You Can't Kill Stephen King

You Can't Kill Stephen King

You Can't Kill Stephen King

I appreciate that 'slasher' films have become a bit 'old hat' these days. Most B-movies in the genre don't even try to come up with anything more original than some masked loon stalking and murdering a bunch of over-sexed teenagers. However, with 'You Can't Kill Stephen King' at least the makers tried to do something a little different. For a start, they injected a little humour into the film. If you're looking for a straight horror, you won't find it here. It's definitely black comedy-horror all the way. They also try and play on the obviously clichés and conventions you'd expect to find within this type of film and go some way to turn them on their heads and exploit them. For all that, the film is actually quite enjoyable, as a group of teens travel off the beaten path in small-town America in an attempt to track down their icon, none other than Stephen King himself. However, as you might expect, they start falling victim to an unseen assailant. And here lies the main problem... you can subvert a few clichés and add a bit of humour, but what you're left with is a pretty run-of-the-mill slasher film. Although some parts of it are fun, it still doesn't succeed in being different enough to really raise it above the thousands of similar movies (some of which are played straight, others not). So, despite all the good intentions, all you have is an average slasher movie. If you're really desperate to see what is little more than a 'modern Friday 13th type film' then give this one a go, or if you're a die-hard fan of Stephen King you should enjoy all the homages to him. But, ultimately, there's not enough that's new here to really recommend this film over the countless others like it. http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/

This movie in no way shape or form has ANYTHING to do with actual horror or a Stephen King book/movie! Reviewing it negatively because you do not understand that is unfair. It's a goofy, campy, supposed to be lame movie. Do people really not understand that? Ugh. It was a good movie for what it was supposed to be. Not liking it because you thought it was an actual Stephen King film is your own fault. Heres a hint to help in the future. If Stephen King does not have a book called You can't kill Stephen King then its probably not his movie/book!

The only part of this movie that looked semi-real was the dude that got his throat slit. These girls have awful acting skills. Ladies a word of advice, don't lose your looks. It appears to be all you got going for you. Always remember, that's only if you're lucky and age gracefully, maybe and that's a huge maybe, you will have your looks for maybe15 more years and that's only for at least 2 of you in my opinion.

What idiot rated this pg-13? I started watching it with my granddaughter, and had to turn it off. Too bad...she likes scary movies, and I love Stephen King. It would have been fun to watch together.

Being promoted over here by organizers of horror conventions I picked it up for almost no money. No money mostly means a bad flick but promoted by the geeks themselves I thought to give it a go. Was I wrong, maybe for , sigh, Stephen King buffs this will be a must see because there are so many references to his books but for me what the hell was this. Again as so many flicks it started off rather okay, but once the main leads came in the horror was over. Sure, it's a horror flick because some moments were okay, killings done on-camera but it's the flick itself, in fact, the story that makes it a bit boring. And then for the girls, yes you perverted Kleenexers, they are in the flick but what did the cover say, boob time, nah, don't believe it, not one boob is shown. Shown in bikini's that for sure but no nudity to spot and when one of the girls, the loaded one, says she wants to take a shower, the music turns into well you guess it, but nothing here too. Why this flick is promoted as a must see and why it even over here has a 16 plus is a mystery for me. Common, even Vampire Diaries has more blood to shown. I guess they should change the words on the back of the sleeve into It Was A Mistake To Pick This Up. Gore 0,5/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

I accidently came across this gem while searchimg for Stephen King movies. With a lot of reference to Stephen King and his book made it a hit to me. I would have given it a full 10 if Stephen King had actually been in it. All in all I recommend fans should check it out.

I am disappointed in America's horror fans for giving this an average of 3.9 stars on IMDb. I don't know what people wanted when they saw the title of this film, or saw the trailer, but if they were people like me, they were right. The movie is a film, most likely made by horror/Stephen King fans, which is a fantastic horror spoof. It was great picking out all of the Stephen King references and laughing at the horror jokes. The generic Maine stuff got a bit out of hand at times, but it was overall a fun movie. I think that any fan wants to have (though most probably have) the grandparents' personal Stephen King library (I'm working on mine). This movie is (obviously) underrated and needs to be seen and appreciated by more people. The only thing that bothered me was the fact that King lives in Bangor, Maine, not in some rinky dink Maine town that no one cares about. All in all, the film is what it is, a fun horror spoof.

"People think that I must be a very strange person. This is not correct. I have the heart of a small boy. It is in a glass jar on my desk." Stephen King I wasn't expecting a great script, good acting or direction or even groundbreaking fx. But just at least one of three things that can save a movie like this and make it great or just plain fun. Humor. Check? No, i'm afraid nothing funny happens in You Can't Kill Stephen King. There are attempts of humor, but all fails. Violence. Some original killings, good practical effects or a high body count. Check? Well, not at all. The body count in this movie is low and the the killings are just lame, nothing really interesting in the practical effects arena. Nudity. Check? There are three great looking girls in the movie. They're hot as hell. Yet, no nudity, just light nudity, the kind you can see in a Disney beach movie (there is such thing? i don't know, i don't care). All in all, it's a very bad flick, not a single second of fun. It's well made, has a nice HR photography, but that's it. Unless you really into HR photography or like to see great looking girls in bikinis... don't watch this sh*t. And, by the way, i don't think anybody involved in this movie was a real Stephen King fan.