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July 3, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

The Black Phone: Film

The Black Phone Director: Scott Derrickson Blumhouse Productions / Crooked Highway / Universal Pictures The Black Phone is both a chilling, cold, dark and disturbing horror film and, within it, there’s a beautifully written story of resilience and the manifestations of trauma. It is a survivor’s story. To drill down too far into either is […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Blumhouse Productions / Crooked Highway / Universal Pictures, Cinema, Ethan Hawke, Film, Film Review, Horror, Joe Hill, Movie, Movie Review, Review, Scott Derrickson, Stephen King, The Black Phone, To follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here ·

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June 21, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

What A Good Score! – #16: The Shawshank Redemption by Thomas Newman

It’s that rare thing. I loved the film, and the music – and the book it was based on; well, the story. The trifecta. (Actually, I did love the book that the story was in, the whole thing, so there’s that too). The Shawshank Redemption is so good that it’s almost a cliché now – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], Blog, Book, CD, Good Score, If I Didn't Have You, Ink Spots, Lovesick Blues, Novella, Rita Hayworth & The Shawshank Redemption, Score, Soundtrack, Stephen King, Story, The Marriage of Figaro, The Shawshank Redemption, Thomas Newman, What A Good Score!, What A Good Score! – #1, What A Good Score! – #16:, What A Good Score! – #16: The Shawshank Redemption by Thomas Newman ·

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March 25, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 27: Stand By Me

I remember seeing the trailer. And I wanted to go see the film. But I’m not sure that happened – I’ve no memory of seeing it on the big screen. But later, VHS, it was a staple. Bike down to the local video store and pick it up. Later it was on TV and we […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Coming of Age, Different Seasons, Drama, Film, Movie, Movies of My Life, Movies of My Life # 27, Movies of My Life # 27: Stand By Me, Movies of My Life started life as a series of posts on the Phantom Billstickers Facebook page, Stand By Me, Stephen King, The Body ·

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February 11, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 25: The Shining

The Shining is a film I can watch again and again. A perfect horror film. Existential fear right there. Amazing performances, brilliantly filmed – that feeling of unease that trickles in with Wendy Carlos’ amazing music and the sound-design just so. Just a brilliant film. And a fine example of Stanley Kubrick’s vision too. Many […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged DVD, Film, Horror, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, KING, Kubrick, Movie, Movies of My Life, Movies of My Life # 25, Movies of My Life # 25: The Shining, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, The Shining, VHS, Video Store, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 23, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Playlists By Writers

Just the other day this Stephen King playlist took my interest. A story of King’s ultimate selection. I had to hear this. And wow. Some pretty great choices. Now I have Stephen King’s favourite music to listen to when I’m reading a Stephen King book. Or as I’m writing. It won’t ever make me write […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Adam Buxton, Colson Whitehead, Haruki Murakami, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Music, Off The Tracks, Playlist, Playlists, Playlists By Writers, Spotify, Stephen King, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Writers, Writing ·

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October 13, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

My Top 10 Stephen King Movies

Here are my favourite Stephen King film adaptations from 10-1, number one of course being the best. 10. Needful Things (1993) – I’m picking this one because I don’t often see it getting talked up. And because I loved the book. It was one of my absolute favourites. The film isn’t a classic, but it […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Carrie, Christine, Cujo, Film, Films, Gerald's Game, It, List, Misery, Movies, My Top 10 Stephen King Movies, Needful Things, Stand By Me, Stephen King, Stephen King Movies, The Dead Zone, The Mist, The Shawshank Redemption, The Shining, Top 10, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: King Collection

The first book by Stephen King that I read was Pet Semetary – with its typo in the title. And maybe I didn’t even know that was wrong when I read it – everything seemed so right, I’d found my new home. The second book by Stephen King for me was It. The cover as […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Books, Carrie, Gerald's Game, It, King Collection, Needful Things, Pet Semetary, Poem, Poem: King Collection, Reading, Stephen King, The Green Mile ·

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August 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Clark: Lisey’s Story (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack)

Clark Lisey’s Story (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack) WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment I didn’t read the book – not yet anyway – but I am loving the TV series (adapted by Stephen King himself). And within minutes of the opening episode I was in love with the music. It so beautifully […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Apple TV, Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack, Chris Clark, Clark, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Lisey's Story, Lisey’s Story (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack), Score, Soundtrack, Stephen King, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Stephen King. Again.

I’m having quite the Stephen King renaissance. And I’m doing so without having read very much of his work for a while… But I’m planning to. I’ve been planning to for a while. And I’m on the verge of just diving right back in. Okay, rewind – I wrote about King a while back as […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [45], $15, Again, Blog, Books, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, In Praise, In Praise Of, In Praise of Stephen King, In Praise of Stephen King. Again., Praise, Reading, Stephen King, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Writing ·

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August 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 50 – Santana, “Spirits Dancing In The Flesh”

Santana, Spirits Dancing In The Flesh, 1990 It’s quite possible that in 1990 there wasn’t a bigger Santana fan on the planet than me! I wrote the band’s name on my pencil case, and on my army surplus canvas bag. You were supposed to write things like MC Hammer and New Kids On The Block […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1990, Carlos Santana, Crap, Crap Albums, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Santana, Shit, Shit That's Good, Shit That's Good - Crap Albums I Love, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 50, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 50 – Santana, Spirits Dancing In The Flesh, Stephen King ·

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August 5, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 23: Misery

I first saw Misery when it came out on VHS tape. I remember it vividly. If it wasn’t the first Stephen King adaptation I saw, it was the first to have real impact. I was in Gisborne, summer holidays. A small bunch of us staying at a friend’s house, watching Return of the Living Dead […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Big Screen, Book, Cinema, Film, Horror, Horror Film, Horror Movie, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, James Caan, Kathy Bates, Misery, Movie, Movies, Movies of My Life, Movies of My Life # 23, Movies of My Life # 23: Misery, Richard Farnsworth, Stephen King, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 26, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Asking For Horror Fiction Recommendations

I’ve had horror on the brain since I was about 11 or 12 years old. That’s when I ‘cured’ myself from getting freaked out by silly, weak b-grade horror flicks. That’s when I got right into the A Nightmare On Elm Street series of movies. And a year or so after that – along with […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Asking For Horror Fiction Recommendations, Books, Dean Koontz, Edgar Alan Poe, Fiction, Horror, Horror Fiction Recommendations, HP Lovecraft, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Reading, Scary, Stephen King, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·
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