The haunting reality of the space between worlds is even deadlier than people realIze in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series.

One way to think about Stephen King is that he writes two kinds of stories: colds and warms. The colds are the unrelenting horrors, bloody and brutal, like The Shining, It, Carrie, Cujo, or The Stand.

Stephen King, left, and Mike Flanagan at the premiere of “The Life of Chuck” during the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 6, 2024. AP, Sept. 6, 2024 ...

NEW YORK — Stephen King 's first editor, Bill Thompson, once said, "Steve has a movie camera in his head." So vividly drawn is King's fiction that it's offered the basis for some 50 feature films. For ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen King ’s first editor, Bill Thompson, once said, “Steve has a movie camera in his head.” So vividly drawn is King’s fiction that it’s offered the basis for some 50 feature films ...

FILE - Stephen King, left, and Mike Flanagan appear at the premiere of "The Life of Chuck" during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sept. 6, 2024.

King, himself, just finished a draft of “Talisman 3.” If “The Life of Chuck” has particular meaning to King, it could be because it represents something intrinsic about his own life.

FILE - Stephen King, left, and Mike Flanagan appear at the premiere of "The Life of Chuck" during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sept. 6, 2024.

Stephen King, left, and Mike Flanagan appear at the premiere of "The Life of Chuck" during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sept. 6, 2024. Credit: AP/Chris Pizzello ...