Without Shirley Jackson, the author of the seminal 1949 short story, “The Lottery,” or her 1960 novel-length psychological horror novel, “The Haunting of Hill House” (adapted by director Robert Wise three years into an acknowledged classic of the supernatural horror sub-genre), we wouldn’t have Stephen King. For the perpetually prolific King, Jackson’s literary horror stories and novels opened up a world of near-infinite possibilities in a genre once considered disreputable. Jackson, however, wrote more, far more, than a short story considered required reading for elementary or high-school students. The troubled, turbulent writing process between another lesser-known 1951 novel, “Hangsaman,” forms the fictionalized foundation for Shirley, Sundance veteran Josephine Becker’s (Madeline's Madeline) adaptation of Sarah Gubbins’ deft, nimble, ultimately ingenious screenplay (itself adapted from Susan Scarf...
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- 2/1/2020
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Without Shirley Jackson, the author of the seminal 1949 short story, The Lottery, or her 1960 novel-length psychological horror novel, The Haunting of Hill House (adapted by director Robert Wise three years later into an acknowledged classic of the supernatural horror sub-genre), we wouldn't have Stephen King. For the perpetually prolific King, Jackson's literary horror stories and novels opened up a world of near-infinite possibilities in a genre once considered disreputable. Jackson, however, wrote more, far more, than a short story considered required reading for elementary or high-school students. The troubled, turbulent writing process between another lesser-known 1951 novel, "Hangsaman," forms the fictionalized foundation for Shirley, Sundance veteran Josephine Becker's (Madeline's Madeline) adaptation of Sarah Gubbins' deft, nimble, ultimately ingenious screenplay (itself adapted from Susan...
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- 2/1/2020
- Screen Anarchy
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