Retrospective Film Review | Stephen King

Dolores Claiborne (1995) • 30 Years Later — gripping adaptation of Stephen King’s psychological thriller

A big city reporter travels to a small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman for whom she worked as a housekeeper.

Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last five decades, chances are you’ve heard of the author and one-man media machine that is Stephen King. Widely known for telling stories that sit nicely in the horror genre; penning famous works like Carrie, ‘Salem’s Lot, and The Shining, King, next to William Shakespeare, is also responsible for the most film and television adaptations ever: approximately 120 and counting!

Outside of the macabre and gruesome, his writing also crosses over to dark science-fiction fantasy with titles like The Running Man and The Dark Tower series, then there are simpler tales concerning friendship and human drama such as The Body (adapted into Stand By Me) and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption — even…