


Certainly it is the most brutal of the three - crucifixion by handcuff and murder by well don't hold a candle to induced miscarriages, coat hooks in the eye, or being bitten to death by a maniac cop.

Keep reading Horror News Network for updates on all things Stephen King.Bad dreams are far better than bad wakingsĬompleting King's loose "trilogy" of novels focusing on the unique and often secret horrors of women, Rose Madder lies somewhere between the brilliant Dolores Claiborne and the somewhat lacking Gerald's Game. And Rosie can feel just how close he’s getting. A corrupt cop named Norman “with a dog’s instinct for tracking people” is after her.

Fleeing, Rosie “begins to build a new life and finds an old junk shop painting–Rose Madder–which strangely seems to want her as much as she wants it.”īut it’s hard for Rosie not to keep looking over her shoulder. In Rose Madder, Rosie Daniels is “roused by a single drop of blood” and wakes up to the chilling realization that her husband is going to kill her. Taylor “did a terrific script,” King said, “and I thought it would make a hell of a movie.” That book was optioned by Tate Taylor ( The Help), but it never made it to the screen. King also placed his Hard Case Crime novel, Joyland, in that category. “I don’t think anybody ever optioned Rose Madder,” the author said, “which I thought would’ve made a great movie.” Harrigan’s Phone–and said he thinks his 1995 horror novel would be great fodder for the screen. King recently spoke to Netflix–while promoting his latest small-screen adaptation of Mr. And he knows which of his bestselling collection should go next: Rose Madder. Even with so many of his works adapted to the screen, Stephen King believes there’s always room for one more.
