CARRIE:
What Van Hise does like is Carrie. “Carrie seems like it has been part of the literature of terror forever,” he writes. “And yet it is barely half a decade old.” Now, with two musicals, plays, three movies and multiple reissues of the book, it seems more than ever that Carrie has always been with us!
Van Hise also notes,
“The texture of this novel is quite unique int hat even when it was first published, before any film was made, the reader knew that something monstrous was going to happen because the text is sprinkled with asides which were ostensibly excerpts from artilces and papers written on the tragedy of Carrie White and the horrors she wrought. Thus while we are meeting the characters and encountering their backgrounds, we also experience tension and suspense wondering what it’s all leading up to.”He also gives high marks to the movie Carrie. “Carrie remains the best cinematic adaptation of King which has been made thus far, Salem’s Lot and The Shining both having some nic scenes but mortal flaws at their core.”
SALEMS' LOT
Van Hise declares Salem’s Lot his favorite novel – as well as King’s. Of course, King seems to love most whatever he’s working on at the time. “The book is a totally satisfying reading experience which will bear rereading with just as much pleasure as the first time through.”
He spends a lot of time complaining about the movie. Several paragraphs, reminding readers that what they saw on TV does not really represent the book. Of course, I liked the movie a lot – but I’ve had many more years to be disappointed by Stephen King movies, so I’m a little numb and my standards are low!
The introduction to this set of reviews is at talkstephenking.blogspot.com
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