Here's what's coming to (and leaving from) HBO in June
Forget Westworld and the disappointing movies we sometimes write about in these monthly roundups, because HBO’s HBO GO…
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South Park goes full (or half) Stephen King in its season finale
At 21 seasons deep, it’s becoming harder and harder for South Park to push the envelope with Mr. Garrison. Even before…
The connections between It and The Shining could tell us what even Pennywise fears
With the release of It and The Dark Tower (and, hell, even Gerald’s Game), more and more casual Stephen King fans are…
Pennywise can dance to anything
It’s Pennywise is, by all metrics, a scary clown: He eats children, has rows of hideous teeth, and can turn into your…
Weekend Box Office: Mother! fucked
Well, that didn’t go well. Surprising absolutely no one who’s seen the batshit crazy thing—even, apparently, the suits…
It's all about the clown this week as podcasters dissect Stephen King's It
In Podmass, The A.V. Club sifts through the ever-expanding world of podcasts and recommends the previous week’s best…
Stephen King breaks down the different levels of horror
Similar to trying to explain what makes a particular joke funny, it can sometimes be difficult to describe what exactly…
Hollywood’s new “it couple” is the Babadook and Pennywise
It can be horrifying to merely be alive in 2017, for myriad reasons. Hell, the endlessly sensationalist American Horror…
It: Chapter 2 has much bigger plans for Mike Hanlon
In addition to smashing box-office records for horror and again demonstrating that R-rated films can be wildly…
Revisit the 1990 It TV movie with this loony, 90-second mashup
Well, the analysts predicted it and the analysts were right: Everybody saw It this weekend. Even better? Andrés…
Weekend Box Office: It scores the biggest horror opening of all time
The House That Freddy Built is now counting its Pennywises, as It—co-produced by New Line Cinema, Brett Ratner’s Ratpac…
Small-town cops advise residents to knock it off with the creepy It tributes
The small town of Lititz, Pennsylvania, home of some charming cafes and America’s first commercial pretzel bakery, is a…
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Nightmarish imagery helps It float above a clunky script
Watching the big-screen version of It only emphasizes how strange Stephen King’s novel really is. Adapting a more than…
Good baby is extremely ready for It
The long-awaited new adaptation of Stephen King’s clown-terror classic It will finally be released a week from today,…
Chicago, join the Losers' Club and see Stephen King's It early and for free
After the disappointment of The Dark Tower, there’s a lot of pressure on Andrés Muschietti, director of the upcoming…
Alamo Drafthouse one-ups Wonder Woman whiners with clowns-only screenings of It
Hey, remember when the Alamo Drafthouse announced a screening of Wonder Woman open only to people who identified as…
It to scare up a massive opening weekend, analysts predict
True cases of culrophobia are vanishingly rare, so no matter what your friends might claim on social media, they can…
Pennywise speaks in the new trailer for Stephen King’s It
Given that Tim Curry’s performance as Pennywise was clearly the best part of the 1990 TV mini-series version of Stephen…
Everyone’s pretty psyched about the new It footage you can’t see
Comic-Con has begun teasing the attendees of its 2017 gathering with the sorts of exclusive footage and…
What are you reading in May?
In our monthly book club, we discuss whatever we happen to be reading and ask everyone in the comments to do the same. W…