Steve Pattee at horrortalk has an outstanding review of the TCM documentary "The Horrors Of Stephen King." (here) He gives it 4 1/2 stars out of 5. Can't ask for more, can you? Well, maybe half a star more.
Pattee covers each section of the documentary quite nicely. I especially liked the section on Stephen King and the movies, which Pattee also enjoyed most. Here's what he said about that block of the program:
“King at the Movies” is my favorite of the chapters. Here King goes into the movies that were made from his books. In addition to reminiscing the first time he saw Carrie in the theater (which is a fantastic story), he talks about who he thinks gave the best performance in a film based on his novel (you’d be surprised) and he goes into a little detail on his problems with Kubrick’s version of The Shining. As he rarely talks about this, it was a pleasant surprise to see the topic brought up at all and my only wish is he got into it more (although his final description on Kubrick’s film are spot on). King also spends time talking about working with George Romero on Creepshow, his thoughts on The Dead Zone, and the various cameos he has done.He concludes with this: "This isn’t just for Stephen King fans because while it is his experiences and thoughts that drive this documentary, there’s enough information and discussion that should satisfy any horror fan."
I hope TCM releases it on DVD eventually. It was really good.
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