“Ka is a wheel” and Jack Torrance repeating his experience at The Overlook Hotel forever and ever in the film’s is a perfect example of this. He will only be let free once he’s overcome his demons.
Yes! It’s always reminded me of Jacob’s Ladder! “Meister Eckhart said, The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life: your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away, but they're not punishing you, they're freeing your soul"
You didn’t mention John Coffery, the most powerful shiner we’ve seen (no surprise his initials are JC). Green Mile is a pretty big one. He could literally purge evil by accepting that burden unto himself. I often wonder if Pennywise could even affect him, or what kind of connection he’d have with Carrie, the Loser’s Club, etc. upon meeting them. Also I wonder about how Creepshow fits. Not to mention The Mist.
It may not have been answered in this video but the Dark tower actually is the center of the universes like a hub that leads to multiple planes which include where humanity lives on Earth. That's why the gun slingers in Dark Tower protect that area. Pennywise seems to just be an entity from one of the universe's. It wouldn't really make sense for the Man in black to be Pennywise. It seems Pennywise cannot effect people who Shine 100% but he can trick them or break down their strength. I would assune Pennywise could not effect someone like JC much or Carrie or the Girl from Doctor Sleep and maybe even Fire Starter as their Shine is way more powerful than the Losers club.
The mist actually is connected to dark tower and is included in a lot of reading lists that include the other connected novels like insomnia, It, Salems lot etc.
Anthony Hopkins' character Ted Brautigan in Hearts in Atlantis was the strongest we've seen in the cinematic universe, and in the SK canon universe as well.
I know this is really late but a sighn for castle rock is seen at the end of the jordy veril segment of creepshow and thats where the kids from stand by me live.
I’ve always felt that the little girl, sister of the little boy in Pet Cemetery, had the shining. She predicted a couple of events and I think she had visions as well. Been a while since I’ve seen it, but I’ve always felt she had the gift as well.
Yes u r correct...Ellie did have some visions in the original film and the book...now the remake...yeah...while it was not horrible...in my opinion it was not great... instead of gage dying on the highway Ellie died...it was a mess...it was not needed...but they still changed all that...but yes u r right....plus she had that guy who died in the accident in the very beginning of pet cemetery...pascow I think they called him...he appeared to her also....he also appeared to lewis also...her dad...so he clearly had the shine to a degree also...the guy was trying to warn them and save them cause lewis tried so hard to save him...
I love It as the book and the movies. I have to admit that the first film adaptation of It holds a special place in my heart as it scared the crap out of me at the age of 13!
A subtle connection in the Green Mile movie, so subtle I'm not sure if even the director knew it was an easter egg: When Paul Edgecomb and his friends release John to cure the disease of Paul's boss' wife, John looks up in wonder and points to the sky telling Paul he sees the lady in the wheelchair, same thing happens in the book. For people who are not invested in the Stephen King universe would think that's just John Coffey being John Coffey, but people who have read the Dark Tower, at least until book 3, that John was referring to a star constellation that Roland in the Dark Tower talks about.
The movies The Dead Zone, Cujo, The Dark Half and Needful Things have back-to-back links. Sheriff Bannerman is in The Dead Zone, is killed by Cujo, his successor is Sheriff Pangborn in The Dark Half, who then moves on to Needful Things.
Cujo was mentioned in Pet Semetary by Jude too as an old Saint Bernard from the next town over who went crazy one day when the main character (forgot his name) told Jude about his cat Churchill not being the same after coming back from the Semetary.
If Stephen King is the Grandfather of connected Universes, then HP Lovecraft is the great great grand uncle that we don't talk about because he's racist.
So there are a number of connections I think you missed, but you're in good company since there's eighty plus movies and shows. 1. Pennywise and his fellow shapeshifters (prominent in movies like the Boogeyman and the outsider) are children of the Deadlights. Not the Man in Black. 2. Carrie corrupts someone who shines. Similarly monstrous machines include the cars in Maximum Overdrive and the Mangler (Tobe Hooper's adaptation) 3. The Man in Black is He Who Walks Behind the Rows in Children of the Corn. 4. In the Dark Tower the gunman mentions how monsters sneak in through the barriers where the fabric ofthe world is torn. Such monstrous forces appear notably in the Mist. -A major connection between Dr. Sleep and Firestarter is the inclusion of Trackers, Pushers, and other gifts. Other Films with people who shine include the Dead Zone, the Green Mile, Mr. Harrigan's Phone, Haven, and Dreamcatcher. -there is a remarkable similarity between the Wendigo Spawn from Pet Sematary and the Vampires from Salem's Lot and Sometimes They Come Back. -Aliens prominently feature in Under the Dome as well as Dreamcatcher. -world ending disasters seem to happen regularly, between apocalyptic plagues in the Stand and Cell. -The overlook has a relative in the hotel from the film 1408. -Werewolves feature prominently in movies like Sleepwalkers and Silver Bullet. -I'm sure there are other connections to be made from other films and shows.
Wow, so much bs here. 1. There is no connection between Pennywise and both of your other examples. 2.WTF?? Carrie never met anybody who "shines" and how you mix machines in it is everybodys guess. 3. The MIB (Walter, Marten, Randall Flag etc.) is NOT "He who walks behind the rows". How can anybody come to this conclusion? Because he appeared to Mother Abigail in a cornfield? If she happened to live in downtown N.Y., he would have appeared there. Nothing in the story or "The Stand" does even remotely hint at that. 4. There is literally not the slightest connection between the vampires from SL and the revenants from "Sometimes...", let alone the Wendigo, which is a "real" legend from our world. Again, how you jump to these conclusions is a miracle. 5. Nope, the Overlook was completely different from that ONE creature in the ONE room 1408. 6. TWO stories with apocalyptic events in such a big bibliography is anything but "regularly'". 7. There are no werewolves in "Sleepwalkers". There are so much connections, you don't have to make up them.
Pennywise isn't from outer space. He's from another dimension. It's kind of an important point because King's universe is connected by the same cosmology, with the "outer dark" and "macroverse" and all that. Also, the Man in Black and Randal Flagg are different people. The Man in Black dies at the end of the first Gunslinger novel, but Flagg appears in The Wastelands.
This isn't true. In Wizard and Glass (along with Marvel's comic run) it's confirmed that the Man in Black and Randall Flagg are the same. Remember, Marten Broadcloak was another name for Randall Flagg.
My favourite King film is The Shining. I know it's nothing like the novel. I also really enjoyed the Mr. Mercedes adaptation. My favourite King novel would be his collection of shorts in Skeleton crew.
Not sure what fits your criteria of “connecting” but theres ALOT. Off the top of my head I just recently rewatched one of my all time favorites “Storm Of The Century” and it takes place in the same area as Delores Claiborn and she is mentioned. They also mention Derry
Honestly even in a more mystery thriller kind of work that doesn't seem to have those connections, like Dolores Claiborne, the eclipse has to do with some supernatural force and the mythology that is in his other works. And the way she suddenly regained her memories was similar to in IT. And it paralleled Beverly's relationship with her father in IT, maybe that was the inspiration was trying to explore a kind of semimystical evil and mystery in that. That's my favorite film that's a King adaptation, and I think it's Danny elfman's best score
Ahh but Dolores Claiborne IS connected to all the other books. Dolores Claiborne took place in "Little Tall Island" and is even mentioned in Storm of The Century... another kind of "todash" "IT" or "Desperation" demon or monster who is ancient... also storm of the Century is connected to "The Outsider". Storm of the Century is my absolute favorite Stephen King film adaptation...obvious connection to Dolores Claiborne.
I really enjoyed the book Insomnia. I read it early on before many other King books, but I recognized a lot of the references in that book when they found items from other characters in the hideout area.
Love the video! I think another interesting video would be theorizing at what the Overlook Hotel actually is. Clearly it’s more than just ‘haunted’. Is it a singular sentient being? Where did it originate? Just an idea.
What about Dick Halloran? He had a small part in IT’s second interlude where he used his shine to save people from the fire. I think that is pretty obvious that the shining and IT are closely related, and in 11/22/63, the main character goes to ferry and saw Richie and Beverly.
If I’m not mistaken didn’t King explain that the Derry kids of IT weren’t Shiners but that they tapped into the power of Belief, which he said is powerful more so as children but isn’t the same as Shining.
I still say one of my favorite out of left field Stephen King connections is when Dolores Claiborne made a reference to The Shawshank Redemption in Dolores Claiborne
The best thing about being a Stephen king fan is reading a book and making the connections as you go! I’m reading Salem’s lot right now and the line “he thrusts his fists against the post and still insists he sees the ghost” is in there and I read IT about 7-8 years ago and I was like “aha!!!! Another connection!!!!”
Tell me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Charlie able to start fires because both of her parents were in an experiment, giving them powers and then when they had a child, the powers got passed over to Charlie in the form of being able to start fires with her mind. From what I got from the drew barrymore movie but there might have been something as I missed.
Woah! Just watched. Yeah, I thought there was some sort of connection between most of the books since the location for many of them is Maine. I'd say my favorite movie is 1408. My favorite book of Stephen King would have to be Pet Semetary. Really cool video.
An interesting thing about El Cuco, it wonders if it's the only creature like it or if there's another like it on Earth. At least in the show, this is said by El Cuco. I'll be starting the book tomorrow!
Hard to pick a favorite movie adaptation... The Shining, Deadzone, Stand by Me, The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, It Chapters 1&2... but I think my absolute favorite to date is Doctor Sleep!
I know cujo was mentioned in pet semetary the book buy judd crandal when he tells luis the story of the st bernard that got rabies. Also that guy dick hallond from the shining rescued mike hanlon's father from IT from the black spot i think gage's red shoe makes a cameo in insomina. Also teddy duchamp from the body/stand by me is mentioned in the book carrie. And ace merril the bully from stand by me appears in the book needful things Those are all the connections i know.
And the child killer Frank Dodd was mentioned in the book,Cujo. Cujo is possessed by the spirit of evil,besides having rabies. The policeman who is killed by Cujo,looks in his eyes,and,thinks," Hello,Frank. Hell to hot for you?"
Steve Kemp from Cujo had a hidden cameo in It. He was in Bill's creative writing class in college. He wrote the "War is the tool of the sexist death merchants" play.
I didn't know they were interconnected! I remember that I was excited as a kid reading SK when I realized that so many stories take part in Maine and that it's a real part of the US. I'd love to see your take on the Stand (book and two series). cheers
One point of correction to you statement about the Dark Tower film: Though there might have been a moment or two where the powers of the young protagonist, Jake chambers, were referred to as "the Touch", there were aslo a few times where "Shine" and "His Shine is Pure" as well as referring to "shine" as in shining were used in reference to other children and people as well. Also The Man in Black, aka Randal Flag is 100% not the same being as PennyWise, and numerous others. However, he may work with similar beings, forces, organizations or agents directly or indirectly, if not have some knowledge of some of said forces and agents. But without King giving it all proper thought for a final and worthy answer, nothings technically "official" :p
@davemccage7918 Lovecraft was definitely a racist and I won't excuse him by saying it was a time when racism was acceptable. His writing scares me more than any other author and he had a huge influence on horror but I feel like much of this was based in a fear of the other which is definitely problematic.
King's novels stretch back to the 70's. The movie Firestarter is a remake of the original starring Drew Barrymore, Art Carney, Martin Sheen and George C. Scott ( 1984). Barrymore's performance as Charlie is pitch perfect. The Stand is a remake of the original tv miniseries starring Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Gary Sinise and many other popular actors of the day (1994). Both are faithful adaptations of the novels unlike The Shining which bore little resemblance to the novel.
i noticed eddie kaspbrak had the shine in the It book because he doesn’t need directions. he just always knows where to go even when he doesn’t know where he’s at.
Black Phone isn't a King work, but it is from King's son Joe Hill and in that movie, Finn definitely has the Shining, so while I can't speak to much of Hill's work, I do believe Black Phone is part of the Stephen King Universe
Another very small correction is that you said that misery's child appears in the dark tower. Being a book that stephen king wrote which is close but it's actually a book from one of his books. Misery's child is from misery, but not misery itself
My favorite Stephen King movie is The Shining and my favorite book is Misery. In the book Cujo there's a connection to the Dog being possessed by the spirit of Frank Dodd from The Dead Zone.
Allways thought that Carrie was reborn in Firestarter since the book imply her sould had found a family who will love her this time. And her new form will be a "worldbeater"
I got the impression that Rose Madder was the same species as Pennywise. Unlike him, she had a sense of ethics (but still had to eat). Pennywise was an absolute sadist who enjoyed torturing his prey.
So the Outisder or El Cuco, I don't recall every 27 years ever being brought up. In fact there are multiple El Cucos and they operate on a constant basis, and one of them can shapeshift in a matter of minutes. They are unaware of each other as well. They don't have a connection to IT, canonically. IT isn't an alien from a different galaxy, that is explicitly stated in the book. It's from the macroverse, and is just a force of evil as opposed to Mathurin, the force of good.
When your reading a King book and realize a character, or even a place or object is from another King story then realizing how many other times this has happened and you had not noticed making this huge world King has created....well, mf PRICELESS!
So how does Thinner & Running Man connect to the greater Stephen King universe? Also what about Shashank Redemption, Maximum Overdrive & Storm of the Century?
Fast forward to today, 04/22/24 at 5:36 am, and I just read an article headline yesterday with the topic of SK making a comment about how Pennywise and Randal Flagg have a connection. 🤔
There have been confirmations that a TV series adapting the entire Dark Tower book series is in the works. Maybe you can do a video that mentions which of Kjng's books outside the main DT series are directly connected. Good examples are IT, The Stand, Salem's Lot, Insomnia, to name a few.
It's been a long time since I've read or seen it so correct me if i'm wrong but does fire starter really count as shining if she got her powers through experimentation?
Hey I have an question. A while back Stephan King wrote an book about the afterlife (again) and according to this all the books are connected except in that afterlife well it wasn’t an very pleasant one. Everyone was an slave to insects. While it is possible we have to see this book seperate because other books hint at other afterlives/hopefully better things and not all books are connected there are people who claim they have proof that it is part (apparently some part in the dark towers verse hints at an broken door/portal which would represent that world with that afterlife or proof everyone in the verse goes to that crapshit place in the Kings verse after they die) but I think it is a bit farfetched and once again not all books are connected but some people are really convinced of the argument. But if true why didn’t/don’t the heroes after defeating Flagg repare it and help these people? Or is that going to happen eventually? I don’t know but the thought some of the characters we like go there after death is kind of awfull. I hope most of Kings characters either go to a nice reincarnation process (and not like in his other book about death, men has some fears about death and a lot of explanations) or some peaceful afterlife. Penny for your thoughts
Personally I think both Stanley Kubrick's The Shining and John Carpenter's Christine are superior to Stephen King's Books. The Fire Starter series sucked, but John Carpenter's soundtrack delivered, as he does. Christine what i love about it is the car has no explanation. Its not a ghost, its alive off the assembly line. Why? Who cares, its here and alive, and Arnie is going insane obsessed with Christine.
And also, the quick mention of Castle Rock. That’s the town the kids in Stand By Me live. My favorite King adaptation by the way.
Also Needful Things
The camp rock prequel
"So basically, the town of Derry has seen some SHIT!" 😆
Understatement of the century for Constant Readers.
Yeah, every roughly 27 years the shit boils up a lot from the sewers.
I love King, however I think Universal Studios Monsters 30s-50s started the connected universe trend.
“Ka is a wheel” and Jack Torrance repeating his experience at The Overlook Hotel forever and ever in the film’s is a perfect example of this. He will only be let free once he’s overcome his demons.
Yes! It’s always reminded me of Jacob’s Ladder!
“Meister Eckhart said, The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life: your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away, but they're not punishing you, they're freeing your soul"
You didn’t mention John Coffery, the most powerful shiner we’ve seen (no surprise his initials are JC). Green Mile is a pretty big one. He could literally purge evil by accepting that burden unto himself.
I often wonder if Pennywise could even affect him, or what kind of connection he’d have with Carrie, the Loser’s Club, etc. upon meeting them.
Also I wonder about how Creepshow fits. Not to mention The Mist.
It may not have been answered in this video but the Dark tower actually is the center of the universes like a hub that leads to multiple planes which include where humanity lives on Earth.
That's why the gun slingers in Dark Tower protect that area. Pennywise seems to just be an entity from one of the universe's. It wouldn't really make sense for the Man in black to be Pennywise.
It seems Pennywise cannot effect people who Shine 100% but he can trick them or break down their strength. I would assune Pennywise could not effect someone like JC much or Carrie or the Girl from Doctor Sleep and maybe even Fire Starter as their Shine is way more powerful than the Losers club.
The mist actually is connected to dark tower and is included in a lot of reading lists that include the other connected novels like insomnia, It, Salems lot etc.
Anthony Hopkins' character Ted Brautigan in Hearts in Atlantis was the strongest we've seen in the cinematic universe, and in the SK canon universe as well.
I know this is really late but a sighn for castle rock is seen at the end of the jordy veril segment of creepshow and thats where the kids from stand by me live.
John Coffee doesn't have "The Shining".
He has healing abilities.
I’ve always felt that the little girl, sister of the little boy in Pet Cemetery, had the shining. She predicted a couple of events and I think she had visions as well. Been a while since I’ve seen it, but I’ve always felt she had the gift as well.
Yes u r correct...Ellie did have some visions in the original film and the book...now the remake...yeah...while it was not horrible...in my opinion it was not great... instead of gage dying on the highway Ellie died...it was a mess...it was not needed...but they still changed all that...but yes u r right....plus she had that guy who died in the accident in the very beginning of pet cemetery...pascow I think they called him...he appeared to her also....he also appeared to lewis also...her dad...so he clearly had the shine to a degree also...the guy was trying to warn them and save them cause lewis tried so hard to save him...
I love It as the book and the movies. I have to admit that the first film adaptation of It holds a special place in my heart as it scared the crap out of me at the age of 13!
A subtle connection in the Green Mile movie, so subtle I'm not sure if even the director knew it was an easter egg:
When Paul Edgecomb and his friends release John to cure the disease of Paul's boss' wife, John looks up in wonder and points to the sky telling Paul he sees the lady in the wheelchair, same thing happens in the book.
For people who are not invested in the Stephen King universe would think that's just John Coffey being John Coffey, but people who have read the Dark Tower, at least until book 3, that John was referring to a star constellation that Roland in the Dark Tower talks about.
The movies The Dead Zone, Cujo, The Dark Half and Needful Things have back-to-back links. Sheriff Bannerman is in The Dead Zone, is killed by Cujo, his successor is Sheriff Pangborn in The Dark Half, who then moves on to Needful Things.
Isn't it imployed that Cujo was possessed by the serial killer from The Dead Zone too?
Cujo was mentioned in Pet Semetary by Jude too as an old Saint Bernard from the next town over who went crazy one day when the main character (forgot his name) told Jude about his cat Churchill not being the same after coming back from the Semetary.
If Stephen King is the Grandfather of connected Universes, then HP Lovecraft is the great great grand uncle that we don't talk about because he's racist.
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Who doesn't talk about Lovecraft? The word "Lovecraftian" is still used a ton today.
So there are a number of connections I think you missed, but you're in good company since there's eighty plus movies and shows.
1. Pennywise and his fellow shapeshifters (prominent in movies like the Boogeyman and the outsider) are children of the Deadlights. Not the Man in Black.
2. Carrie corrupts someone who shines. Similarly monstrous machines include the cars in Maximum Overdrive and the Mangler (Tobe Hooper's adaptation)
3. The Man in Black is He Who Walks Behind the Rows in Children of the Corn.
4. In the Dark Tower the gunman mentions how monsters sneak in through the barriers where the fabric ofthe world is torn. Such monstrous forces appear notably in the Mist.
-A major connection between Dr. Sleep and Firestarter is the inclusion of Trackers, Pushers, and other gifts. Other Films with people who shine include the Dead Zone, the Green Mile, Mr. Harrigan's Phone, Haven, and Dreamcatcher.
-there is a remarkable similarity between the Wendigo Spawn from Pet Sematary and the Vampires from Salem's Lot and Sometimes They Come Back.
-Aliens prominently feature in Under the Dome as well as Dreamcatcher.
-world ending disasters seem to happen regularly, between apocalyptic plagues in the Stand and Cell.
-The overlook has a relative in the hotel from the film 1408.
-Werewolves feature prominently in movies like Sleepwalkers and Silver Bullet.
-I'm sure there are other connections to be made from other films and shows.
Wow, so much bs here.
1. There is no connection between Pennywise and both of your other examples.
2.WTF??
Carrie never met anybody who "shines" and how you mix machines in it is everybodys guess.
3. The MIB (Walter, Marten, Randall Flag etc.) is NOT "He who walks behind the rows".
How can anybody come to this conclusion?
Because he appeared to Mother Abigail in a cornfield?
If she happened to live in downtown N.Y., he would have appeared there.
Nothing in the story or "The Stand" does even remotely hint at that.
4. There is literally not the slightest connection between the vampires from SL and the revenants from "Sometimes...", let alone the Wendigo, which is a "real" legend from our world.
Again, how you jump to these conclusions is a miracle.
5.
Nope, the Overlook was completely different from that ONE creature in the ONE room 1408.
6. TWO stories with apocalyptic events in such a big bibliography is anything but "regularly'".
7.
There are no werewolves in "Sleepwalkers".
There are so much connections, you don't have to make up them.
Pennywise isn't from outer space. He's from another dimension. It's kind of an important point because King's universe is connected by the same cosmology, with the "outer dark" and "macroverse" and all that. Also, the Man in Black and Randal Flagg are different people. The Man in Black dies at the end of the first Gunslinger novel, but Flagg appears in The Wastelands.
I've always been a bit confused on whether Flagg is the Man in Black or not
This isn't true. In Wizard and Glass (along with Marvel's comic run) it's confirmed that the Man in Black and Randall Flagg are the same. Remember, Marten Broadcloak was another name for Randall Flagg.
My favourite King film is The Shining. I know it's nothing like the novel. I also really enjoyed the Mr. Mercedes adaptation. My favourite King novel would be his collection of shorts in Skeleton crew.
Not sure what fits your criteria of “connecting” but theres ALOT. Off the top of my head I just recently rewatched one of my all time favorites “Storm Of The Century” and it takes place in the same area as Delores Claiborn and she is mentioned. They also mention Derry
I love storm of the century
Honestly even in a more mystery thriller kind of work that doesn't seem to have those connections, like Dolores Claiborne, the eclipse has to do with some supernatural force and the mythology that is in his other works. And the way she suddenly regained her memories was similar to in IT. And it paralleled Beverly's relationship with her father in IT, maybe that was the inspiration was trying to explore a kind of semimystical evil and mystery in that. That's my favorite film that's a King adaptation, and I think it's Danny elfman's best score
Ahh but Dolores Claiborne IS connected to all the other books. Dolores Claiborne took place in "Little Tall Island" and is even mentioned in Storm of The Century... another kind of "todash" "IT" or "Desperation" demon or monster who is ancient... also storm of the Century is connected to "The Outsider". Storm of the Century is my absolute favorite Stephen King film adaptation...obvious connection to Dolores Claiborne.
@@coco01coraI love storm of the century
I really enjoyed the book Insomnia. I read it early on before many other King books, but I recognized a lot of the references in that book when they found items from other characters in the hideout area.
Love the video! I think another interesting video would be theorizing at what the Overlook Hotel actually is. Clearly it’s more than just ‘haunted’. Is it a singular sentient being? Where did it originate? Just an idea.
Was hoping we would get an answer to that in Doctor Sleep! But some questions are best left unanswered and open to interpretation.
@@thethriftytypewriter I agree. I think the ambiguity is what makes it most terrifying.
@@thethriftytypewriter I thought it was made pretty clear that the Overlook is alive
What about Dick Halloran? He had a small part in IT’s second interlude where he used his shine to save people from the fire. I think that is pretty obvious that the shining and IT are closely related, and in 11/22/63, the main character goes to ferry and saw Richie and Beverly.
Damn. I didn't realize that until you mentioned it .
Yeah I’m a Stephen king Stan and I’m only in middle school lol I’ve read 7 Stephen king novels this year lol
If I’m not mistaken didn’t King explain that the Derry kids of IT weren’t Shiners but that they tapped into the power of Belief, which he said is powerful more so as children but isn’t the same as Shining.
Neato! I didn't know there was an Institute show, I'm nearing the end of the book and it getting cray cray. Great video!
Def one of my fav channels rn
Same
Great video. Very informative.
Thank you!
I still say one of my favorite out of left field Stephen King connections is when Dolores Claiborne made a reference to The Shawshank Redemption in Dolores Claiborne
The best thing about being a Stephen king fan is reading a book and making the connections as you go! I’m reading Salem’s lot right now and the line “he thrusts his fists against the post and still insists he sees the ghost” is in there and I read IT about 7-8 years ago and I was like “aha!!!! Another connection!!!!”
Don’t forget about Silver Bullet you should talk about that one it’s one of my favorites
I want to see a remake of Dreamcatcher
Remake? It only came out... oh my... 21 years ago?!
these explained videos are great. Would love to see you do the MCU. Keep up the good work.
No that's boring
The Universal monster films is the original connected universe
They call it the Touch in the Dark Tower because thats the word they use for the power in Midworld. Shine is the Keystone Earth word for the ability.
Tell me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Charlie able to start fires because both of her parents were in an experiment, giving them powers and then when they had a child, the powers got passed over to Charlie in the form of being able to start fires with her mind. From what I got from the drew barrymore movie but there might have been something as I missed.
Love the choice of Heroes theme song 😂
In hearts in Atlantis, the old man gets sucked back into the dark tower world, by lowmen, who keeps tabs on those who can shine.
Woah! Just watched. Yeah, I thought there was some sort of connection between most of the books since the location for many of them is Maine.
I'd say my favorite movie is 1408. My favorite book of Stephen King would have to be Pet Semetary.
Really cool video.
Rose red had alot of people who had the shine
I’m surprised nobody is mentioning that!!
Pops Merrill and Ace Hole were in "The Sun Dog", I think.
An interesting thing about El Cuco, it wonders if it's the only creature like it or if there's another like it on Earth. At least in the show, this is said by El Cuco. I'll be starting the book tomorrow!
You’ll enjoy the book much more! Or at least I did, I think it’s more in depth about the true horror of the creature
Hard to pick a favorite movie adaptation... The Shining, Deadzone, Stand by Me, The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, It Chapters 1&2... but I think my absolute favorite to date is Doctor Sleep!
Awesome video! Now I want to do a Stephen King movie marathon.
I know cujo was mentioned in pet semetary the book buy judd crandal when he tells luis the story of the st bernard that got rabies. Also that guy dick hallond from the shining rescued mike hanlon's father from IT from the black spot i think gage's red shoe makes a cameo in insomina. Also teddy duchamp from the body/stand by me is mentioned in the book carrie. And ace merril the bully from stand by me appears in the book needful things Those are all the connections i know.
And the child killer Frank Dodd was mentioned in the book,Cujo.
Cujo is possessed by the spirit of evil,besides having rabies.
The policeman who is killed by Cujo,looks in his eyes,and,thinks," Hello,Frank. Hell to hot for you?"
Steve Kemp from Cujo had a hidden cameo in It. He was in Bill's creative writing class in college. He wrote the "War is the tool of the sexist death merchants" play.
I didn't know they were interconnected! I remember that I was excited as a kid reading SK when I realized that so many stories take part in Maine and that it's a real part of the US. I'd love to see your take on the Stand (book and two series). cheers
One point of correction to you statement about the Dark Tower film: Though there might have been a moment or two where the powers of the young protagonist, Jake chambers, were referred to as "the Touch", there were aslo a few times where "Shine" and "His Shine is Pure" as well as referring to "shine" as in shining were used in reference to other children and people as well. Also The Man in Black, aka Randal Flag is 100% not the same being as PennyWise, and numerous others. However, he may work with similar beings, forces, organizations or agents directly or indirectly, if not have some knowledge of some of said forces and agents. But without King giving it all proper thought for a final and worthy answer, nothings technically "official" :p
King also incoperates Lovecraft lore. The man is like an encyclopedia of horror and pulp. He's amazing
He is also a racist, so there’s that.
@davemccage7918 Lovecraft was definitely a racist and I won't excuse him by saying it was a time when racism was acceptable. His writing scares me more than any other author and he had a huge influence on horror but I feel like much of this was based in a fear of the other which is definitely problematic.
King's novels stretch back to the 70's. The movie Firestarter is a remake of the original starring Drew Barrymore, Art Carney, Martin Sheen and George C. Scott ( 1984). Barrymore's performance as Charlie is pitch perfect. The Stand is a remake of the original tv miniseries starring Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Gary Sinise and many other popular actors of the day (1994). Both are faithful adaptations of the novels unlike The Shining which bore little resemblance to the novel.
intriguing universe fs
Storm of the century is my favorite King miniseries
Stephen King has one of the best connected universes out there.
i noticed eddie kaspbrak had the shine in the It book because he doesn’t need directions. he just always knows where to go even when he doesn’t know where he’s at.
I’d love to hear your take on Hulu’s Castle Rock, overall or as episode breakdowns
Black Phone isn't a King work, but it is from King's son Joe Hill and in that movie, Finn definitely has the Shining, so while I can't speak to much of Hill's work, I do believe Black Phone is part of the Stephen King Universe
Another very small correction is that you said that misery's child appears in the dark tower. Being a book that stephen king wrote which is close but it's actually a book from one of his books. Misery's child is from misery, but not misery itself
My favorite Stephen King movie is The Shining and my favorite book is Misery. In the book Cujo there's a connection to the Dog being possessed by the spirit of Frank Dodd from The Dead Zone.
Nice video dude
Thanks man ✊🏻
Allways thought that Carrie was reborn in Firestarter since the book imply her sould had found a family who will love her this time. And her new form will be a "worldbeater"
Castle Rock season 1 was sooooo good.
I would say that Michael Moorcock and his Eternal Champion books are the grandfather of the multiverse in modern literature and now cinema.
5:02 time stamp Hero music starts
It seems like Tom Cullen and Leo have the shine in the Stand as well
In the dark tower movie, one of the portal codes is 1408
Retiring is the easiest thing in the world to do, look at Stephen King... he's done it a thousand times!
I got the impression that Rose Madder was the same species as Pennywise. Unlike him, she had a sense of ethics (but still had to eat). Pennywise was an absolute sadist who enjoyed torturing his prey.
So the Outisder or El Cuco, I don't recall every 27 years ever being brought up. In fact there are multiple El Cucos and they operate on a constant basis, and one of them can shapeshift in a matter of minutes. They are unaware of each other as well. They don't have a connection to IT, canonically.
IT isn't an alien from a different galaxy, that is explicitly stated in the book. It's from the macroverse, and is just a force of evil as opposed to Mathurin, the force of good.
Groovy video.
When your reading a King book and realize a character, or even a place or object is from another King story then realizing how many other times this has happened and you had not noticed making this huge world King has created....well, mf PRICELESS!
I was never a massive fan of IT growing up but I loved seeing the losers club and derry being visited by George Amberson in 112263
Yea he met beverly marsh and richie tozer
Rose Red would have been a good one to mention
So how does Thinner & Running Man connect to the greater Stephen King universe?
Also what about Shashank Redemption, Maximum Overdrive & Storm of the Century?
The girl in the black phone definitely has the shine
Fast forward to today, 04/22/24 at 5:36 am, and I just read an article headline yesterday with the topic of SK making a comment about how Pennywise and Randal Flagg have a connection.
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There have been confirmations that a TV series adapting the entire Dark Tower book series is in the works. Maybe you can do a video that mentions which of Kjng's books outside the main DT series are directly connected. Good examples are IT, The Stand, Salem's Lot, Insomnia, to name a few.
It's not even in the works , He still is in the middle of working on another stephen king adaptation. Nowhere near starting the dark tower
You can put so much more in a book.
The Shining miniseries and movies left out a lot of things frim the ( very long book).
also Isaac asimov novels are very connected, the robot saga and foundations saga etc
The most recent firestarter is also a remake of one from a while back that had drew barrymore in it
Favorite movie/series would be The Stand and favorite book is The Eyes of the Dragon
Im so happy to share a b day with him
Also what about the Shop & their connection to the movie Lawnmower Man & Firestarter?
It's been a long time since I've read or seen it so correct me if i'm wrong but does fire starter really count as shining if she got her powers through experimentation?
Stephen King is the GOAT of the horror genre!
Making a video like this based on the film adaptations and not having read all of the books isn’t the best idea…
You missed Ted Brautigan from Hearts in Atlantis. Link to the Dark Tower.
Carrie wasn't evil. She was abused.
She murdered hundreds of children, she's evil. Abuse doesn't excuse abuse.
Do you realize how many people become evil because of abuse?
Murdering innocent people is evil, doesn't matter how abused you are, bruh.
You can be two things
The original Stand movie is my favorite book and movie
What about the first 2 IT adaptations are they not connected
What about Desperation and Regulators?
W vid
Hey I have an question. A while back Stephan King wrote an book about the afterlife (again) and according to this all the books are connected except in that afterlife well it wasn’t an very pleasant one. Everyone was an slave to insects. While it is possible we have to see this book seperate because other books hint at other afterlives/hopefully better things and not all books are connected there are people who claim they have proof that it is part (apparently some part in the dark towers verse hints at an broken door/portal which would represent that world with that afterlife or proof everyone in the verse goes to that crapshit place in the Kings verse after they die) but I think it is a bit farfetched and once again not all books are connected but some people are really convinced of the argument. But if true why didn’t/don’t the heroes after defeating Flagg repare it and help these people? Or is that going to happen eventually? I don’t know but the thought some of the characters we like go there after death is kind of awfull. I hope most of Kings characters either go to a nice reincarnation process (and not like in his other book about death, men has some fears about death and a lot of explanations) or some peaceful afterlife. Penny for your thoughts
Love Stephan king
I wonder how does the movie 1408 connects to King's many adaptations..
In the beginning of the mist the guy is painting Roland in front of the tower
Anyone notice the music from Heroes playing?
Have you ever heard about Michael Moorcock’s Eternal Chanpion? Yeah.
they did the dark tower so wrong in movie form. shouldve been a streaming series
Elba as Roland was "wtf?"
So General is a cat that has the Shine then?
So wouldn’t the kids in dreamcatcher have the shine too with their abilities?
How would Creepshow fit into all this
Personally I think both Stanley Kubrick's The Shining and John Carpenter's Christine are superior to Stephen King's Books. The Fire Starter series sucked, but John Carpenter's soundtrack delivered, as he does.
Christine what i love about it is the car has no explanation. Its not a ghost, its alive off the assembly line. Why? Who cares, its here and alive, and Arnie is going insane obsessed with Christine.
Can you do a video about how to create a successful horror Cinematic Universe?
Red Rose ?
Favorite movie stand by me, favorite book, 11/22/63
Did you see the mini series?
@@thethriftytypewriter yes wasn't to bad, I liked it, also alot of connections in that series and book to other books
How'd you leave storm of the century
I ❤tht Running Man
The Loosers Club having the "Shine" is a bit of a stretch, but i guess it does some what apply.