13 Page-Turning Stephen King Facts

The horror legend had a dark secret ... back in the '80s, at least.
13 Page-Turning Stephen King Facts

Stephen King has been an icon of horror for nearly 50 years, but considering he keeps writing books, the guy still must have some secrets, some dark parts of himself he hasn't written out across thousands of words. We won't speculate, but there's no doubt he's made rather a lot public, including some strange facts you might not have heard before.

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HE TRIED MAKING A MOVIE OF HIS WORK CRACKED In 1986, he directed a movie of his story Maximum Overdrive, about trucks that come to life, with nothing but AC/DC on the soundtrack.

Source: IMDB

HE BANNED ONE OF HIS OWN BOOKS 7645 RAGE NOVEL BY RICHARD BACHMAN HIS TWISTED MIND TURNED LOUIET CLASSROOMINTO/ THE SLY VOICES IN HIS MIND WHISPERED AC DANGEROUS WORLD TERROR. THEIR TERRIBLE WARNINGS, TELLING CHARLIE EXACTLY WHAT HE HAD TO DO... And one by one the students filed into the room, , laughing, talking. suspecting that today' class like no For r today Charlie would lead them in his RICHARD savagely dangerous of Show and Tell - and all their secrets would explode nightmare of violence and PAGE but CRACKED Apowerfully charged novel His novel Rage has been out of print since the '80s, since it's about

Source: Fox

HE'S SUED BAD ADAPTATIONS AND WON ACCESS DENIED CRACKED When the movie of The Lawnmower Man changed basically everything about his story, he went to court and got his name off the film.

Source: EW

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PEOPLE GET MAD WHEN HE'S HONORED CRACKED Some literary critics are never happy when someone SO popular wins awards, but legendary scholar Harold Bloom carried a particular grudge against him.

Source: CNBC

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