Title of Castle Rock
The latest horror thriller "Castle Rock", created by Stephen King and J.J. Abrams, was launched, releasing three episodes in a row, making Uncle Mei addicted. At present, this American drama does not seem to have caused much repercussions in China, but I believe that it will not be long before more and more people watch this American drama. Today, Uncle Mei talked to you about the American drama "Castle Rock", in addition to introducing this new drama, he also shared with you a lot of Easter eggs hidden in the first three episodes.
Steven King
The famous best-selling author Stephen King has many titles, and many of his works have been adapted into movies and TV series on the screen. There is a very interesting place in this "Castle Rock", which is the place name "Castle Rock", which has appeared in his different works many times. Using this place name as the title of the series, Uncle Mei speculated that it was likely to create a "Stephen King Universe". After the series began to broadcast, it was indeed inseparable from his past works.
Bill Skarsgaard
"Castle Rock" was written by Stephen King, produced by J.J. Abrams, and brought in Terry O'Quinn, who won the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the hit American drama Lost, Oscar actress Sissy Spacek and Hollywood hit bill Skarsgård as lead actors, all three of whom have more or less collaborated with Stephen King or J.J. Abrams has collaborated on the horror film "Joker Returns," starring Bill Skarsgaard, which was released last year, and was also adapted from Stephen King's work.
Bill Skarsgaard's appearance in Castle Rock
About the plot of "Castle Rock" Uncle Mei will not say much, like this horror thriller type of American drama if written too much may affect everyone's experience when watching the show, as far as the first three episodes currently broadcast, this American drama adheres to the style of the previous Stephen King's works, and there are not too many "frightened" scenes, as the plot slowly advances, people gradually feel cold scalp tingling in the back. However, the rhythm of the plot is slightly scattered, and there may be too much content that you want to introduce at the beginning, and you are slowly on track from the third episode.
Works related to Castle Rock
Now start to write Easter eggs, the following content may have a small number of spoilers, Uncle Mei tried not to spoil too much so as not to affect everyone's viewing experience, if it is a little spoiler can not stand now can close the page. As mentioned in the second paragraph above, this drama may be to create a "Stephen King Universe", his previous works (including books that have been put on the screen and have not yet been adapted) can be seen everywhere in "Castle Rock", although Uncle Mei has seen many of his works, but it is impossible to find them all, now share with you the relationship between "Castle Rock" and Stephen King's works and Easter eggs.
Exterior scenes from Shawshank Prison in the play
Shawshank Prison: Shortly after the beginning of the first episode of Castle Rock, the Content of Shawshank Prison appears. Uncle Mei thought at first that this was just an Easter egg, but he did not expect that one of the main locations of the plot development was the main scene of the movie "The Shawshank Redemption". Speaking of "The Shawshank Redemption", Uncle Mei thought that the protagonist's name was "Shawshank" before he watched this movie... In Castle Rock, Shawshank Prison is located in the area of Castle Rock, where many people work and are considered the economic pillar of the town.
The bullet hole mentioned in the play
The story begins with the suicide of Dale Lacey, the soon-to-be-departed warden at Shawshank Prison, and slowly unfolds to the audience. After Dale Lacey committed suicide, the prison welcomed a new warden. As the officer briefs the new warden about the office, he mentions a bullet hole in the wall that was left behind after the suicide of Warden Norton, the warden in The Shawshank Redemption. According to the timeline of the second episode of Castle Rock, Dale Lacey took over his position after Norton committed suicide.
Panborne
The policeman named Pombern, who appears at the beginning of the first episode of Castle Rock, learns that his full name is Alan Panborne later in the plot. Alan Penborn has appeared several times in Stephen King's past works: in the horror movie Needful Things, played by Ed Harris, the Man in Black in Westworld, and in the horror movie The Dark Half, Michael Rooker, the brave character of Guardians of the Galaxy The name also appears in a short story by Stephen King, The Sun Dog. The dog is mentioned later in the plot.
The mouse ran to the mouse clip
There is a scene in which the character of Bill Skarsgaard watches a rat run along the wall and finally to the mouse clip. This plot is like a tribute to Stephen King's other well-known work, "Miracle in the Green" (who pays tribute to himself...). Although the prison in "Miracle in the Green" is not the same as the "Shawshank Redemption", there is a scene in "Miracle in the Green" where a prisoner uses his superpowers to control another prisoner's pet mouse.
"Dogs" and "Stranglers"
After the opening credits of the second episode of Castle Rock, there is a narration from Dale Lacey to Alan Pemborn, which includes: "Remember the 'dog' and the 'strangler'?" ”（remember the dog? The strangler?) the "dog" and "strangler" here refer to two Stephen King films, "dog" refers to the 1983 horror film "Cujo", and "strangler" refers to "the dead zone", also released in 1983.
The boy's corpse mentioned in the rugby game
It is followed by a reference to Dale Lacey's story of his brother who was nearly injured at rugby and who was the mascot of the team that night jumped down the stairs: "1961, it was the fall after they found that boy's body out by the train tracks.) The phrase "1961, it was the fall after they found that boy's body out by the train tracks." One of King's short stories, "The Body," was included in the collection of novels, Different Seasons. There may be many friends who are not familiar with this collection of novels, but there is another novel included in "Different Seasons" that is definitely a big name, that is, "The Shawshank Redemption". In addition, "Corpse" was brought to the big screen in 1986, that is, the movie "Stand by Me".
Three related works mentioned in the newspaper clippings
Henry Deaver then arrives at Dale Lacey's house, and there's a scene of him rummaging through Dale Lacey's home office, and as he rummages through the clippings, at least three hints related to Stephen King's past work appear: "Shopkeeper missing after oddity store fire" This is the plot of the horror movie "The Game of Hooks"; "Anonymous reports point to the boy's corpse..." （anonymous tip led to the boy's body...... This is the "Walk with Me" just mentioned above; "Rabid Dog Tears through Town" is the plot of the horror movie "Ravens Horror".
Jackie Torrance's last name may have deep meaning
Jackie Torrance, played by Jane Levy, is a female character with a more online appearance in "Castle Rock", and although there are not too many key plots in her scenes now, she has appeared more often, and I believe that she will be a more important role in the future. Why does Uncle Mei mention this role here? Although you don't have a good impression of Jackie Torrance, if you've seen the famous movie "The Shining", you will definitely be familiar with the name Jack Nicholson in "The Shining" role jack torrance, and the difference between Jack and Jack is only "ie", which is definitely Steven King's intention.
Mellow Tiger Bar
The bar where Henry Deaver and Jackie Torrance met was called the Alcoholic Tiger Bar, from the horror movie Game of Souls. At present, the two films "Ghost Game" and "Shawshank Redemption" are most closely related to "Castle Rock", one movie scene, plot and characters appear in this American drama, and the other directly moves the story place in. I believe that more and more of the content in the movie "Ghost Game" may appear in the later plot.
The fast food restaurant in the south has content that is not suitable for children
At the Tiger Bar, Henry Deaver asks where South's fast food restaurant went, and Jackie Torrance tells him that Nan was running an f**k club in the back room. It has appeared in several of Stephen King's films: the horror film "Human Ghost Twins", the horror film "Ghost Game", the horror short story "Sun Dog" and the horror film "Joker Returns".
"Pet Resurrection"
Henry Deaver came home and saw Alan Pemborn digging something in his backyard, so he asked, "Are you hiding any evidence?" Alan Penborn replied, "It's digging up the evidence." He then said that Henry Deaver's mother had recently begun to trance again, feeling that a stray dog named Truck, who had died earlier, had been revived and had begun to rummage through the bins. This "pet resurrection" conversation may be a tribute to a horror movie released by Stephen King in 1989: Pet Sematary. "Pet Graveyard" tells the horror story of the resurrection of pets.
Gazebo in a red box
Molly Strand, in the third episode of Castle Rock, when making a model of Castle Rock Town, said that a pavilion was needed in the center of the town. In fact, in stephen King's other works, it has been mentioned that Castle Rock Town originally had a pavilion, but it was eventually destroyed due to an accident. The mention of the gazebo here does not know what it is trying to express. Because if you look at the timeline, the destruction of the pavilion occurred before the story of Castle Rock.
The Ramons Band
Molly Strand recalls taking Henry Deaver on a tour of his room as a child, when a poster of the Band Raymonds appeared. This poster has nothing to do with Stephen King's past work, but only with his personal hobbies. The Ramons Band is one of Stephen King's favorite bands, and when the horror movie "Pet Graveyard" mentioned above was in production, Stephen King also asked the Raymonds Band to write a theme song for the movie!
A small child in a mask
Molly Strand goes to the motel to find medicine in a very scary scene: a bunch of masked children playing court games. To be honest, the feeling of this plot is really depressing, I don't know if everyone feels familiar? The 1984 horror film Children of the Corn had a similar plot. The 1984 horror film was followed by six sequels. It was rebooted again in 2011, but the rebooted version of the film has little to do with Stephen King.
Trailer for Castle Rock
At present, Uncle Mei has found so much interesting content in the first three episodes of "Castle Rock", there may be omissions, if you are a fan of Stephen King, you are welcome to help me add what I have missed, if you are not Stephen King but like horror genre film and television works, then you can really watch this American drama, absolutely no regrets.
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