Pet Sematary: A Novel

Whether you think the new film delivers the scares better than the so-so 1989 version, the source material still stands as the single piece of writing King’s oeuvre that scares its own author the most—upon finishing it, he reportedly found the book so disturbing he stuffed the manuscript into a drawer, intending never to release […]

Any list of the scariest horror stories likely includes at least a few featuring young protagonists. Children and teenagers are well-represented in horror for a few reasons: They represent powerlessness, as most kids lack the freedoms adults enjoy, making them especially vulnerable to supernatural terror, and not especially well-equipped to deal with it. Kids themselves […]

So many of Stephen King’s books have been adapted for film or television that it’s possible to be very familiar with his body of work even if you’ve never read a word of it. (We do not recommend this course of action.) Just this year, four of King’s books are hitting the big screen by […]

Stephen King has become one of literature’s most complex cases: once more or less the only horror writer everyone has read, he’s evolved into a subtle master of letters who moves nimbly between literary novels, fantasy, mystery, horror and books that combine all of the above.