Hello, everyone, welcome to the Stephen King cast, one man's musings on the works of Stephen King.

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

publication, but today I'm stepping away from the texts and I'm looking to the movies,

specifically one that came out in 1983. So, let's talk about 1983 for a second.

Okay, it's 1983.

The world is in the full grip of Stephen King's storytelling by this point.

It's seen the release of Kerry, of Salem's Lot, The Shining, Night Shift, The Stand,

The Dead Zone, Firestarter, and Kujo, with film adaptations of many of them, including the famous and terrifying The Shining.

It's 1983. By this point, Halloween will never be the same because of the connotations that come with a certain William Shatner masked knife-wielding slasher, his long-lost sister, his obsessive psychiatrist, and the babysitters who got in his way.

By this point, pirate ghosts are no longer relegated

to Scooby-Doo cartoons, and when the fog rolls in,

it's okay to get a little scared about what might come with it.

If your friends start acting strangely,

you might be tempted to ask them if they've taken a trip

to the Arctic and been exposed to a long, dormant, alien entity.

By 1983, Stephen King has conquered books.

By 1983, John Carpenter, having released Halloween, The Fog, Escape from New York, and The Thing,

has unknowingly at that point solidified himself as a legend in the field of genre movies.

It's 1983, and during this year we see the perfect blend of sensibilities

with the adaptation of Christine, King's love letter of a boy and his car,

with John Carpenter's stylistic cinematic choices.

It is a great combination and one that I wish resulted with future collaborations.

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