About this episode

The episode discusses unofficial adaptations of Stephen King's work and their thematic connections.

An Unofficial Stephen King Adaptation is a horror story that feels indebted to King’s work in some way, whether spiritually connected through subject or monster, or treading similar thematic ground. In the latest Patreon exclusive episode, Jenn, Justin, Dan, and Julia name their favorite Unofficial Stephen King adaptations and name connections to his body of work. Hear a clip now and get the full thing at patreon.com/thebarrens. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

People in this episode

Guests: Jenn, Justin, Dan, Julia

Topics covered

• Stephen King
• horror adaptations
• thematic connections
• Patreon exclusive
• film analysis

Keywords

• Stephen King
• adaptations
• horror
• Patreon
• thematic analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Simplecast, Bloody FM, Patreon

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