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The Dark Half is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1989. Publishers Weekly listed The Dark Half as the second-best-selling book of 1989 behind Tom Clancy's Clear and Present Danger. The novel was adapted into a feature film of the same name in 1993.
The Dark Half is a 1993 American horror film adaptation of Stephen King's 1989 novel of the same name. The film was written and directed by George A. Romero and stars Timothy Hutton as Thad Beaumont and George Stark, Amy Madigan as Liz Beaumont, Michael Rooker as Sheriff Alan Pangborn, and Royal Dano in his final film.
Apr 23, 1993 · The Dark Half: Directed by George A. Romero. With Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Michael Rooker, Julie Harris. A writer's fictional alter ego wants to take over his life...at any price.
Jan 1, 2001 · The Dark Half. Stephen King. 3.80. 143,343 ratings3,362 reviews. Thad Beaumont would like to say he is innocent. He'd like to say he has nothing to do with the series of monstrous murders that keep coming closer to his home.
The Dark Half is a highly serious psychological study that can be faulted for being more curious than actually scary. Thad Beaumont (Timothy Hutton) has had success writing novels under both...
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Apr 23, 1993 · Roger Ebert April 23, 1993. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. One of the early images in "The Dark Half" is as terrifying as anything Stephen King has ever conceived. Thad Beaumont, the film's hero, is a gifted boy who wants to be a writer. He suffers headaches and seizures.
Synopsis. Castle Rock, Maine. 1968. 13-year-old Thad Beaumont is a junior high school student who wants to become a writer and spends many hours in his bedroom writing violent-themed stories. His mother buys him a typewriter to use and soon, Thad starts having violent headaches and hearing strange noises... like hundreds of small birds screeching.
The Dark Half. Released. November 1989. Available Format (s) Hardcover / Paperback / Movie / DVD. Publisher. Viking Press. For years, Thad Beaumont has been writing books under the pseudonym George Stark. When a journalist threatens to expose Beaumont's pen name, the author decides to go public first, killing off his pseudonym.
Apr 23, 1993 · George A. Romero. Distributor (s) Orion Pictures Corporation. For years, Thad Beaumont (Timothy Hutton) has been writing books under the pseudonym George Stark (Timothy Hutton). When a journalist threatens to expose Beaumont’s pen name, the author decides to go public first, killing off his pseudonym.
Apr 23, 1993 · Overview. Thad Beaumont is the author of a highly successful series of violent pulp thrillers written under the pseudonym of ‘George Stark’, but when he decides to ‘kill-off’ his alter-ego in a mock ceremony, it precipitates a string of sadistic murders matching those in his pulp novels, which are soon discovered to be the work of Stark himself.
