Night Shift with Rob Savage
Episode 181, May 31, 2023, 08:00 AM
The Boogeyman director Rob Savage stops by to chat up Night Shift, the short story collection The Boogeyman first appeared in. Up for discussion are the bulk of the stories, including the 'Salem's Lot prequel and sequel short stories, The Mangler, Strawberry Spring, Trucks, I Am the Doorway and, of course, The Boogeyman. Savage also shares with us his dream King adaptation and promised Vespe and Wampler cameos if he ever got to make it, so let's will this next adaptation in to existence, folks!
Night Shift is Stephen King's first collection of short stories and contains some of King's meanest writing. Almost every single one of these stories were first published in nudie magazines before King became famous and he wrote to his audience. That doesn't mean they're not sophisticated in the own right, but he definitely leans into sex, gore, and brutal Twilight Zone-ish twists.