Stephen King on the Small Screen.
Title:
Stephen King on the Small Screen.
Author:
Browning, Mark.
ISBN:
9781841504551
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (194 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Preliminary Pages -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Vampires -- It (Tommy Lee Wallace, 1990) -- Salem's Lot (Tobe Hooper, 1979) -- A Return to Salem's Lot (Larry Cohen, 1987) -- Salem's Lot (Michael Solomon, 2004) -- The Night Flier (1997) -- Chapter 2: Stalk & Slash? -- Children of the Corn (Fritz Kiersch, 1984) -- Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (David F. Price, 1993) -- Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (James D.R. Hickox, 1995) -- Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (Greg Spence, 1996) -- Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (Ethan Wiley, 1998) -- Children of the Corn VI: Isaac`s Return (Kari Skogland, 1999) -- Children of the Corn 7: Revelation (Guy Magar, 2001) -- Children of the Corn (Donald P. Borchers, 2009) -- Chapter 3: Monsters vs Aliens -- The Tommyknockers (John Power, 1993) -- Needful Things (Fraser C. Heston, 1994) -- The Langoliers (Tom Holland, 1996) -- The Mist (Frank Darabont, 2007) -- Chapter 4: Sometimes They Come Back -- Sometimes They Come Back (Tom McLoughlin, 1991) -- Sometimes They Come Back… Again (Adam Grossman, 1995) -- Sometimes They Come Back… For More (Daniel Berk, 1999) -- Ghosts (Stan Winston, 1997) -- Rose Red (Craig R. Baxley, 2002) -- Kingdom Hospital (Craig R. Baxley, 2004) -- Riding the Bullet (Mick Garris, 2004) -- Chapter 5: Apocalypse Now -- The Stand (Mick Garris, 1994) -- Storm of the Century (Craig R. Baxley, 1999) -- Desperation (Mick Garris, 2006) -- Chapter 6: Tales of the Unexpected -- Quicksilver Highway (Mick Garris, 1997) -- Nightmares & Dreamscapes (2006) -- Battleground (Brian Henson) -- Crouch End (Mark Haber) -- Umney's Last Case (Rob Bowman) -- The End of the Whole Mess (Mikael Salomon) -- The Road Virus Heads North (Sergio Mimica-Gezzan) -- The Fifth Quarter (Rob Bowman) -- Autopsy Room Four (Mikael Salomon).
They've Got One Hell of a Band (Mike Robe) -- Golden Years (1991) -- Thinner (Tom Holland, 1996) -- 'Chinga' (Kim Manners, 1998) -- Conclusion -- References -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
In this follow up to Stephen King on the Big Screen (2009) Mark Browning turns his critical eye upon the much-neglected subject of the best-selling author's work in television, examining what it is about King's fiction that makes it particularly suitable for the small screen.By focusing on this body of work, from ratings successes The Stand and The Night Flier to lesser- known TV films Storm of the Century (1999), Rose Red (2002), Kingdom Hospital (2003) and the 2004 remake of Salem's Lot, Browning is able to articulate how these adaptations work and, in turn, suggest new ways of viewing them. The book is the first written by a film specialist to consider King's television work in its own right, and rejects previous attempts to make the films and books fit rigid thematic categories. Browning examines what makes a written or visual text successful at evoking fear on a case-by-case basis, in a highly readable and engaging way. He also considers the relationship between the big and small screen. Why, for instance, are some TV versions more effective than movie adaptations and vice versa? In the process, Stephen King on the Big Screen is able to shed new light on what it is that makes King's novels so successful and reveal the elements of style and approach that have helped make King one of the world's best-selling authors.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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