r/maximumfun • u/apathymonger • 10d ago

The Flop House - FH Mini #150: Best Stephen King Movies

https://maximumfun.org/episodes/flop-house/fh-mini-150best-stephen-king-movies/
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u/el_wombato 9d ago

The could have made an episode just based on guessing whether a Children of the Corn title is real or made up

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u/fancycwabs 9d ago

There’s a funny bit in Joe Hill’s King Sorrow where he references the events of The Dead Zone being real in the universe of the book. I’ll grab the quote:

“Do you think the baby had PTSD too?” Van wondered. “The one Stillson was using as a human shield when John Smith drew down on him?”

“Ignore him,” Donna said. “That’s a lot of Van’s leftie bullshit. Stillson was trying to throw the baby to safety. Rush Limbaugh had a pretty good breakdown of what really happened.”

Arthur didn’t have any comment. His mother had been arrested protesting outside a Stillson rally and was of the opinion that Greg Stillson pretty much ate babies.

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u/kidflugufrelsar 9d ago

I liked that nod to his dad when I got to that part. I feel like there were a few other King references too?

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u/fancycwabs 9d ago

I think so? I’m not so well-versed in Stephen King lore that I necessarily would have caught anything less obvious than “hey remember that murder clown in Derry a few years back?”

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u/thesupermikey 10d ago

Reverse chronological Children of the Core is my favorite Guided by Voices EP.

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u/Handsomest_Nick 8d ago

Honestly, I feel like Gerald’s Game didn’t get enough credit. It’s a movie I don’t want to rewatch, but it was super intense and so many moments have stuck with me. Even more than the degloving, the creep at the end is really haunting haha.

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u/todbatx 7d ago

For whatever reason I completely missed The Monkey (2025) when it came out. It’s fun! It’s like a movie version of a Halloween haunted house, where it’s all set pieces of fun gore effects and the plot doesn’t really matter much.