He’s the king of horror having written over 50 books and yet there is one film Stephen King couldn’t finish watching!
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Stephen King is one of the most influential and indisputed figures in the terrifying realm of horror but even Horror kings have films that make them scared.
Known for his classic horror novels, this 75-year-old author has frightened audiences for decades with stories of murderous clowns in IT and eerie hotels that left audiences members and readers scared and shocked in horror.
Even the king of dread, though, couldn’t stomach one particular film.
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King admitted that the film’s extreme fright factor forced him to stop making it midway in an interview covered by Dread Central.
But can you guess what film it is from the images below?
Still not got it?
The film in question is actually the found-footage classic horror film – The Blair Witch Project
It’s interesting that this occurred when King first saw it in a hospital, a place where anyone’s vulnerability may be magnified.
King’s son had brought a VHS copy of the movie and encouraged him to watch it.
King’s response, though, was quite obvious midway through: ‘Turn it off, it’s too freaky’.
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The Blair Witch Project expertly crafts its narrative as a collection of recordings produced by a team of student filmmakers who travel to the unsettling Black Hills in Burkittsville, Maryland, to produce a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend.
The audience watches these recordings, feeling uncomfortably close to the escalating dread since their absence leaves behind a year’s worth of tape.
Although the use of discovered video is increasingly prevalent in modern horror films, this movie was a pioneer in demonstrating how this method may successfully evoke terror.
King’s admission that The Blair Witch Project terrified him as well is strangely rewarding coming from a writer who has dedicated his whole career to sending chills down readers’ spines – shows that we can all be scared sometimes!
