Stephen King

89 movies, 1 book in this series

Now Playing Podcast enters the world of Stephen King with reviews of every movie, television movie, and miniseries adaptation of his work. From Carrie and The Shining to IT, Misery, The Stand, and beyond, we follow King’s stories from page to screen across horror, drama, crime, fantasy, and more, including landmark adaptations from filmmakers such as Stanley Kubrick.

Movie Reviews

The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer

Window of Opportunity

Reviewed Sep 2, 2025
“The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer" follows the story of the twisted marriage of matriarch Ellen Rimbauer to the promiscuous early 20th-century industrialist, John Rimbauer, and the haunted beginnings of an enormous Seattle mansion that has come to life. Based on the best-selling novel by Ridley Pearson, passages of the diary track a series of deadly encounters surrounding the Rose Red Estate that transform Ellen Rimbauer from the innocent and submissive wife of a wealthy industrialist into a woman possessed by the dark forces inhabiting her home. Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie

Book Reviews

Under the Dome by Stephen King

I thought King was retiring years ago....

Reviewed Dec 19, 2009
Under the Dome is a 2009 science fiction novel by the American author, Stephen King. Under the Dome is the 58th book published by Stephen King, and it is his 48th novel. The novel focuses on a small Maine town, and tells an intricate, multi-character, alternating perspective story of how the town's inhabitants contend with the calamity of being suddenly cut off from the outside world by an impassable, invisible glass dome-like barrier that seemingly falls out of the sky, transforming the community into a domed city. ---------- Contains: - ( - ( Genres: City and town life, Good and evil, Iraq War, Thrillers, Veterans