Stephen King is the best-selling author of more than 60 books and about 200 short stories, including horror classics like The Shining, It, Carrie, Misery, and Pet Sematary. He also writes outside the horror genre, penning stories that became The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and Stand by Me. Some personal favorites include The Dark Tower series, The Stand, and The Eyes of the Dragon. But chances are you already know who Stephen King is and you have your own favorites.
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Classic board games like Clue, Monopoly and Candyland have been getting face-lifts by pairing them with beloved movies and television series. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Candyland and Doc McStuffins Operation are examples of variations on these board games that make complete sense. Clue, originally Cluedo, is another iconic board game, and it is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year! Like many of the other classic board games, Clue also has various alternate versions. (Granted, some make more sense than others!) The original game of Clue revolves around a group of would-be murderers, a mansion with various rooms and a handful of potential weapons. We decided to design our dream version of Clue, and what would be better than a haunted mansion filled with iconic horror movie villains?
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Pumpkin carving is always one of the most fun fall activities. Every year, people carve jack-o-lanterns to display proudly on their doorsteps in the lead-up to Halloween. If you're looking for something to make your pumpkins stand out, look no further because we've designed several free stencils featuring different characters that you may carve and display. This year, ditch the classic design and carve a pumpkin into character this year's top movies like Baby Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy, Pennywise from IT, or Wonder Woman!
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We've finally reached October and Halloween will be arriving sooner than you think! Along with the greatest holiday ever, there is plenty to look forward to in the Autumn months. Things like sweatshirt weather, apple cider, pumpkin spice everything, and watching as many horror movies as possible in the days leading up to October 31st. Every year brings a brand new batch of horror movies, some good and some bad, to add to the neverending list of options to choose from. However, the most popular horror movies to binge watch tend to the be the franchises that feature iconic villains. One of the reasons is because there's so many of them. If a horror movie is successful and has a good villain, they will totally make more. This year alone, we've seen a reboot of Pennywise in the latest adapation of Stephen King's IT. 2017 has also seen or will see new entries from horror franchises including Child's Play, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Saw (which is getting it's eighth film release!).
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There's no question that Stephen King is the one of the most prominent, influential horror authors ever. Since selling his first short story in 1967, Stephen King has been a publishing machine over the past 50 years. He's penned more than 50 novels and more than 200 short stories, with plenty of other written work in between. Over the years, King has even built his own fictional universe in connecting the worlds described in his work, many of them to The Dark Tower series along with several other characters and locations that either appear or are referenced in other stories.
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