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

All hail Stephen - the horror King

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).

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