Violence in the Films of Stephen King

Contributors analyze the theme of violence in the film adaptations of Stephen King's work, ranging from his earliest movies to the most recent, through a variety of lenses.

List of contents

Introduction
Michael J. Blouin and Tony Magistrale
1. Stephen King's Carrie: Victim No More?
Sarah E. Turner
2. An American Hyde: Stephen King's A Good Marriage
Tony Magistrale
3. The Mad Lady: Racial and Sexual Violence in Mick Garris's Bag of Bones
Phoenix Crockett and Stephen Indrisano
4. Cujo, the Black Man, and the Story of Patty Hearst
Sarah Nilsen
5. King of Pain: Exposing the Raw, "Unpleasant Truth" of Stephen King's Use of Extreme Violence in Doctor Sleep
Mary Findley
6. Violence Persists: Muschietti's IT Films and a Sadistic Status Quo
Michael J. Blouin
7. "Cut You Up into Little Pieces": Ghosts & Violence in Kubrick's The Shining
Danel Olson
8. Tempered Violence in Frank Darabont's Adaptations of Stephen King: The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile
Maura Grady
9. Hiding in Plain Sight: Watching and the Unconscious in Stephen King's Mr. Mercedes Trilogy on Page and Screen
Brian Kent
10. Political Allegory and the Plague of Violence in the Television Adaptation of The Outsider
Philip L. Simpson
11. The Invasive Gaze: Surveillance Camera Shots in Flanagan's Doctor Sleep and Price's The Outsider
Matthew Muller
12. "Murder is Damnation, But Murder is Also Work": Violence, Patriarchy, and the Work Ethic in 1922
Jason Clemence
13. Lost in the Supermarket: When "The Mist" Fogs Our Mind . . . When Basic Emotions Transform into Monstrous Acts
Alexandra Reuber
14. Stephen King's Big Driver: A Utopian Road to Justice
Patrick McAleer
About the Contributors

About the author

Tony Magistrale is professor of English at the University of Vermont.
Michael J. Blouin is associate professor of English and the humanities at Milligan University.

Product details

• Assisted by: Blouin Michael J. (Editor), Magistrale Tony (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.03.2023
• EAN: 9781793635815
• ISBN: 978-1-7936-3581-5
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 223 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 376 g
• Illustrations: 6 BW Photos
• Series: Lexington Books Horror Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Science Fiction & Fantasy, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Horror, Film, TV & radio, Film: styles & genres, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production, Film production: technical & background skills, Film: styles and genres, Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills