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Here’s Every Stephen King Easter Egg in ‘The Dark Tower’
There are worlds other than these.
Long before “cinematic universes” were the hottest thing in Hollywood, Stephen King had his own going on throughout his many novels and short stories. Big and small references throughout King’s works unite many of them inside something of a shared storytelling universe, and The Dark Tower saga is at the center of it all.
So I suppose it makes perfect sense that director Nikolaj Arcel worked so many Stephen King Easter eggs into his feature film adaptation of The Dark Tower (read our review), now out in theaters. The film is absolutely loaded with references to other King stories, most of which were unfortunately spoiled by the marketing campaign.
One of the very first shots of the film shows us two twin girls who look a lot like the Grady Twins from The Shining ; they even repeat the iconic line, “Come play with us,” just in case you didn’t get the reference. From there we’re treated to Easter eggs for tales such as Christine, Salem’s Lot, Misery and 1408… to name just a handful.
My personal favorite Easter egg is the appearance of killer dog Cujo, who’s being walked down the street by a mother and son who look a lot like Donna and Tad Trenton!
Check out every Stephen King reference in The Dark Tower below.
STEPHEN KING’S IT
THE SHINING
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
CUJO
CHRISTINE
THE SHINING
MR. MERCEDES
STAND BY ME
MISERY
1408
SALEM’S LOT
After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.
You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!
Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.
Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”
“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.
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Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
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