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Letâs all take a moment to thank Tabitha Jane King. After all, if it werenât for her, we wouldnât have
Carrie. When Stephen King was first developing the story, he disliked the material so much that he literally threw it in the trash â but when his wife picked it out and read it, she encouraged him to stick with it. Those pages eventually expanded to become the Master Of Horrorâs first novel, and it not only kick started one of the greatest literary legacies of all time, but it also inspired director Brian De Palmaâs feature film adaptation, which continues to be hailed as one of the all-time great scary movies.
Late Night in the Reagan Era: Swimming Upstream on A Personal Horror Journey (PART 4)
B Harrison Smith discussed late-night horror in the Reagan Era! By B Harrison Smith Editor’s Note: B Harrison Smith is well known to horror fans as the writer/director of The Fields, Death House, and Camp Dread. He also directed The Special, released in 2020.
HBO where I got my fix of blood, boobs, babes and horror.
Summer late nights, Christmas breaks from school all allowed you to watch after hours. The parents went to bed and you got to tune into the movies you missed in theaters, due to the “R” rating, limited release or maybe you just didn’t have the guts to watch on the big screen.