The Losers’ Club’s Halloween Hell 4
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I understand that a movie adaptation cannot be expected to be a straight adaptation of the book or play upon which it’s based with rare exceptions. Structures work differently. Pacing. Interiority. But the strength of King’s 1975 novel is in that title. It’s about the town itself. It’s about the slow, cruel evaporation of a peaceful community by an outside force. When you strip away the “around town” vignettes from the source, you better have…