Castle Rock. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 1991 book, Needful Things
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Needful Things
Stephen King, 1991
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Sam Shaw, Dustin Thomason, 2018-2019

A psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse, Castle Rock combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King’s best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland.


It. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 1986 book
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It
Stephen King, 1986
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Andy Muschietti, 2017

In October 1988, Bill Denbrough crafts a paper sailboat for Georgie, his six-year-old brother. As he attempts to retrieve it, Georgie sees a clown in the drain, who introduces himself as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. They find the sneaker of a missing girl named Betty Ripsom, while a member of the Bowers Gang, Patrick Hockstetter, is killed by Pennywise while searching the sewers for Ben.


The Devil All the Time. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 2011 book
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The Devil All the Time
Donald Ray Pollock, 2011
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Antonio Campos, 2020

During World War II, while serving in the Solomon Islands, Marine Willard Russell finds the barely alive Gunnery Sergeant Miller Jones skinned and crucified by Japanese soldiers. After the war, on his way home to Coal Creek, West Virginia, Willard passes through Meade, Ohio, where he meets Charlotte, a waitress at a diner.


Atomic Blonde. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2012 comic book, The Coldest City
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The Coldest City
Antony Johnston, Sam Hart, 2012
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David Leitch, 2017

In November 1989, just days prior to the collapse of the Berlin Wall, MI6 agent James Gascoigne is shot and killed by KGB agent Yuri Bakhtin, who steals The List, a microfilm document concealed in Gascoigne’s wristwatch that contains the names of every intelligence agent (on both sides) active in Berlin. The plot jumps between the debrief room and flashbacks to Lorraine’s time in Berlin.


It Chapter Two. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 1986 book, It
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It
Stephen King, 1986
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Andy Muschietti, 2019

In Derry, Maine, a man sees his boyfriend murdered by Pennywise after homophobic youths assault them. The Losers meet for dinner and Mike refreshes their memories before It torments them with hallucinations and Stan’s suicide. It then helps Henry Bowers, who was arrested for the murder of his father, escape from a mental institution, and Henry kills a guard on the way out.


Naked Singularity. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2008 book, A Naked Singularity
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A Naked Singularity
Sergio de la Pava, 2008
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Chase Palmer, 2021

Casi is a child of Colombian immigrants who lives in Brooklyn and works in Manhattan as a successful public defender. When he loses his first case, he is pulled into a drug heist by a former client in an effort to beat the broken system at its own game.


Allegiant. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2013 book
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Allegiant
Veronica Roth, 2013
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Robert Schwentke, 2016

After Evelyn forbids any citizen from leaving Chicago, she announces that all Erudite members involved in the previous coup attempt are to be put on trial and executed if they are found guilty. Matthew then brings Tris to the leader of the Bureau, David, who gives Tris a device that allows her to view her foster mother’s memories.