All Work & No Play: 50 Years of Stephen King on Screen
To kick off Paradise Book Club’s 2026 lineup, we’re thrilled to present our very first author retrospective, ALL WORK & NO PLAY: 50 YEARS OF STEPHEN KING ON SCREEN, running Feb 24 – Mar 31 at The Paradise!
Few writers have staked a sustained claim on the popular imagination quite like Stephen King. His first published novel, Carrie, was adapted to film (for the first time) in 1976, and in the 50 years since, King’s characters, stories, and iconography – on the page and on screen – have become inextricably woven into the fabric of western pop culture.
Screening across five nights, ALL WORK & NO PLAY will showcase ten iconic King stories from across the decades as interpreted by an array of legendary filmmakers, including Stanley Kubrick, David Cronenberg, Rob Reiner, John Carpenter, and Brian De Palma. Screenings will feature introductions by series hosts Kevin Greenspan and Claire Foster.
Get all ten novels here, courtesy of TYPE Books.
Buy a series pass, admission to all 10 films over 20% off!
Carrie: 50th Anniversary!
- Tue, Feb 24
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Brian De Palma Run Time: 98 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1976
Starring: Amy Irving, John Travolta, Piper Laurie, Sissy Spacek, William Katt
If you've got a taste for terror… take Carrie to the prom.
Christine
- Tue, Feb 24
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: John Carpenter Run Time: 110 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1983
Starring: Alexandra Paul, Harry Dean Stanton, John Stockwell, Keith Gordon, Robert Prosky
How do you kill something that can't possibly be alive?
The Shining
- Tue, Mar 3
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Stanley Kubrick Run Time: 144 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1980
Starring: Barry Nelson, Danny Lloyd, Jack Nicholson, Scatman Crothers, Shelley Duvall
A masterpiece of modern horror.
Doctor Sleep
- Tue, Mar 3
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Mike Flanagan Run Time: 152 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 2019
Starring: Cliff Curtis, Ewan McGregor, Kyliegh Curran, Rebecca Ferguson, Zahn McClarnon
Return to the Overlook.
Dolores Claiborne
- Tue, Mar 10
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Taylor Hackford Run Time: 132 min. Release Year: 1995
Starring: Christopher Plummer, David Strathairn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt, Kathy Bates
Sometimes, an accident can be an unhappy woman's best friend.
Misery
- Tue, Mar 10
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Rob Reiner Run Time: 107 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1990
Starring: Frances Sternhagen, James Caan, Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall, Richard Farnsworth
Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now, he’s writing to stay alive.
Pet Sematary
- Tue, Mar 24
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Mary Lambert Run Time: 102 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 1989
Starring: Brad Greenquist, Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Fred Gwynne, Michael Lombard
Sometimes, dead is better.
It
- Tue, Mar 24
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Andy Muschietti Run Time: 135 min. Format: 4K DCP Release Year: 2017
Starring: Chosen Jacobs, Finn Wolfhard, Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis
You'll float too.
The Dead Zone
- Tue, Mar 31
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: David Cronenberg Run Time: 103 min. Release Year: 1983
Starring: Anthony Zerbe, Brooke Adams, Christopher Walken, Herbert Lom, Tom Skerritt
In his mind, he has the power to see the future. In his hands, he has the power to change it.
The Mist
- Tue, Mar 31
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Frank Darabont Run Time: 126 min. Release Year: 2007
Starring: Andre Braugher, Laurie Holden, Marcia Gay Harden, Thomas Jane, Toby Jones
Fear changes everything.