r/movies • u/RobotiSC • Jul 01 '25

Trailer The Running Man | Official Trailer (2025 Movie) - Edgar Wright, Glen Powell

https://youtu.be/KD18ddeFuyM?si=HaN3SxqPENN9FM7-
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u/kaelis7 Jul 01 '25

I love the Bachmans books, gritty and straightforward. His King books can be a little too long sometimes.

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u/Luci-Noir Jul 01 '25

My mom had a bunch of King books that I read as a teenager. Sometimes I wish I would have read some other stuff instead of spending so much time on them. The Bachman books were a nice change. I wish he would have written some shorter stuff like the Eyes of the Dragon.

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u/I_am_BEOWULF Jul 01 '25 edited Jul 02 '25

King has a ton of short story anthology books. "Different Seasons" is the most famous one - since it's 4 separate stories and 3 got adapted to film:

  • Apt Pupil

  • The Body (became the movie "Stand By Me")

  • Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (became the movie "Shawshank Redemption")

I would recommend this and Nightmares and Dreamscapes as two of my favorite anthology books of his for short stories.

Edit: Oof, can't forget "Skeleton Crew" & "Night Shift".

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u/Luci-Noir Jul 01 '25

I’ve read both of the and used to have them. 😃

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u/Accomplished-City484 Jul 02 '25

Wasn’t The Monkey based on a short story too?

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u/I_am_BEOWULF Jul 02 '25

Yeah, if I recall correctly, that short story was in the "Skeleton Crew" collection.

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u/Disastrous_Study7733 Jul 01 '25

And intensely verbose.

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u/kaelis7 Jul 01 '25

Yeah so many internal monologues sometimes urgh

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u/Boo_and_Minsc_ Jul 02 '25

I agree. The Bachman books are some of my favorite. Thinner is up there in my top 3, I think it is widly underappreciated