Back in early November, one of the sections in The King Beat was dedicated to the announcement of a brand new Stephen King Blu-ray from Scream Factory. Following wonderful work done for films including Carrie, Creepshow, The Dead Zone, and more, the boutique home video distributor announced that they would be developing a Collector’s Edition for director Tom Holland’s 1996 film Thinner. I placed a pre-order, and my copy arrived in the mail this week.
As I previously expressed in my Adapting Stephen King column about the movie, Thinner is not one of my favorite King films, and it hasn’t aged very well, but Scream Factory has put together a wonderful set that provides some interesting insight into the making of the film. As such, this week’s edition of The King Beat centers entirely on that work, starting with the fact that Stephen King had a specific idea of who should play protagonist Billy Halleck.
