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Whilst compiling the material for ‘A THRILLER in Every Corner’, a major appeal of the project involved studying the multifaceted elements so judiciously placed in the storylines to make up each complete programme. In many episodes, a highlight was the blend of knowing homage, sly reference, wit, and outright black humour.

Acclaimed author Stephen King has been thrilling, terrifying, and reducing readers to tears with his intricately crafted, masterfully captivating novels for over 50 years. Despite the fact that reading his novels is not always as relaxing as, for example, playing on trusted bingo sites, the enthralling nature of King’s works creates such vivid and realistic scenes in one’s mind that you simply can’t put them down. Below, we’ve analysed how King does this…

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Frankenstein The True Story made in 1973, directed by Jack Smight, a veteran of TV movies and shows (The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Arrest and Trial, The Sound of Miles Davis) and cinema (The Illustrated Man, Kaleidoscope ,The Third Day).   Much of Smight’s work is focused on the psychology of the central actors, and how circumstances affected their actions and decisions. This is certainly the case with Frankenstein The True Story, made for TV, yet with such picturesque settings, dramatic sound track and strong performances, Frankenstein The True Story could easily have been released for the cinema.