AMC offers a day of Stephen King movies

I don't know if I should celebrate, or take cover. . . AMC is giving Stephen King movies a full day.  There are a few duds in the bunch (Thinner), but also some true classic gems (Christine).

Check out the full lineup at www.amctv.com

12:00 Graveyard Shift
2:00 The Dark Half
4:30 Blood of Dracula (I dunno about that. . .)
9:00 The Dark Half
11:30 Silver Bullet
1:30 The Dead Zone
4:00 Thinner
6:00 Cujo
8:00 Christine
10:00 Pet Sematary

About Christine, Mike Scott at Nola.com writes, "Christine" - dated though it feels -- should hold a special place in the hearts of horror fans, as it sees two masters of the genre come together in Carpenter and King." www.nola.com

For fun. . . Here's the listing.  Go ahead  and copy the list, and give the movies a 1-5 star count.

(Don't do half stars, make a star actually mean something!  Half stars make me think of the mother standing at the park yelling at her kids, "Four and a half. . ." come on, lady, get to five and spank the kid!  Sorry for the rant. . . carry on)

David's Rating:
(This is completely arbitrary at the moment and does not reflect other reviews I've written!)

Graveyard Shift  * *
The Dark Half  * * * *
Silver Bullet * * *
The Dead Zone * * * *
Thinner *
Cujo * * * *
Christine * * * *
Pet Sematary * * * * *

AMC Blog: Six Things You Didn't Know About Stephen King

I enjoyed the AMC article "Six Things You Didn't Know About Stephen King"

Here are the first two, check out the full article, it's interesting!

1. He'll Sell You the Rights to His Short Stories for $1
Are you an aspiring filmmaker who's a King fan? Well, you're in luck. The writer will let you adapt one of his short stories and the rights will only cost you a buck. He also asks that you send him a copy of the completed flick so he can add it to his shelf of other "Dollar Babies."

2. He Made a Music Video With Michael Jackson
In the mid-'90s, the King of Pop teamed up with the King of Horror to make Ghosts, a 40-minute video in which angry villagers assail Jackson for corrupting their children. After Jackson's death, King wrote about the whole experience for Entertainment Weekly.

The full article is HERE.

Stephen King Week at AMC

http://www.horror-movies.ca/ has posted the following:

This week is Stephen King week on cable’s AMC. Every night this week different Stephen King movies such as The Graveyard Shift, Silver Bullet, Thinner, Cujo, Pet Cemetary, and Christine will be showing. As an added bonus the movies will be shown with story notes at the bottom of the screen.

thanks to Bryant Burnette