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Emily (1430 KP) rated Insomnia in Books

Jun 21, 2020

Insomnia

Stephen King | 2011 | Horror, Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.7

(25 Ratings)

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Ralph is a great character (0 more)

This is one of my favourite Stephen King books. I think because I like the weird ones (The Green Mile is also a favourite) over the more horror-themed ones.

The thing I see from a lot of other reviews is the length of the book. Personally I didn't notice it, but I quite enjoy longer books that really get into the details of the story and the characters. Sure, there's probably a lot of 'filler' that could be cut off this was ever made into a film, but I quite liked the little mundane details, it made the characters more real.

One of the few books that I have read again and again over the years.

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Stuart Braithwaite recommended Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan in Music (curated)

"I really love hip hop and I thought if I had to pick one album it'd have to be the first Wu-Tang album just for the personalities, and the real rawness and lo-fi urgency about it. I love the audacity of having an interview with the band in the middle of the record. It's something that I think independent music scene should start doing… in the middle of the next Pastels album, like, Stephen and Katrina start talking about how good they are. I need to make it so. I don't think I really got properly into hip hop until the last five years. Something suddenly clicked where it really made sense. These days I like Danny Brown and A$AP Rocky, things like that."

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Riding the Bullet (2004) in Movies

Sep 24, 2019

Riding the Bullet (2004)

2004 | Horror, Mystery

7.0

(2 Ratings)

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Roller-Coaster

Riding The Bullet- is a underrated psychological horror thriller film based off of a stephen king novel.

The Plot: Ever since his father passed away, art student Alan Parker (Jonathan Jackson) has been hypnotized by thoughts of death. After his girlfriend, Jessica (Erika Christensen), breaks up with him, Alan attempts suicide but is rescued by his friends. The next day, he learns that his mother (Barbara Hershey) has just had a serious stroke, and he sets out to hitchhike to her hospital. Along the way, he meets a series of strange people, including sinister George Staub (David Arquette), who may be Satan.

Its psychological, horrorfying, thrilling, chilling, spooky, terrorfying and super underrated.

I would highly reccordmend this movie.

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Misery (1990) in Movies

Sep 2, 2019

Misery (1990)

1990 | Drama, Horror, Mystery

8.4

(35 Ratings)

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Punishment and Toture

Misery- is one of my favorite Stephen King Novel's turned into a movie. James Caan and Kathy Bates are perfect in this movie. Its twisted, horrorfying, suspenseful, mysterious and more.

After a serious car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon (James Caan) is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), who claims to be his biggest fan. Annie brings him to her remote cabin to recover, where her obsession takes a dark turn when she discovers Sheldon is killing off her favorite character from his novels. As Sheldon devises plans for escape, Annie grows increasingly controlling, even violent, as she forces the author to shape his writing to suit her twisted fantasies.

I would highly reccordmend watching this movie. It is a excellent movie.

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Scott Tostik (389 KP) rated It: Chapter Two (2019) in Movies

Sep 7, 2019

It: Chapter Two (2019)

2019 | Horror, Thriller

7.5

(55 Ratings)

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Casting... So well done (1 more)

Stuck to the story a biOerall, I wa t better than the first

Not too shabby... But not great either

Overall I was impressed with this vision of Stephen Kings amazing novel.
Not half as good as Chapter 1... Chapter 2 offers way more jump scares than the first. But the level of acting by the adult versions of The Loser's Club did not measure up to their child counterparts.
Bill Hader pulled of. a Ritchie that compared well to Finn Wolfhard's version. Loved the banter between him and Jack Dylan Glazer.
Musschetti pulled of another visual masterpiece with effects that amazed my eyes including Stanley's head as a spider... That made me chuckle...
Check this one out folks... Well worth it

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Sarah (7800 KP) created a post in Smashbomb Feedback

May 26, 2020

Is there anything that can be done to improve the search facility? I've found it seems to struggle finding certain items or doesn't show them first in the list of possible results, despite the fact that the item should probably be the most popular.

Most recent example is the book Christine by Stephen King. It finds the movie with no issue, however searching under books just brings up page after page of authors named Christine rather than the title itself. In the end I had to find it by searching for the author & looking under his list of books.

This has happened a few times with other items, not just books. Anything that could be done to improve or prioritise results would be useful!

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Imogen SB (4507 KP) May 26, 2020

Hi Sarah, we are regularly updating and improving the search tool on Smashbomb, however it is a constant ongoing project full of constant tweaks and adjustments so may take some time, but this is now on the list! :)

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