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Stephen King Calls the Trump Presidency ‘Scarier’ Than Any of His Novels — Watch
Indiewire ^ | July 13, 2019 | Jude Dry

Posted on 07/13/2019 6:27:36 PM PDT by EdnaMode

With “Midsommar” earning raves and performing well at the box office, horror has never been hotter. And if, as Justin Chang argued in the Los Angeles Times back in 2017, horror has become the defining genre of the Trump presidency, then Stephen King is its patron saint. The master of horror’s many works have seen renewed interest thanks to a slew of successful adaptations, from the box office record-breaker “It,” to its much-hyped follow-up “It: Chapter Two,” and many more projects currently in the works. And while the master of horror certainly is the king of scary set-ups, he says there’s one scenario so terrifying even he couldn’t improve upon it: Donald Trump’s presidency.

During an interview with NowThisNews, King laughed after being asked whether he thought the Trump presidency was scarier than one of his novels. “Short answer to that is, yes, I do. I do think it’s scarier,” he said.

However, King did concede that he predicted a similar authoritarian figure with similarities to the president might come to power in his 1979 book “The Dead Zone,” later adapted into a film by David Cronenberg in 1983.

“I was sort of convinced that it was possible that a politician would arise who was so outside the mainstream and so willing to say anything that he would capture the imaginations of the American people,” he said.

“The Dead Zone” features a power-hungry businessman-turned-politician named Greg Stillson, played by Martin Sheen. King described the character as someone who said “crazy stuff that nobody would possibly believe or so we thought, until Donald Trump came along.”

“My worry at the time that I wrote ‘The Dead Zone’ was that somebody like Greg Stillson might actually get elected and rise through the ranks, become president of the United States and start World War III,” King added. “But we do seem to have a Greg Stillson as president of the United States.”

Watch the full interview with King below.


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
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Trump puts citizens first and the economy is booming. How scary!!!!
1 posted on 07/13/2019 6:27:36 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

This from a man who wrote about child torture, child sex, and abuse at the hand of a caregiver? Monsters and demons that feed off people?


2 posted on 07/13/2019 6:28:33 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: EdnaMode

You can always tell a great leader by the shrieks of the freaks....


3 posted on 07/13/2019 6:29:48 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: EdnaMode

Take another hike along your country road King.


4 posted on 07/13/2019 6:30:19 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: EdnaMode

His novels sucked. NONE were scary.


5 posted on 07/13/2019 6:30:57 PM PDT by CodeToad ( Hating on Trump is hating on me and Americans!)
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To: fhayek

“Shrieks of the freaks...”

I like that!


6 posted on 07/13/2019 6:31:04 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: tbw2

Shh!! No one is supposed to realize that and we’re all supposed to be in awe of his great talent and overlook all that.

Didn’t seem VERY young teen in IT have sex with like 5 boys in the novel?

That’s CLASS.


7 posted on 07/13/2019 6:31:11 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: EdnaMode

Stevie went off the rails a long time ago.


8 posted on 07/13/2019 6:31:37 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: EdnaMode

Dumb and Dumber was scarier that “It”.


9 posted on 07/13/2019 6:33:15 PM PDT by dead (Our next president is going to be sooooo boring.)
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To: EdnaMode

He had a couple of good stories. But mostly he’s overrated, and uses supernatural evil as a crutch.


10 posted on 07/13/2019 6:34:29 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: EdnaMode

scarier for liberals, NK, Iran, the clinton’s, Obama, and others


11 posted on 07/13/2019 6:34:47 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: tbw2

This man writes fiction what does he know about real life any more than a average person?


12 posted on 07/13/2019 6:37:52 PM PDT by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold. Z)
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To: EdnaMode

Is Stephen King drinking again?


13 posted on 07/13/2019 6:38:23 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: EdnaMode

I hate his writing. Weak.


14 posted on 07/13/2019 6:46:05 PM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I gave up on him in the latter part of the 1990s just from the tone of his books. Then his craziness started with buying the local radio station just to boot off Limbaugh or the like.


15 posted on 07/13/2019 6:47:00 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: EdnaMode

I don’t know about that Jordy.....


16 posted on 07/13/2019 6:49:04 PM PDT by 1217Chic
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To: EdnaMode

Does anyone actually listen to these retards anymore?


17 posted on 07/13/2019 6:49:09 PM PDT by The Pack Knight
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To: EdnaMode

Someone must be paying these celebrities to make these anti-Trump statements. George Soros?


18 posted on 07/13/2019 6:56:01 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: Bonemaker

You would think that being hit by a car would give him some perspective on life.


19 posted on 07/13/2019 6:58:21 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Isn't it funny that the very people who scream "My body, my choice" wants a say in your healthcare?)
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To: jonrick46

The insane hate the Dems have created over Trump is pathetic to behold.


20 posted on 07/13/2019 6:59:08 PM PDT by CMailBag
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