InViolence in the Films of Stephen King, contributors analyze the theme of violence in the film adaptations of Stephen Kings workranging from the earliest films in the King canonto his most recent iterationsthrough a variety of lenses. Investigating the diverse and varying roles that violence continues to play as both the level of violence and the gendered depictions of violence have evolved, many of the contributors come to the conclusion that Kings films have grown more violent over time. This book also examines the fine line between necessaryviolence andsensationalistviolence, discussing the complexity of determining what constitutes violence with a narrative and ethical significance versus violence intended solely to titillate, repulse, or otherwise draw an emotional reaction from viewers. Scholars of film studies, horror studies, literary studies, and gender studies will find this book particularly useful.

Tony Magistrale is professor of English at the University of Vermont.

Michael J. Blouin is associate professor of English and the humanities at Milligan University.

Introduction

Michael J. Blouinand Tony Magistrale

1. Stephen KingsCarrie: Victim No More?

Sarah E. Turner

2. An American Hyde:Stephen Kings A Good Marriage

Tony Magistrale

3. The Mad Lady: Racial and Sexual Violence in Mick GarrissBag of Bones

Phoenix Crockett and Stephen Indrisano

4.Cujo, the Black Man, and the Story of Patty Hearst

Sarah Nilsen

5. King of Pain: Exposing the Raw, Unpleasant Truth of Stephen Kings Use of Extreme Violence inDoctor Sleep

Mary Findley

6. Violence Persists: MuschiettisIT Films and a Sadistic Status Quo

Michael J. Blouin

7. Cut You Up into Little Pieces: Ghosts& Violence in KubricksThe Shining

Danel Olson

8. Tempered Violence in Frank Darabonts Adaptations of Stephen King:The Shawshank RedemptionandThe Green Mile

Maura Grady

9. Hiding in Plain Sight: Watching and the Unconscious in Stephen Kings Mr. Mercedes Trilogy on Page and Screen

Brian Kent

10. Political Allegory and the Plague of Violence in the Television Adaptation ofThe Outsider

Philip L. Simpson

11.The Invasive Gaze:Surveillance Camera Shots in Flanagan'sDoctor Sleep and Price'sThe Outsider

Matthew Muller

12. Murder is Damnation, But Murder is Also Work:Violence, Patriarchy, and the Work Ethic in1922

Jason Clemence

13. Lost in the Supermarket: When The Mist Fogs Our Mind . . . When Basic Emotions Transform into Monstrous Acts

Alexandra Reuber

14. Stephen KingsBig Driver: A Utopian Road to Justice

Patrick McAleer

About the Contributors