You could have a big tip-up going up and down all around the bends.

You could have a fun, the car bumping.

There's amusement never ends.

I want to be

Stenchabham.

Why don't you call my name?

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

King.

Each week, I'll review one entry in the

bibliography of Stephen King in the chronological order of publication, which takes me to this week,

in which I get to examine not one of Stephen King's books, but one of his most widely known movies,

the star-turning experience that provided Kathy Bates a well-deserved Oscar win,

the non-stop thrill ride of Rob Reiner's return to the world of Stephen King,

Rob Reiner who had created Castle Rock Entertainment as a tribute to the author,

and who had spectacularly delivered the body to the screen as Stand By Me,

and here he does the same for King's ultimate statement of fandom,

and that, of course, is 1990s misery.

As adaptations go, this one is up there.

He was nominated for awards, it made a star out of Kathy Bates.

It reminded us that James Kahn's skill set is certainly spectacular, and that Rob Reiner was more

than just a meathead.

It's a lean, tight thriller that keeps us as trapped in our seats as Paul to his bed, and

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