After reading Stephen King's Full Dark, No Stars recently (and loving it), I was wondering:
Which horror writer / director has developed most during their careers and how?
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Writer: Stephen kings earlier material and his short stories, probably followed by Clive Barker. (Somebody has to make a decent book of blood adaptation.)
Director: I am still a big John carpenter fan, grew up loving Halloween, the Fog, prince of Darkness and the Thing (still hate E.T. did a lot of damage to cinema that year!!)
Director: I am still a big John carpenter fan, grew up loving Halloween, the Fog, prince of Darkness and the Thing (still hate E.T. did a lot of damage to cinema that year!!)
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What do you think to King's / Barker's later stuff?
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King is not as good as he was. Barker is even better though it's been a while. The Art, Imajica, Weaveworld all brilliant.
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I lost it with Barker around the time of the Harold Robbinsy Galilee and Coldheart Canyon I didn't enjoy at all. I agree with Daveroughcut that The Art, Imajica and Weaveworld are brilliant, but they are all a long time ago now.
While King might not have produced a masterpiece in a while, his books are still consistently enjoyable.
While King might not have produced a masterpiece in a while, his books are still consistently enjoyable.
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I dug Under The Dome despite the fact I thought it we The Simpsons movie. I must confess I have not read Galilee but did love the Abarat books.
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What do you consider to be the last King masterpiece?MaxRenn wrote:I lost it with Barker around the time of the Harold Robbinsy Galilee and Coldheart Canyon I didn't enjoy at all. I agree with Daveroughcut that The Art, Imajica and Weaveworld are brilliant, but they are all a long time ago now.
While King might not have produced a masterpiece in a while, his books are still consistently enjoyable.
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In publication order probably The Dark Half maybe Four Past Midnight. it definitely went wrong at Needful Things which felt like a repeat of 'Salems Lot
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Okay, because I am a total King-ophile, what would you like to see him do now?
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