All hail Stephen - the horror King

As the film IT scares a whole new generation, Ed Power looks at why Stephen King’s stories are as popular as ever

STEPHEN King has never been quite out of the spotlight. But in 2017 the horror author is

especially inescapable. A big-screen remake of scary clown classic IT is steam-rolling the box office while this autumn will see the Irish debut of the adaptation of his thriller Mr Mercedes (with Brendan Gleeson as a retired cop).