Stephen King Archives

Creepshow (1982)

Rating: ★★★★

Jul 6, 2000Horror Anthology

Stephen King and George Romero collaborate on a horror anthology made as homage to the EC Comics, telling five tales that replicate the blacker-than-black sense of humour (and even the visual look) of the comic-book with hilarious results

Director: George A. Romero

Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Ted Danson, Stephen King, Fritz Weaver, …

Category: Horror

6 July 20003 October 2025 by Roog

Creepshow II (1987)

Rating: ★

Mar 7, 2001Horror Anthology

The sequel to the hit George Romero-Stephen King horror anthology. This misses the original’s black humour by a mile and instead becomes overblown and filled with shrill unlikable characters

Director: Michael Gornick

Actors: Lois Chiles, George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, Joe King, …

Category: Horror

7 March 200112 January 2026 by Roog

It: Chapter Two (2019)

Rating: ★★

Nov 30, 2019Stephen King Adaptation/Killer Clown Monster

I had mixed feelings about the first part Andy Muschietti's adaptation of Stephen King's novel and far preferred the 1990 tv mini-series. The good news is that the second part here is a better film, although it too eventually gets buried in over an hour's worth of Muschietti's parade of jumpshocks

Director: Andy Muschietti

Actors: James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, James Ransone, …

Category: Horror

30 November 201919 October 2024 by Roog