcast!

20 Elo 20151h 9min

In the epic battle between King's 1974 novel v. DePalma's classic movie v. Pierce's 2013 remake, who comes out the victor? Find out this week on The Stephen Kingcast! If you have any thoughts, write into stephenkingcast@yahoo.com and follow on Facebook, Tik Tok, Instagram and Blue Sky.

18 Elo 201555min

With Insomnia, King introduces us to the big bad of his multiverse, The Crimson King.  He's a character whose legend will cast many of Stephen King's future works in a scarlet shadow.  This bonus episode analyzes the character as he's presented here in contrast to when we see him in the Dark Tower series.   Also in this episode, I place the Insomnia itself into context of the greater Dark Tower series as well as Patrick Danville.   So if you've completed your journey to the Tower, feel free to enter the Court of the Crimson King!

13 Elo 201531min

This is a big one, guys!  Insomnia was the first novel that Stephen King had published after I had become a Stephen King fan.  Nightmares and Dreamscapes might have been the first short story collection, but this is the first, full-blown novel that I had to look forward to, and I honestly think that Stephen King wrote it specifically for me.  Why?  1) It takes place in Derry, the city of his 1986 masterpiece, IT. 2) It's a wild, comic-booky concept involving colorful auras, super powers, and higher levels of existence.3) It introduces 2 classic Stephen King villains, the rusty blade wielding Atropos and his master, the grand daddy of all Stephen King baddies, the Crimson King, which brings me to . . .4) He fleshes out the mythology of the Dark Tower series in ways that he hadn't done so in the actual Dark Tower books.   Some people hate this novel, and this episode is designed to convince them that they should give Insomnia another chance!

13 Elo 20151h 43min