609. Stephen King Movies Part 1 Review (with Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, Tom Gerencer)

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

David Barr Kirtley

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4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 126 minutes

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Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss the Stephen King movie adaptations The Running Man, The Long Walk, The Dead Zone, and The Mist. Time stamps: The Running Man (17:44), The Long Walk (47:14), The Dead Zone (1:10:45), The Mist (1:30:20). Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at patreon.com/geeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.4	So now let's get to our show.
0:54.6	Music Hi, I'm David Barr-Curtley, author of the book Save Me Please and Other Stories. And welcome to episode 609 of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.
0:59.2	Today on the show will be discussing the movies The Running Man, the Long Walk, the Dead
1:03.5	Zone, and The Mist, all of which are based on stories by Stephen King.
1:08.3	And this will include spoilers for everything in those movies, so just be aware of that.
1:12.8	And I'm joined by three guests.
1:15.3	So first up, we've got Andrea Kale, making her 45th appearance on the show.
1:20.3	She's a graduate of the Odyssey Writers Workshop, and her short fiction appears in the Writers
1:24.7	of the Future Anthology, Fantasy Magazine, and Lightspeed.
1:28.3	She's been a television writer, producer, and script supervisor for shows such as Late Night
1:33.2	with Conan O'Brien, The Chew, and WWE's Monday Night Raw and Friday Night Smackdown.
1:39.0	And she's currently a writer for Pixelberry Studios.
1:42.2	So, Andrea, welcome to the show.
1:44.0	Great to be back, Dave.
1:46.2	The next up, we've got Matthew Cressel, making his 44th appearance on the show. He's the author of
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