The Hippie Chick

Checking in on ONTD this morning saw this trailer posted:



Okay wow. The "killer car". What a novel concept! *yawn*

This Hybrid seems more a "hybrid" of Christine and From a Buick 8. Stephen King's already traveled that road story-wise, bitches, and he did it better.

Would I see this? Probably when it shows up on cable, just because. But I have a feeling I'd end up scrapping that and popping in my DVD of Christine (1983) instead. That movie was many flavors of awesome.



"Body by Plymouth. Soul by Satan." Man, in the movie when Christine's radio turns on and it plays "...you're mine and we belong together... yes, we belong together for all eternity..." I get chills.

That said? I'm hearing via a couple of sources including the Wikipedia page on From a Buick 8 that a film adaptation is in the works with Tobe Hooper directing. Now, I can get on board for that one! I loved the book even though I'd heard some middling reviews.

Alright, how did I miss this? Eight episode miniseries, aired on TNT in 2006. This story, "You Know They Got A Hell Of A Band", is the one from "Nightmares And Dreamscapes", the collection, that stuck with me the most after reading. To this day? Still can creep me out when I see or hear Buddy Holly or hear or see Janis and my mind will briefly flash to this story. The woman they have here, playing Janis? Eeeeeeeeerie man!! Just realy really eerie and creepily right on. See how Stephen screws with your head like that? Ha! That old rocker. LOL!

I seriously though had no idea they'd done any kind of a filmed adaptation of this story. The miniseries is available on DVD now, so I think I'm going to have to check this out. Meanwhile I have this clip, and it's lengthy enough to give me an idea that they did very very well with it. In the still for the embedded video you can see Ronnie Van Zant and Duane Allman. Fantastic.




Reading the Wiki on the story right now, I see in the trivia section (Wiki frowns upon trivia sections but whatevs) where there were differences between this television version and the short story. The mentioning of Kurt Cobain and George Harrison being a kind of major one, since neither had died when this story was originally written then released. But meh. Still looks good and visually creepy!

Another aside? I love my rock and roll, and many of these people, but if I found myself in this same situation and it wasn't some fun novelty cafe, and these were the REAL. DEAL.? Oh man. *shudder* But yes the story is a good one. It's not one of his GREATEST shorts, but if you've got a rock and roll lovin' heart you'll get a kick out of this one so go read it if you haven't.

Damn it. Dad has a doctors appointment, I don't have to be in until 4 this PM, and I'm alone in the house right now. Yes it's broad daylight in the middle of the morning, but *gulp* I've got Stephen King on the brain and other little snippets of stories and stuff are flashing back.

Not good. Not good. Must go find something sweet and happy. Sweet and happy. Yeah.

BTW? You Tube all of a sudden after like almost a month has been WORKING in my Firefox! I don't know what they did or I did but thank GOODNESS.

ETA

Um, oh HI there Janis and Jimi looking at me from my journal header! OMG.

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First talked about here.

The film sees wide release on July 13. Looks like it'll be too great. ♥ John Cusack! Sam Jackson is a plus too! As I said in that past entry I really loved the story.

I am excited about this one!!

Cell is still in the works, Eli Roth (Hostel) directing. Hopefully as I've stated before he doesn't make it into a Night of The Living Dead, George Romero-esque zombie fest with cell phones. They. Aren't. Zombies!

I just ran across an item surfing the net... just a mention, a blurb if you will. In the works: a film version of the short story "1408" from Stephen King's excellent collection "Everything's Eventual". I was waiting for something to be done on film from this book since the stories in it are so good. This one appeared in an audio book first though, it was in "Blood and Smoke" and really just as creepy to listen to as to read. I think it's the best story in the book, really. Stephen King is at his best in the short form.

I take it the film is in production with Mikael Hafstrom (Derailed) directing. It's supposed to be released sometime later this year. John Cusack stars. The property had been in the middle of the Miramax/Disney disupte, and in development hell for a bit. Looks like it's actually happening now and Dimension has picked it up from internet rumblings and a mention in Variety.

1408 is another haunted hotel story. But this one? It's not an entire hotel this time, but a single room within it. The Dolphin Hotel. Room 1408. The problem isn't so much in that it's haunted. The room is just... wrong. Just. Evil. Pure evil. SO much worse than anything the Overlook Hotel could dish up. Cusack is to play the leading man, Mike Enslin, a nonfiction writer who goes from haunted place to haunted place to debunk or confirm paranormal activity. Then he comes upon the Dolphin Hotel...

There are many elements here. Borrowed a touch from Lovecraft, a touch from "Haunting of Hill House" and just his own dark and twisted imaginings. I'm telling you. Thanks to The Shining and this story, hotel rooms really make me uneasy. I don't mind them at all if I have a room mate, but man. To be there alone just... it takes me a bit to adjust and feel better and less uneasy. King said it best in the foreword to the story... hotel rooms are just creepy anyway. You don't know who's been in there before you, what's happened in there before you... *shudder*

The next one from this collection I'm waiting for is "The Road Virus Heads North". I think that would make a really great film. If the screenplay, stars and director are good.

Also in the works by Dimension Films is a screen adaptation of Cell. I have it here and haven't been able to sit and really read it yet. I know, bad King fan. But I will.