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To mark’s Stephen King’s 70th birthday, the BFI is presenting Stephen King On Screen, a season of film and television dedicated to the writer.

Taking place at BFI Southbank from Friday 1 September — Tuesday 3 October, the season will include screenings of classic adaptations such as Stand by Me (Rob Reiner, 1986) and The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994), talks and discussions, selected screenings of films including Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976) and The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980) on the huge screen at the BFI IMAX, and a special Birthday Weekender (21-23 September) including a Stephen King Film Quiz and a Stephen King Summit.

Alongside the season Stephen King has chosen a selection of his favourite films to screen exclusively at BFI Southbank. These include The Hitcher (Robert Harmon, 1986), of which King says “what sets this apart…is the amazing performance of Rutger Hauer”; Night of the Demon (Jacques Tourneur, 1957)  – “although it’s old school… the horror here is pretty understated, until the very end”; The Changeling (Peter Medak, 1980) – “there are no monsters bursting from chests; just a child’s ball bouncing down a flight of stairs was enough to scare the daylights out of me”; Village of the Damned (Wolf Rilla, 1960) – “on the subject of British horror…you can’t do much better than Village of the Damned”; and The Stepfather (Joseph Ruben, 1987) – “There’s that classic moment when he goes blank and says, “Saaay, who am I this time?” before bludgeoning his wife with a telephone”.  

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