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   On Dec 29, 2025 at 7:07:26 PM PST, "moviePig"  wrote:   
      
   > On 12/29/2025 7:07 PM, shawn wrote:   
   >>  On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:31:42 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701    
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>  On Dec 29, 2025 at 10:50:31 AM PST, "shawn"    
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>  I basically watched all of Season 1 of MIDNIGHT, TX. I watched the   
   >>>>  entire season back in 2018/19 so this was a rewatch. Started up   
   >>>>  because I caught a good clip on the Youtube Shorts.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>  Oh, last night I caught THE MONKEY, a 2025 movie that I only ended up   
   >>>>  watching because I saw a trailer that seemed interesting. The idea is   
   >>>>  that some kids found a wind up monkey that plays a drum when the key   
   >>>>  is turned. Unfortunately it turns out that when the monkey plays the   
   >>>>  drum someone will die. No control over who it will be other than it   
   >>>>  seems like it will be someone within a limited distance of the monkey.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>  It's described as horror/comedy but it has limited horror other than   
   >>>>  some messy deaths and limited comedy. The deaths are quite horrific as   
   >>>>  they are all impossible accidents like someone tripping and falling   
   >>>>  face first into the arrow of a "House For Sale" sign.   
   >>>   
   >>>  Based on the short story by Stephen King of the same name, from his   
   >>> collection   
   >>>  NIGHT SHIFT.   
   >>>   
   >>>  Of course expanding a 15-page story into a full-length movie pretty much   
   >>> meant   
   >>>  they were going to write their own tale that bears little resemblance to   
   >>>  King's and just use the wind-up monkey as pretty much the only story   
   element   
   >>>  that survives the transition.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>  Yeah I never expect a movie based on a Stephen King story to be an   
   >>  accurate retelling of the story.   
   >   
   > One of the best King adaptations was THE MIST, which included a major   
   > departure from King's original plot.  King acknowledged that the   
   > departure was superior to what he'd written.  (And it was.)   
      
   At the opposite end of the spectrum was THE LAWNMOWER MAN, which literally had   
   no resemblance whatsoever to King's story (other than the title). They   
   basically just bought the rights so they could use King's name to market their   
   C-grade low budget horror movie. It was so egregious that King sued (and won)   
   and the production company was forced to recall all their posters, TV   
   commercials, and other marketing and take King's name off of it all.   
      
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