How Stephen King’s Bachman stories are fuelling 2025’s dark cinematic moments

By Harriet Earle, Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing, Sheffield Hallam University
Alex Fitch, Lecturer and PhD Candidate in Comics and Architecture, University of Brighton

It has been a major year for Stephen King films. Four of his stories have hit cinemas in 2025: The Monkey, The Life of Chuck, The Long Walk and The Running Man. And two more have graced the small screen – The Institute and the Pennywise origin series It: Welcome to Derry.

Indeed, there was a moment in British cinemas earlier in the year, where you could watch The Life of Chuck and have the film preceded by trailers for the other three cinematic…

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