What's the scariest situation you can imagine? A creepy clown peering up at you from a sewer gutter beckoning you closer?

Hi, Georgie. What a nice boat.

Do you want a bat?

Being trapped in a blizzard with a murderous spouse?

Wendy,

Say me! Darling, light of my life.

I'm not going to hurt you. You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said, I'm not going to hurt you. I'm just going to bash your brains.

Or maybe it's your high school prom suddenly turning into a fiery bloodbath.

That last scene is from the movie Carrie and if you know Carrie if you love horror

then you know the work of Stephen King. Carrie was King's first book and it came out

50 years ago this spring. It was turned into the Oscar-nominated film starring

Sissy Spassick and Piper Lorry as a daughter and mother in a very unhealthy

relationship.

Mama? Stop hurting yourself, Mama!

He's gonna laugh and he's, they're all gonna laugh with you.

It's vampires, rapid dogs, possessed kids, plagues.

If it's terrifying, Stephen King has written about it.

And Hollywood has continued to mind King's extensive body of work, over 70 novels, over 200

short stories, giving us some of the most memorable moments on screen.

Here's Johnny!

I'm our number one fan.

Over the past 50 years, the cult of King has exploded his books his movies the man himself

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