If you’re looking for a truly spooky movie to watch this Halloween night, then let Stephen King be your guide! The Master of Horror has revealed his favorite horror film and it will make you tremble!
Carrie, Shining, That… Stephen King is recognized as one of the masters of horror, a literary specialty that he made his own. Some of his novels have now become cult and many of them have even been adapted into films. His opinion on horror cinema is therefore very important! Asked about the scariest film in his opinion, Stephen King cites three, two of which are available on Prime Video. “The scariest varies depending on the age of the viewer”believes the author. “When I was 16, the scariest movie was The Haunting, directed by Robert Wise”. The film takes place in Hill House, a house more than 90 years old and which seems haunted because its inhabitants have always met strange and tragic ends. To find out definitively, Dr. John Markway assembles a team of people who must prove whether the house is indeed haunted. A film which therefore marked the adolescence of the famous writer.
Stephen King: this film and its “Really horrible last 35 seconds” marked the author
As an adult, however, it was another film that had an impact on him: The Blair Witch Projectof which he retains a “increasing feeling of unhappiness” et “those last 35 seconds were really horrible”. The film follows three film students who turn up missing after traveling to a Maryland forest to film a documentary about the local legend of the Blair Witch. Failing to find them, it is the images shot by their cameras that will be discovered…
Here is Stephen King’s favorite horror film, a “masterpiece“according to him
Ultimately, if he has to choose just one, Stephen King turns to another title: Night of the Living Dead, “George A. Romero’s low-budget masterpiece” to watch on Prime Video. “I still remember the helpless terror I felt when I first saw it“says the author, who adds: “there is a real similarity with Blair Witch” because both have “minimal or non-existent music”. “Both [sont] with unknown actors who barely seem capable of doing summer theater in Paducahville”. Stephen King also points out that both films are based on “low-tech special effects”. So many elements that could harm the films but which, according to the author, actually work “thanks to them”.
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