The Real Dog Attack That Inspired Stephen King's Cujo
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Stephen King has been a one-man fear-exploiting factory since the Nixon administration. He just celebrated the 50th publication anniversary of "Carrie" last April, and released a new collection of short stories, "You Like It Darker" a month ago. The 76-year-old author shows no signs of slowing down, and if you ask his legion of fans, they'll tell you that, while he's had his peaks and lulls, there's been no sustained fall-off in quality throughout his career. You might not spark to all of his books, but sooner or later the King of Horror will once again scare the holy hell out of you.
While some of his stories dredge up universal dreads like the end of the world ("The Stand"), the boogeyman and s***-weasels ("Dreamcatcher"), he's got a knack for training his macabre sights on a specific phobias. It's...
Stephen King has been a one-man fear-exploiting factory since the Nixon administration. He just celebrated the 50th publication anniversary of "Carrie" last April, and released a new collection of short stories, "You Like It Darker" a month ago. The 76-year-old author shows no signs of slowing down, and if you ask his legion of fans, they'll tell you that, while he's had his peaks and lulls, there's been no sustained fall-off in quality throughout his career. You might not spark to all of his books, but sooner or later the King of Horror will once again scare the holy hell out of you.
While some of his stories dredge up universal dreads like the end of the world ("The Stand"), the boogeyman and s***-weasels ("Dreamcatcher"), he's got a knack for training his macabre sights on a specific phobias. It's...
- 7/1/2024
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