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There’s nothing Hollywood loves more than trying to replicate the success of something that came before by copying it, remaking it, rebooting it, or giving it a sequel. Fortunately, Stranger Things was so good that whatever imitators it spawns will hopefully be worthwhile. Enter Snapshot 1988. The snake is really eating its tale on this one, because while the 1980s-set Stranger Things paid homage to the 1980s-written works of Stephen King, Snapshot 1988—a yet-to-be-published novella—is a 1980s-set story by Joe Hill, who is King’s son. (His earlier work include Horns, which was made into a Daniel Radcliffe movie in 2014.) In keeping with Stranger Things’ many homages to the 1980s films of Steven Spielberg, Snapshot 1988 is said to have a “1980s Amblin movie vibe.” Advertisement Here’s more from The Hollywood Reporter: The story, set in 1988, centers on a 13-year old boy who ends up taking care of his elderly former housekeeper whom he … [Read more...] about Will the Big-Screen Adaptation of Joe Hill’s

Though probably insensitive to the fire ants who called this ant hill home, pouring molten aluminum into the ant hill reveals the intricate labyrinth of tunnels and passageways hidden underneath the ground. It's incredible and beautiful and almost looks like a Christmas tree. Anthill Art basically casted the ant colony to create the aluminum sculpture. Here's what it looks like underneath the mound of dirt: Advertisement The molten aluminum was poured inside the ant hill's opening until it hardened and then excavated from the ground. Anthill Art then had to blast the sculpture with water to remove the excess dirt surrounding the tunnels to get the beautiful sculpture above. Harsh for the ants, yes, but an endlessly fascinating look at an ant's life for the rest of us. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us in Facebook. … [Read more...] about Pouring hot aluminum into an ant hill reveals its secret hidden beauty

Having apparently realized that this whole “horror television” thing is pretty damn good business, AMC has announced that it’s starting development on NOS4A2, an adaptation of Joe Hill’s novel about supernatural powers and the terrible prices they exact. The book—a delightfully nasty story about a troubled young woman leveraging her psychic gifts to put down a super-powered predator after he kidnaps her son—is Hill’s third novel, published in 2013. Hill has been getting more and more involved with the TV and movie side of the entertainment industry in recent years; the film version of his novel Horns served as one of Daniel Radcliffe’s escape attempts from the living hell of being Harry Potter for the rest of his life, and his comic series Locke & Key is constantly threatening to finally get made. He also worked on a pilot earlier this year for a Tales From The Darkside remake on The CW, although he’s yet to have the truly … [Read more...] about AMC is adapting Joe Hill’s

An Oakland, Calif., firefighter doing his duty to serve his community, conducting city-mandated inspections around Oakland Hills, harassed questioned and recorded by a resident who thought he was suspicious even though he was in full uniform and had his fire truck parked nearby. Again, we are witnessing black people not being able to exist without being greeted by racial biases and sometimes the outright ugly face of racism. Advertisement “It’s extremely unfortunate,” Fire Capt. Damon Covington, president of the Oakland Black Firefighters Association, told the San Francisco Chronicle. As the Chronicle notes, Firefighter Kevin Moore’s inspection was among those routinely done by firefighters. Every summer, firefighters go to Oakland Hills to conduct vegetation-management inspections in order to cut the chances of a wildfire going out of control. The firefighters try to speak to residents before going into the yards, but if no one is home, firefighters do the … [Read more...] about Black Firefighter Conducting City-Mandated Inspections in Oakland Hills, Calif., Questioned by Residents, Reported to Police

For the first decade of his writing career, Joseph Hillstrom King, writing under the name Joe Hill, managed to avoid being outed as Stephen King’s son. He built his career entirely on the basis of his inventive horror stories (collected in 2005’s 20th Century Ghosts) and the creepy angry-ghost novel Heart-Shaped Box, rather than by capitalizing on his connection to a world-famous bestselling author. But looking back on his work—especially Heart-Shaped Box; his second novel, 2010’s Horns; and his terrific comics series, Locke & Key—it also feels like he made a conscious decision to establish his own voice by avoiding his father’s style and tics. Hill’s prose is more elaborate and artful, less machine-gun blunt. With Heart-Shaped Box in particular, he pointedly revealed his antagonist’s nature and intent early and directly, where King typically makes his protagonists spend entire novels uncovering that sort of information. And Horns is … [Read more...] about Joe Hill:

Each week, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic book of significance. This week, it’s Locke & Key: Alpha #2. Written by Joe Hill (Horns, NOS4A2) and drawn by Gabriel Rodriguez (Beowulf, Clive Barker’s The Great And Secret Show), this finale brings surprising optimism to the best horror comic of the past decade. (Warning: Spoilers ahead.) The door is closed, the key is turned, and the lock is fastened. Locke & Key is over. After almost six years of guiding readers through Lovecraft, Massachusetts, and exposing them to the magical secrets of Keyhouse Manor, Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez end their horror saga with a quiet issue that’s a welcome change of pace from the tragic events of the series’ final act. Everything has gone wrong for the Locke family and the innocent bystanders unlucky enough to cross its path, but this conclusion offers new hope for the future of these characters as they grieve over what they’ve lost and discover that not … [Read more...] about Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez end