Stephen King Archives

Why Stephen King’s Stories Only Get Scarier with the Passage of Time

Stephen King’s books reveal their depths slowly. Great horror comes from a fight between hope and hopelessness, empathy and the lack of it, and all of King’s stories straddle that fine line.

Amal Singh July 28, 2016

Pop Culture

Why I Won’t Be Watching Goosebumps 2 in Theatres

I learned the lesson that it’s better not to tarnish the memories of the books I would read by torchlight after bedtime with a movie more goofy and ghastly. Written by RL Stine, the Goosebumps books were where younger readers were introduced to all of horror’s tropes as a genre.

Dushyant Shekhawat May 15, 2016

Pop Culture

Let’s Call It Spooktober: Why October is the Best Time to Binge on Horror

October is a twilit month, suspended between bright summers and shadowy winters. For a fan of horror, there’s no better time in the year. This year, it’s The Terror, a gripping survival horror series, and the new Stephen King adaptation, In the Tall Grass, with which I’m greeting the season of spookiness.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 14, 2016