What could go wrong watching only Stephen King film adaptations for a month and podcasting about it daily?

For Split Tooth Media’s first October Horror series in 2019, Cinesthesia hosts Jason Michelitch and Jim Hickcox tested the limits of sanity with Hell to the King: A 31-part miniseries about Stephen King film adaptations. From The Shining to The Mist (2007) the Cinesthesia boys binged as much King as their heads and hearts could handle and talked us through the journey. Jim’s initial hypothesis that there are no bad Stephen King adaptations was quickly challenged. Jason found new horrors in revisiting many of these films as a new father. Together they slowly melded into the many worlds of Stephen King and lost their minds while the recorders ran.

Now available on YouTube for the first time, find the series in all of its beautiful and maddening glory. Jim and Jason find some new favorite horror films — particularly The Mangler and Graveyard Shift — and some adaptations that could have been avoided entirely. But through it all, they go deep into Stephen King’s seemingly endless supply of horror. What is a Sleepwalker, exactly? Is Misery a comedy? Who greenlit Cujo? Did Mr. King actually sing AC/DC songs at the band to win their approval to license their music for Maximum Overdrive?

Grab your favorite whole wheat yogurt and settle in for Hell to the King.

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