Stephen King on what scares him, 1986

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  • čas přidán 8. 04. 2019
  • After many of his books, including The Shining, were made into movies, novelist Stephen King turned his focus to directing one. On tour to promote Maximum Overdrive, he told a CBC interviewer in 1986 why he wanted to try being a director.
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  • @lukeburger6593
    @lukeburger6593 Před 5 lety +493

    He wasn’t wrong when he said the story he had coming that fall was good. His only book published that year was ‘IT’.

  • @yasmimanabella
    @yasmimanabella Před 4 lety +204

    I'm so used to seeing him older that it's weird seeing him 34 years before. I love this man.

  • @camscott696
    @camscott696 Před 3 lety +149

    I just started reading his books during this quarantine (after years of not reading due to attention issues lol) and I'm so in love with him! His books have truly changed my life!

    • @cigzandvalentines
      @cigzandvalentines Před 3 lety +5

      same!!

    • @darkrealm946
      @darkrealm946 Před 3 lety +4

      Same! I started with The Shining. Then dreamcatcher, Insomnia and currently reading IT. They are all amazing!

    • @camscott696
      @camscott696 Před 3 lety +5

      @@darkrealm946 I took a different direction after than you did! :) (The outsider, pet sematary, green Mile, doctor sleep, the stand, misery, bag of bones and now I'm reading Salem's lot). My fav so far is the stand! How was it and insomnia? Insomnia is on the top of the Stephen king list now for me

    • @darkrealm946
      @darkrealm946 Před 3 lety +2

      @@camscott696 Every book of his is simply a masterpiece! Even the simple ones which didn't got much attention.
      I'd say insomnia starts a bit dark but gets on the natural tone of his writing, witty and effortless. I don't think I need to comment anything on IT, you just gotta read it man! The best of his.

    • @camscott696
      @camscott696 Před 3 lety +2

      @@darkrealm946 agreed! Even the ones that didn't garner much attention are so amazing. I'm going to read insomnia next then!!! And also It! Thank you! You should totally read the Stand (it's about a pandemic lol)

  • @Mgpaters70
    @Mgpaters70 Před 3 lety +79

    “Except for the blackouts.”
    Love how he just casually dropped that

  • @harry3balls
    @harry3balls Před 4 lety +166

    He looks like a dr seus character

    • @Shanethefilmmaker
      @Shanethefilmmaker Před 3 lety +6

      Dr. Seuss and Stephen King, a combination that would kill us all with Fright.

    • @ericg1100
      @ericg1100 Před 3 lety +6

      Yeah because theres like seven inches between the bottom of his nose and his top lip 😂 In the 70s and 80s he always looked insane lol

    • @LuzMaria95
      @LuzMaria95 Před 23 dny

      lol 😂 true

  • @KajiCarson
    @KajiCarson Před 2 lety +64

    He was at the height of his creative powers at this time and it shows: the man is buzzing with energy - and he's quite funny, too.

    • @suneelj93
      @suneelj93 Před rokem +12

      Was also at the height of his cocaine problem at this time.

    • @KajiCarson
      @KajiCarson Před rokem +1

      @@suneelj93 Considering what the man accomplished, I hesitate to call it a 'problem' but to each their own.

    • @crisvis8905
      @crisvis8905 Před rokem +3

      @@KajiCarson It definitely was a problem. King said that cocaine "owned him" from his first snort, and during that time he battling with suicidal thoughts and depression.
      He'd likely be dead a long time ago if he didn't overcome his addiction.

    • @BlueEyedMatt42
      @BlueEyedMatt42 Před 11 dny

      Oh, he was buzzing alright…

  • @paulparsons3625
    @paulparsons3625 Před 2 lety +39

    She was a great interviewer.

  • @Toby-rj4tm
    @Toby-rj4tm Před 8 měsíci +6

    That is one of the wittiest interviewers ever seen, but it’s still about him. Great conversation

  • @horrorhabit8421
    @horrorhabit8421 Před 2 lety +12

    Love that interviewer too. She is awesome.

  • @terryhawkins8191
    @terryhawkins8191 Před 5 lety +118

    I REALLY like Stephen King.... he's TRULY ONE of a kind !! Read em' ALL.....Pet Sematary is by far the scariest in print !!! The movies don't do his books real " JUSTICE" !!

    • @beatlefan713
      @beatlefan713 Před 4 lety +2

      I know what you mean. I was personally disappointed with the new IT because I really think if they'd just stuck to the book it couldve been great! Obviously there are scenes in that book that shouldn't be on the big screen but I think had it been done correctly it couldve been a really great film

    • @zangardo3937
      @zangardo3937 Před 4 lety

      the audiobook is really good. too bad it was removed some time ago.

    • @clairedaly4530
      @clairedaly4530 Před 4 lety

      No they don't do justice.

    • @terrorbilly3722
      @terrorbilly3722 Před 4 lety +1

      I read it and i didnt feel nothing, the only autor that scare me is lovecraft

    • @tomwebb8801
      @tomwebb8801 Před 3 lety +1

      Why'd ya spill yer beans? You sure you read dude, you just used a double negative...

  • @StudioSerious1
    @StudioSerious1 Před 4 lety +27

    Old but gold, our young buddy Stephen 🙂 Loved a lot his 70s and 80s novels.

  • @LiveItUpDaily
    @LiveItUpDaily Před 4 lety +14

    3:42 “Nahhh, I don’t want to make another movie” LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

  • @VideographerExperience
    @VideographerExperience Před 2 lety +11

    He's a truly likeable guy.

  • @tholsten8750
    @tholsten8750 Před 3 lety +11

    Great interview! Made me smile. :)

  • @yellowroselola
    @yellowroselola Před 3 lety +23

    Never was afraid of clowns until I read It. I was 25 years of age when I read It.
    Also, as an adult, I have had to sleep with the lights on after reading some of his books. I am not ashamed. 😂😂😂😂

  • @amazingsupergirl7125
    @amazingsupergirl7125 Před 5 lety +39

    7:33 He said “u scared me that was mean” Haha 🤣

  • @denisamuntianu8986
    @denisamuntianu8986 Před rokem +4

    How humble is this guy!!

  • @wallacelovecraft8942
    @wallacelovecraft8942 Před rokem +9

    I like how she scared him at the end and then he says that it was mean lol. To be young...

  • @TheJathys
    @TheJathys Před rokem +10

    "You scared me. That was mean." ~Stephen King

  • @hollydaniel9884
    @hollydaniel9884 Před 4 lety +18

    He's the King for sure!

  • @acidwayne6928
    @acidwayne6928 Před rokem +5

    Bro he got me with the "I have the heart of a small boy, on my desk in a jar" oh my God lmao

    • @Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040
      @Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040 Před rokem +1

      Knowing what elites are up to I wouldn't be surprised if he actually means it.

    • @acidwayne6928
      @acidwayne6928 Před rokem

      @@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040 I had a random thought that he might be reptilian lol

    • @Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040
      @Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040 Před rokem +1

      @@acidwayne6928
      I've seen some when I was remotely viewing certain people, and I'm not a believer in reptilians, so it was a surprise to me to see them. One was petrified to live in this realm, other just looked back at me, although it wasn't aggressive, just being aware that I was looking at her as it was one living in a human female body.

    • @knightfall9394
      @knightfall9394 Před 6 měsíci

      He’s said that in a few different interviews, there’s one he did around the time of the pet semetary movie where he said the same thing

  • @starbreaker6017
    @starbreaker6017 Před 4 lety +20

    Never read so much books from one author

  • @poweroffriendship2.0
    @poweroffriendship2.0 Před 5 lety +18

    I hope Stephen Kings will keep him alive. Come on Grim Reaper! Just give people a break.

  • @JamesSmith-vk2ky
    @JamesSmith-vk2ky Před 5 lety +232

    He's such a creepy ghoulish looking weirdo. But he's OUR creepy ghoulish looking weirdo!

    • @terryhawkins8191
      @terryhawkins8191 Před 5 lety +6

      James Smith 😂… EXACTLY !! Something BAD must sleep under his BED !!🤔🙄…🤷…🤦…😨😱…😂😂😂👍👍

    • @alexv2845
      @alexv2845 Před 4 lety +14

      I always thought he just looks like a run of the mill 90's IT guy or something.

    • @MistahUnknown
      @MistahUnknown Před 4 lety +9

      @James Smith
      Speak for yourself.

    • @suddalavijay6930
      @suddalavijay6930 Před 3 lety +1

      That OUR part was from Insomnia lol

    • @Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040
      @Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040 Před rokem

      Yes, you can have him.

  • @JB-hq9yj
    @JB-hq9yj Před 8 měsíci +3

    The year that IT came out. Such a genius.

  • @isaacruddell9942
    @isaacruddell9942 Před 3 lety +3

    What a great interview

  • @mattDettling
    @mattDettling Před 3 lety +14

    He really just is the cutest thing ever

  • @craftingwithvictoriacrafti3939

    Honestly to see how different time looks when this is a interview from now and then.

    • @macofthenorth
      @macofthenorth Před rokem

      Watch twin peaks if this sparks something for you

  • @planetofether5462
    @planetofether5462 Před 2 lety +6

    He was so high here.

  • @maria_____.
    @maria_____. Před 2 lety +5

    I always forget this man was young once

  • @sw9979
    @sw9979 Před 3 lety +4

    I love him so much 😭

  • @Zkauba24
    @Zkauba24 Před 10 měsíci

    5:48 Jajaja is super funny, I love how she said It doesn't work again.

  • @arkhamsrazor7075
    @arkhamsrazor7075 Před 3 lety +20

    Those 4 great upcoming stories he's talking about, yeah one of them was the Tommyknockers and he still maintains that he was so obliterated he doesn't even remember writing it. Or Cujo. "But I must have. They happened. They're real."
    Cocaine is a helluva drug.
    *Rick James just logged in*

  • @Krow_YTAOS
    @Krow_YTAOS Před 2 lety +12

    You always have to ask if Stephen King ever knew he’d be one of the biggest names in the genre of horror, I mean, he was writing from a young age after all. Did he think he’d ever become the name everyone thinks of when they think of horror? I wonder sometimes.

    • @octaviusroosevelt7355
      @octaviusroosevelt7355 Před 2 lety +4

      A lot of other horror authors didn't even become famous until after their death. King really got lucky there.

    • @mandelbot5318
      @mandelbot5318 Před 2 lety +6

      It has always saddened me that King’s mother passed away not all that long before the publication of his first novel, Carrie. She never got to see the phenomenon that her son became.

  • @RelaxxationStation
    @RelaxxationStation Před 4 lety +10

    I just love him in this interview xDDD

  • @island661
    @island661 Před 5 lety +35

    I think real characters/people are scarier than fake monsters.

    • @terryhawkins8191
      @terryhawkins8191 Před 5 lety +2

      Cat Woman Pretty MUCH !!🤔🙄…🤷…🤦…😨😱…😂😂👍👍

    • @evilsizer4428
      @evilsizer4428 Před 2 lety +3

      Agreed. In IT, Beverly's ex was somehow scarier than the mutant clown that was eating children.

    • @Amp661
      @Amp661 Před rokem

      The imagination in books is much scarier than pictures in movies. Books always win

  • @losthighway8141
    @losthighway8141 Před rokem

    Love him so much...unique!

  • @Theo-ll7mj
    @Theo-ll7mj Před rokem +2

    He ages like a fine wine.

  • @Mayala285
    @Mayala285 Před 4 lety +3

    my god the quality is better

  • @fantasticfrank85fantastic61
    @fantasticfrank85fantastic61 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I haven't seen the video yet but If I had to guess setting a story in someplace other than Maine.

  • @hiigghhggg9150
    @hiigghhggg9150 Před 2 lety +3

    “Except for the blackouts”
    Sooo we’re just not gonna talk about that?

  • @Nickcaged
    @Nickcaged Před rokem +3

    This guy was cocked up AF

  • @alixmorren2209
    @alixmorren2209 Před rokem

    My favourite Stephen King book is IT because he mentions my 6th and 8th birthdays and on my 7th birthday-31st May1984- I moved house for the first time.

  • @aaronjudkins8314
    @aaronjudkins8314 Před 3 lety +3

    Crazy he talked about his fear of cars and then was almost killed by one some 13 years later

  • @slimygreencreepmachine6116

    King Unleashed!

  • @Sarah.Riedel
    @Sarah.Riedel Před 2 lety +6

    "Except for the blackouts" 😂

  • @starbreaker6017
    @starbreaker6017 Před 4 lety +3

    I have the read the DARK Tower twice💪

  • @emily7103
    @emily7103 Před 2 lety +1

    Holy cow. Even though he's sitting down, you can tell he's really tall.

  • @thegiftedone
    @thegiftedone Před rokem +1

    What a lovely lady….

  • @neonWHALE002
    @neonWHALE002 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Ironically enough, his impression of the toaster reminded me of Jack Nicholson

  • @brittanypodolak5652
    @brittanypodolak5652 Před 2 lety +1

    When I heard him say something about lizard skin boots and she said alive or not he said no they could crawl a little bit at night. I was like hmm are we gunna get a book about this 😱

  • @wisperingbeard
    @wisperingbeard Před 2 lety +5

    I love SK but good God was he high during this interview.

  • @drivethruhorrorshow6147

    We love you Stephen💋💞

  • @katygarnham2893
    @katygarnham2893 Před 23 dny

    she's a really good interviewer!

  • @jackheatley2079
    @jackheatley2079 Před rokem +7

    He looked like a citizen of Whoville back then. 🤣

  • @poormansmyself5502
    @poormansmyself5502 Před 3 lety +2

    6:30 a breakdown on some horror concepts

  • @benhenderson8952
    @benhenderson8952 Před 3 lety +4

    Spongebob would be proud of them dentures

  • @youtubeuser5204
    @youtubeuser5204 Před rokem

    I love him and his books, i've got a great collection. My latest book is 'If It Bleeds' and i like it. My favorite will always be 'It' :D. My first book from him was 'Cujo' and 'Carrie' that's when i saw he'll be my favorite writer :D. I love seeing videos about him, and in this video i can see some Dahmer in he. :D :D. Am i the only?

  • @samizdatbroadcasts7654
    @samizdatbroadcasts7654 Před 3 lety +4

    Funny he mentions cars and trucks.

  • @Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040

    I have an ability to see spirit world and have seen some nasty looking and rather unique creatures, and was really surprised to later discover that King described identical looking ones in his books. To me it proves that they really exist, whether he realises it or not. My guess is that there's something more going on than him just making those monsters up. He's aware of them too, or even can see them.

  • @75zombiekiller
    @75zombiekiller Před 11 měsíci

    Imagine if we had gotten an unrated version on Maximum Overdrive.

  • @Althom1990
    @Althom1990 Před 3 lety +3

    A toaster voiced by Clint Eastwood would be scary.

  • @titusmccarthy
    @titusmccarthy Před 5 lety +88

    He loved the coke around this time.

    • @rhysm.5915
      @rhysm.5915 Před 5 lety +18

      Actually started looking around to see if I could find an interview during this era with him high or drunk, but he always seems so level-headed. It's weird to see this and then read about how he describes what his drug use was like.

    • @skitzy420
      @skitzy420 Před 4 lety +5

      @@rhysm.5915 He might have been high here, I mean the guy wrote books while on drugs. His brain was perfectly level-headed for this stuff, on or off the coke.

    • @MontagZoso
      @MontagZoso Před 4 lety +18

      Why does someone always feel the need to make comments like this?

    • @zangardo3937
      @zangardo3937 Před 4 lety +1

      @@rhysm.5915 look up his interview with ac/DC on here

    • @hollydaniel9884
      @hollydaniel9884 Před 4 lety +1

      What DIDN'T be love!!?? From Powder all the way with the pills...I don't think he was picky just NEEDED a lot while writing.....I'm sure he is sober now?? Idk?? He can afford em....

  • @carterhalpin1258
    @carterhalpin1258 Před 4 lety +2

    How long has the Psychiatrist story worked for him

  • @FredMaverik
    @FredMaverik Před 2 lety +7

    funny he's afraid "trucks and cars" and he got hit by one in 1999.

  • @christianstabley7166
    @christianstabley7166 Před 3 lety +1

    I need those glasses

  • @Winstonchruchhill
    @Winstonchruchhill Před 3 lety +2

    Never forget who the Stephen King was before Stephen King -- Shirley Jackson

  • @BigBoris
    @BigBoris Před 4 lety

    I’m not afraid of King’s work yet I see people saying stuff like “the book really scared me” i don’t know but your opinion

    • @FredMaverik
      @FredMaverik Před 2 lety

      so?

    • @BigBoris
      @BigBoris Před 2 lety +1

      @@FredMaverik i don’t know what you mean, I literally said I don’t find his books or movies particularly scary.

    • @w1ldn0ut70
      @w1ldn0ut70 Před 2 lety

      @@BigBoris Have you read any?

    • @BigBoris
      @BigBoris Před 2 lety +1

      @@w1ldn0ut70 well I wouldn’t be saying this if I haven’t

    • @w1ldn0ut70
      @w1ldn0ut70 Před 2 lety

      @@BigBoris Just wondering.

  • @robinb3994
    @robinb3994 Před rokem

    "I'm scared of truck, there are so large and I'm so small" 15 years later: your legs agree

  • @PatriciaHKimes-cd1vl
    @PatriciaHKimes-cd1vl Před 4 lety +7

    This video really shows that Steven King's All American good looks. I like that he is Scott Irish. I have ancestors that are. Wish there were more like him.

    • @dreamer2260
      @dreamer2260 Před 3 lety

      Yes, he's at his most handsome here.

    • @Amp661
      @Amp661 Před rokem

      I think it's nuts, but I think he looks better hitting old age. He looks like a Dr. Seuss grandpa rather than a sleazy 70's record producer look

  • @acidwayne6928
    @acidwayne6928 Před rokem

    I wonder how Stephen feels about Tesla lol I can see him now in his basement, just pacing and talking to himself 😂😂

  • @emersonkelly9654
    @emersonkelly9654 Před 3 lety +1

    'Except for the blackouts'

  • @RISCGames
    @RISCGames Před 2 lety +4

    Either he has the worlds shiniest glasses ever created or there is actually a soul possessing those lens!

  • @nolangentry5087
    @nolangentry5087 Před 3 lety

    🎸

  • @clairedaly4530
    @clairedaly4530 Před 4 lety +2

    He said, imagination. I wrote heaps but it was thrown out by my sister. Too deep.

  • @alanminne8185
    @alanminne8185 Před 4 lety +2

    Who is the interviewer?

  • @nolangentry5087
    @nolangentry5087 Před 3 lety

    Aaron's 1994... Signature maiden 🇨🇳 🇰🇷...

  • @nolangentry5087
    @nolangentry5087 Před 3 lety

    Jim 🇰🇷 black belt

  • @nolangentry5087
    @nolangentry5087 Před 3 lety

    Story's guys spinal tap 🎙

  • @mahmoudibnemir8704
    @mahmoudibnemir8704 Před rokem +1

    I remember seeing his Florida beach house and how there was no public parking anywhere and thinking "this is how he keeps black people from using his beach"...

  • @Music1990Luver
    @Music1990Luver Před 3 lety +2

    He's kinda funny.

  • @nolangentry5087
    @nolangentry5087 Před 3 lety

    🎹 🎙

  • @JJRfromNYC
    @JJRfromNYC Před 2 lety +3

    He’s on drugs/alcohol in this interview. Not under the influence, but using on some regular basis. Just saying. Glad he’s sobered up.

  • @nolangentry5087
    @nolangentry5087 Před 3 lety

    😊

  • @heatheringram6287
    @heatheringram6287 Před 3 lety

    There's only one King😊

  • @goddessuniverse8231
    @goddessuniverse8231 Před 4 lety +1

    Werewolves, THE MOVIE UNDERWORLD-Blood WARS! Gods of egypt, GAURSIANDS OF THE GALAXY , MERMAIDS & SIRENS of Atlantis like Underwater , The Sonata about music , Dark Tower With IDRA ILIS , AMERICAN HORROR STORY & The Shinning , IT THE CLOWN ! Gods of egypt, GAURSIANDS OF THE GALAXY , MERMAIDS & SIRENS of Atlantis like Underwater , The Sonata about music , AMERICAN HORROR STORY & The Shinning !

  • @archibaldbagge1235
    @archibaldbagge1235 Před 2 lety +3

    An educated literate public scares him the most. Luckily he has nothing to worry about there.

  • @patrickols
    @patrickols Před rokem

    His writing style is scary enough

  • @LoveBystroem
    @LoveBystroem Před 2 lety +1

    his smile looks like pennywise

  • @sharynnoble3213
    @sharynnoble3213 Před 2 lety

    Yes I saw CARRIE ,SHINING.I could not watch IT

  • @nolangentry5087
    @nolangentry5087 Před 3 lety +1

    China... John... 🇸🇪...

  • @cm70707
    @cm70707 Před 2 lety +1

    He was cute when he was young. Now he looks a bit weird.

  • @edwardcovington7083
    @edwardcovington7083 Před 2 lety +1

    when did he change his front teeth?

  • @MrMarcel54321
    @MrMarcel54321 Před 7 měsíci

    haha the ending was just perfect payback

  • @azurephoenix6120
    @azurephoenix6120 Před 3 lety

    Polluck knows something.
    What IS he scared of?

  • @nolangentry5087
    @nolangentry5087 Před 3 lety

    Aaron twist the reader what's it... Guys 😓....

  • @chytstorm
    @chytstorm Před 3 lety +4

    Stephen King is the halfway mark of Christopher Reeve transforming into a gerbil.

  • @hankhill2889
    @hankhill2889 Před 3 lety

    Funny

  • @christianstabley7166
    @christianstabley7166 Před 3 lety

    Gangster asf

  • @l.l.9806
    @l.l.9806 Před 5 lety +3

    Wtf