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Stephen Kingcast

Episode 290-Mike Flanagan's The Life of Chuck (2025)

Stephen Kingcast

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Tv & Film, Arts, Arts:books, Books

4.7680 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

We contain multitudes. It's a beautiful message, wonderfully explored by Mike Flanagan in his latest adaptation of a King story.  As always, write in at stephenkingcast@yahoo.com Follow me on Instagram, Tik Tok, Facebook and Bluesky. Stay organized and up to date with all things Stephen King at stephenkingcast.com

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to the Stephen King cast, One Man's Musings on the Works of Stephen King.

0:09.3

Each week I will review one entry in the bibliography of Stephen King in the chronological order of publication,

0:15.0

and this week I'm turning my attention long overdue to the adaptation of Stephen King's novella, adapted recently

0:26.3

by Mike Flanagan, the author and genius of Netflix projects such as Midnight Mass,

0:35.3

the haunting of Hillhouse, the haunting of Bly Manor,

0:38.7

the fall of the House of Usher,

0:41.8

and other Stephen King properties such as Dr. Sleep,

0:47.7

and Gerald's game.

0:52.4

That's right, I am here to talk about the 2025 movie starring Tom Hiddleston

0:59.5

and a bunch of other actors and actresses, Stephen King's The Life of Chuck. So I'll be talking

1:06.2

about this today. I have a lot of thoughts on it. It's definitely worth talking about. And before I get there,

1:14.4

I just wanted to welcome everyone back who have decided to tune in and stay tuned in and

1:23.2

for coming back, whether it's just been a week, a couple weeks, or years at this point.

1:28.8

Welcome back and thank you for your listenership.

1:32.7

For anyone that is tuning in for the first time, welcome.

1:35.2

Welcome to the Stephen Kingcast.

1:37.0

Let me tell you a little bit about this podcast, and I do apologize to those that have heard this time and time again.

1:42.3

But I think that much like Stan Lee

1:44.5

always said, every issue is someone's first issue of a comic book, and every episode of the

1:50.9

Stephen King cast is someone's first episode of the Stephen King cast. So once upon a time,

1:57.1

I had finished a recent Stephen King novel. I do believe it was either 1122 or Under the Dome or Dr. Sleep, something within that

2:07.2

time frame.

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