Day 16: He flew in on a plane and death followed.
My pick for today is.......
While talking in the bar, Richard tells Catherine stories, mentioning a school teacher who murders five year old kids because she thinks they're plotting to kill her. This is the plot of a story from the Stephen King short story collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes.
Many of the murder photos in the press office are real, including the one of the horribly mutilated prostitute. They were taken from the photo album of a homicide detective who worked in LA from the 1930s to the 1950s, which would later be published under the title "Death Scenes".
Richard Dees, the main character, was also the reporter who tried to get an interview with John Smith in the Stephen King novel "The Dead Zone".
Director Mark Pavia wanted Stephen King to make a cameo appearance as a morgue director, but King was busy on a book tour and hence couldn't work it into his schedule.
In the scene where Katherine is looking at all of Richard's bylines, the framed copies of "Inside View" contain many references to other stories by 'King, Stephen': "Springhill Jack Strikes Again!" - Strawberry Spring. "Headless Lamaze Leads To Successful Birth!" - The Breathing Method. "Kiddie Cultists in Kansas Worship Creepy Voodoo God!" - Children of the Corn "Satanic Shopkeeper Sells Gory Goodies!" - Needful Things. "Naked Demons Levelled My Lawn!" - The Lawnmower Man "The Ultimate Killer Diet! Gypsy Curse Flays Fat Lawyer's Flesh" - Thinner.
by Bobby
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