Chat Sematary: A Stephen King Podcast
Join host Deanna Chapman as she navigates the eerie world of Stephen King with a wide panel of guests.
Episodes
Murjani Rawls joins Deanna Chapman to discuss Edgar Wright's adaptation of The Running Man. We talk about the casting choices, the action sequences, what worked and what didn't, how the ending was changed from the book, and more.
★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Chat Sematary is back! Drew Dietsch joins host Deanna Chapman to discuss The Monkey, one of a handful of new Stephen King adaptations from 2025.
★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★We've reached the end of Chat Sematary. I'm joined by Drew Dietsch and Travis Newton to talk about what it was like making this show over the last 5 years. Thank you to everyone who has listened to the show and who has been a guest, it's been quite the run!
★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Drew Dietsch returns to the podcast to discuss Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, which is now streaming on Paramount+.
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★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Author Richard Chizmar joins the podcast to talk about Becoming the Boogeyman and what it was like to work with Stephen King on the Gwendy trilogy.
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Drew Dietsch returns to the podcast to discuss Lee Karr's The Making of Creepshow 2.
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★ Support this podcast ...Drew Dietsch returns to the podcast to take on the task of discussing Children of the Corn. Yeah, they did release yet another one in the year 2023.
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★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Becky Rice and Deanna Chapman discuss The Boogeyman, directed by Rob Savage.
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Dave Musson joins the podcast to discuss his Stephen King quiz book, being a YouTuber, and much more!
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...Drew Dietsch returns to the podcast to discuss Creepshows by Stephen Jones. We talk about why this books was helpful throughout this podcast, what some of our favorite things about it are, and more.
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Becky Rice returns to the podcast to chat about the Netflix adaptation of Mr. Harrigan's Phone. We talk about why the movie didn't quite hit for us, what we thought in comparison to the story, and more.
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★ Support this podcast on ...Travis Newton returns to the podcast to talk about Fairy Tale. We dive into Stephen King's character work, the various settings, and more. Spoiler discussion starts around 17:00.
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Alex Divincenzo returns to the podcast to discuss Pennywise: The Story of IT. The documentary dives into the 1990 mini-series.
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★ Support this podcast on Patr...Drew Dietsch returns to the podcast to discuss Just Desserts: The Making of Creepshow. We dive into what the documentary covers, who is notably missing from it, what some of the bonus features are, and more.
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Travis Newton joins the podcast to discuss Paperbacks From Hell by Grady Hendrix. We talk about the format of the book, what it did to our TBR lists, and more!
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Today, we're shaking things up a little. Deanna Chapman joined Take Me To Your Reader for a crossover episode on the new Firestarter movie. We talk about the cast, what changed from the book and original movie, and more.
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★ Support this podc...Kt Schaefer returns to the podcast to discuss Creepshow: The Cursed by Elley Cooper. This YA novel contains two stories, "The Green Mountain Monster" and "The Chatelaine."
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Kt Schaefer returns to the podcast to discuss Creepshow: The Taker by Elley Cooper. This YA novel contains two stories, "The Taker" and "Pretty Polly."
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Did you know that Stephen King wrote an essay on gargoyles for a coffee table book? If you didn't, now you do! Bryant Burnette joins the podcast to discuss Nightmares in the Sky from Stephen King and F-Stop Fitzgerald.
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...Drew Dietsch and Deanna Chapman discuss Frank Darabont's short film The Woman in the Room. We dive into Darabont's love of Stephen King, how this compares to The Boogeyman, and more.
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