I'm going to burn this demon with that fire

Carolyne 2022-04-22 07:01:05

It was only in recent years that I finally realized how powerful Stephen King is, and that so many movies in the past have been adapted from his novels and have been quite successful, so I'm ready to start watching Stephen's novels.

But in the front line of the unit, where this signal is sometimes not available, I can only read some e-books. Fortunately, my daughter-in-law bought an iReader e-paper book for me last year, which is just right for this situation.

The first story I watched was "1408", a horror story, but I didn't fully understand the author's intention after reading it, so I watched the movie "1408 Phantom of the Fierce" at the suggestion of Douyou.

The completion of the movie is quite high. It not only restores the whole of the novel, but also extends some of the content. The intuitive presentation makes my heart follow the ups and downs of the plot, which is really good!

Especially in the end, after realizing that he could not escape anyway, the male protagonist chose to die with the devil in room 1408, which immediately raised the moral height of the movie, which is super awesome!

Finally, paste a paragraph of the author's preface in the novel, which should be called a preface, and this definitely allows us to understand the author's original intention:

"Every horror and suspense writer writes at least one novel about the haunted inn in addition to the ever-popular novel about burying the dying by mistake, and that's what I'm about to write next. But oddly enough, I didn't intend to finish it, I only wrote three or four pages, which I wanted to use as part of an appendix to my book Talking About Writing, to show readers how a novel works From the first draft to the second draft. I just wanted to provide some examples of the book's rhetorical principles. But a pleasant thing happened: the novel got me hooked, and I wrote it in one sitting. I think that for different people The things that terrify them are quite different (for example, I've never figured out why the Peruvian tree snake makes some people shiver), but I was horrified when I wrote this novel, which was originally a recorded version of Blood and Part of "Smoke", the sound was even scarier on the tape. I was scared half to death. But a hotel room is a scary place, isn't it? I mean, before you how many people were in that bed and who was How many of them are sick? How many are insane? How many may want to be in the closet next to the TV after reading the last few lines of the Bible in the drawer of the bedside table beside them. Hanging? Oh, don't worry about that, let's go check in, okay? Get the keys... Take a moment and you might find out what those four innocent numbers add up to. Just down the hallway. "

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  • Katie: [while room burns] Daddy... Everyone dies.

    Mike Enslin: [Starts laughing hysterically]

  • Mike Enslin: It's good to be back. That's enough of that. Alcohol.

    [walks over to the mini-fridge and opens it, only to discover Gerald Olin talking to him]

    Gerald Olin: I was just checking to see if the accommodations are exceeding your expectations.

    Mike Enslin: YOU KNOW GODDAMN WELL THEY ARE! What do you want from me?

    Gerald Olin: No, no, no. What do you want? What do you want, Mr. Enslin? You sought this room.

    Mike Enslin: It was a job, I was just doing the job.

    Gerald Olin: I beg your pardon?

    Mike Enslin: My job, I'm a writer.

    Gerald Olin: Oh, that's right, you don't believe in anything. You like shattering people's hopes.

    Mike Enslin: Oh, that's bullshit!

    Gerald Olin: Why do you think people believe in ghosts? For fun? No, it's the prospect of something after death. How many spirits have you broken?

    Mike Enslin: What do you want from me? Huh? What do you want from me? You...

    [starts violently ripping the fridge apart]

    Mike Enslin: You little...

    [kicks the fridge repeatedly]

    Mike Enslin: WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT?

    [slams the mini-fridge shut]

    Mike Enslin: I want... my DRINK!