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- <title>
- Apr. 27, 1992: 21 Up:Three Faces of Stephen
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Apr. 27, 1992 The Untold Story of Pan Am 103
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- SHOW BUSINESS, Page 63
- 21 Up: Three Faces of Stephen
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- <p>UP-MARKET
- </p>
- <p>"A" pictures
- </p>
- <p> Carrie ('76, Brian De Palma). Blood on a prom dress. A big
- hit, thanks to the last scene: Carrie's graveyard grope.
- </p>
- <p> The Shining ('80, Stanley Kubrick). "Hi, honey, I'm
- ho-ome!" The definitive writer's-block movie--and a great film
- too.
- </p>
- <p> The Dead Zone ('83, David Cronenberg). Affecting melodrama
- about precognition.
- </p>
- <p> Christine ('83, John Carpenter). A homicidal '58 Plymouth
- Fury. Tip-top deadpan satire.
- </p>
- <p> Stand by Me ('86, Rob Reiner). Skittish, much loved, macho
- nostalgia. He wrote that?
- </p>
- <p> The Running Man ('87, Paul Michael Glaser). Arnold
- Schwarzenegger on a killer quiz show. Big B.O.
- </p>
- <p> Misery ('90, Rob Reiner). The definitive writer's-block
- cure: Nurse Nasty (Oscar winner Kathy Bates) and her mallet.
- </p>
- <p> DOWN-MARKET
- </p>
- <p>"B" pictures
- </p>
- <p> Creepshow ('82, George A. Romero). Five icky tales, all
- written by, one starring King; his tribute to E.C. horror
- comics.
- </p>
- <p> Cujo ('83, Lewis Teague). Baaaad doggie menaces mom and
- kid in car. Elemental King; decent job.
- </p>
- <p> Firestarter ('84, Mark L. Lester). Girl with pyro
- technique. Chance to catch Drew Barrymore between her E.T. and
- People magazine stages.
- </p>
- <p> Cat's Eye ('85, Lewis Teague). Three tales. Most
- memorable: cat in a child's bedroom.
- </p>
- <p> Tales from the Darkside: the Movie ('90, John Harrison).
- Three-parter. One is King's Cat from Hell--where else?--about a hit man (David Johansen) hired to kill a tabby.
- </p>
- <p> The Lawnmower Man ('92, Brett Leonard). Virtual-reality
- video game. But virtually not King.
- </p>
- <p> Sleepwalkers ('92, Mick Garris). A mother's love can raise
- the dead.
- </p>
- <p>MEAT-MARKET
- </p>
- <p>For gore fans only
- </p>
- <p> Children of the Corn ('84, Fritz Kiersch). Tykes who kill
- by overemoting.
- </p>
- <p> Silver Bullet ('85, Daniel Attias). Where's the werewolf?
- Who cares? A lycanthropic loser.
- </p>
- <p> Maximum Overdrive ('86). King directed this daft nod to
- Jacques Tati's Playtime. Trucks, toys and newlyweds go nuts in
- the all-time traffic jam.
- </p>
- <p> A Return to Salem's Lot ('87, Larry Cohen). Inane
- non-sequel to King novel.
- </p>
- <p> Creepshow 2 ('87, Michael Gornick). Three gory tales, few
- shivers.
- </p>
- <p> Pet Sematary ('89, Mary Lambert). Surprise hit about a
- dead (then undead) child. Potent theme, schlocky treatment.
- </p>
- <p> Graveyard Shift ('90, Ralph S. Singleton). The pureed bat
- gets "a 10 on the Barf-o-Meter," says The Official Splatter
- Movie Guide.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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