Dolores Claibornecan be streamed on HBO Max.
Danny (Brad Savage) obligingly opens the window.
We don’t see much of what happens next.
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Salem’s Lotcan be streamed on Shudder and AMC+.
Blaine is a tauntingly strange figure, a suicide machine that just wants to have fun.
Castle Rockcan be streamed on Hulu.
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Stand by Mecan be streamed on AMC+.
28.Sleepwalkers
Frequent King collaboratorMick Garrishelmed this low-key horror thriller, which features an absolutely memorable moment.
Sleepwalkerscan be streamed on PlutoTV.
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Grown-up Sue’s a guidance counselor trying to guide Carrie’s half sister away from mass homicide.
For her troubles Sue winds up skewered by a fire poker.
The Rage: Carrie 2can be streamed on the Roku Channel.
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Maximum Overdrivecan be rented on YouTube and Prime Video.
Children of the Corncan be streamed on Tubi, Plex, and Roku.
A longtime smoker contracts a company to help him kick the habit.
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The possessed vintage Plymouth Fury hunts down bullying Moochie (Malcolm Danare), chasing him into an alleyway.
The car leaves the alley; Moochie doesn’t.
Christinecan be streamed on AMC+.
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When a mysterious dome descends over Chester’s Mill, a poor bovine citizen is caught inside and outside.
It’s maybe the single grossest visual CBS ever allowed on television.
Under the Domecan be streamed on Paramount+.
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The scary part’s when the cat crawls back out.
Tales From the Darksidecan be rented on YouTube and Prime Video.
The Outsidercan be streamed on HBO and HBO Max.
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‘Survivor bang out’
A surgeon is stranded on a Pacific island.
He keeps a diary.
It’s all very Robinson Crusoe, except he has little food..
When he injures his ankle, he has to amputate and maybe now has food.
18.Carrie
The jump scare as high art.
It’s a moment of quiet serenity.
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And then the bloody hand grasps out of the ground.
Carriecan be streamed on Shudder and AMC+.
Mike turns just in time to avoid the SLASH.
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1408can be rented on YouTube and Prime Video.
Cujocan be rented on YouTube and Prime Video.
Divorce, King style.
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Creepshowcan be rented on Prime Video and Apple TV.
Creepshow 2can be streamed on Shudder and AMC+.
In his empty house he awaits her return.
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The novel leaves Louis hanging on a freaky final sentence: “‘Darling,’ it said.”
Gerald’s Gamecan be streamed on Netflix.
11.Doctor Sleep
Field of Screams, anyone?
Doctor Sleepcan be rented on YouTube and Prime Video.
The Dead Zonecan be streamed on HBO and HBO Max.
She chases the figure into an alley (!!!
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Capelwaitecan be streamed on Epix.
of iconicMiseryinfamy gets her very first in-person glimpse of her “favorite” author Paul Sheldon.
Cue ominous camera close-up and the cryptic words: “I’m his No.
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The Manglercan be rented on YouTube and Apple TV.
The moment the sicko, anxiety-triggering villain gains the ability to control minds.
Mr. Mercedescan be streamed on Peacock.
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Lisey’s Storycan be streamed on Apple TV+.
4.The Mist
What’s in the mist?
But when the loading door opens, he’s grabbed by constricting tentacles, pulled screaming into the ether.
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Like much of King’s work, the greatest scare is what you don’t see.
What the hell are those tentacles even attached to?
The Mistcan be streamed on Netflix.
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3.It
A little boy named Georgie Denbrough loses his paper boat in a storm drain.
Inside the sewer lingers Pennywise, a clown with tufts of blood-red hair.
He offers the boy balloons.
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“They float… they float.”
Georgie reaches his hand into the sewer and quickly loses it.
Our nation’s Clown Terror began here.
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Both the 1990 and 2017 iterations ofItcan be streamed on HBO Max.
2.The Tommyknockers
Why would Sheriff Merrill (Joanna Cassidy) collect scary dolls?
Of course, they attack her when she tries to call for help.
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Also, they’re controlled by aliens, or it’s a hallucination, or something.
The point is: SCARY DOLLS.
DON’T BUY THEM.
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1.The Shining
No one ever watched Johnny Carson’sTonight Showthe same way again.
What sells it isJack Nicholson’s murderous smile.
He’s broken all-the-way bad, and he’s never been happier.
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The Shiningcan be streamed on HBO Max.
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