2010 BLACK FRIDAY CHOPPING LIST: BOOKS & COMICS

Movies
Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on November 22, 2010 @ 7:09pm
Category: Movies / News

There’s something for every horror fan on your gift list in the “books & comics” section of B-D’s 2010 Black Friday Chopping list – from lovers of great poster art to rabid aficionados of indie comic books; from those who tend to engage in thought-provoking academic-minded discussions on the nature of the genre to those who just enjoy taking in as much grotesque, depraved imagery as they can get their hands on, this should prove a great guide for anyone scratching their heads over what to buy for one of those odd people who enjoy, um…whatchamacalit? Oh, yeah. Reading. (more…) READ MORE

Joe Hill’s ‘Horns’ Being Adapted for the Big Screen

Movies
Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on October 12, 2009 @ 3:18am
Category: Movies / News

Have any of you had a chance to read Joe Hill’s graphic novel “Locke & Key” yet? If not, go and pick it up as it’s an engaging Lovecraftian story that really shows what the son of Stephen King can do. With that already being adapted for the big screen, Mandalay Pictures has optioned the film rights to Hill’s upcoming novel Horns, about a man who wakes up one morning sprouting horns on top of his head. Read on for the skinny. (more…) READ MORE

Joe Hill’s ‘Locke & Key’ Acquired by Dimension

Movies
Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on February 26, 2008 @ 4:47am
Category: Movies / News

It’s pretty crazy that just yesterday one of my friends was telling me about a graphic novel entitled Locke & Key, a graphic novel written by Joe Hill, son of the great Stephen King. He told me it’s a must read and I need to get it ASAP. Apparently he was on to something as Dimension Films acquired rights to adapt the potential franchise to the big screen. Read on for the skinny. (more…) READ MORE

Stephen King’s Son Sells ‘Heart-Shaped Box’ Adaptation

Movies
Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on April 03, 2007 @ 3:48am
Category: Movies / News

Neil Jordan will rewrite and direct Heart-Shaped Box, an adaptation of the horror novel by Joe Hill, for Warner Bros. Pictures. Akiva Goldsman is producing, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The book, published in February, centers on a rock star obsessed with the occult who buys a suit advertised at an online auction site as haunted by its dead owner’s ghost. He ultimately is forced to confront the ghost and the demons of his own past. Tom Pabst wrote the original draft. Hill is the son of Stephen King, who chose his pen name out of a desire to succeed based on his own merits. After achieving some success — among the awards he has collected are the Bram Stoker Award for best fiction collection — he revealed his identity. (more…) READ MORE