The King Zone Podcast Episode 29
The Family Secrets Of
A Good Marriage (2014) and Mercy (2014)
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Welcome to this Podcast series from The Super Network with The King Zone! This podcast series is all about the adaptations of Stephen King, from the cinematic films, mini-series, TV shows, TV movies and including material written specifically for the screen!
Welcome back to another episode of The King Zone Podcast, happy to have you here for another chapter in this Stephen King journey with a discussion on two film adaptations with A Good Marriage (2014) and Mercy (2014), both released within days of each other. Super Marcey and Bede Jermyn are both here to discuss these two films, joining the hosts is special first time guest Scott Drebit, author of A Cut Below – A Celebration of B Horror Movies 1950s – 1980s! Scott’s book is a wonderful journey into B Horror Movies, with ones you may have heard of or seen and ones you probably haven’t heard of and can discover!
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A Good Marriage (2014) was directed by Peter Askin, written by Stephen King based on his short story of the same name and it stars Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Stephen Lang, Cara Buono, Kristen Connolly, Mike O’Malley, Theo Stockman and Will Rogers.
Plot from IMDB: After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband’s sinister secret?
Mercy (2014) was directed by Peter Cornwell, written by Matt Greenberg, based on the Stephen King short story Gramma and it stars Frances O’Connor, Shirley Knight, Chandler Riggs, Joel Courtney, Mark Duplass, Dylan McDermott, Amanda Walsh and Hana Hayes.
Plot from IMDB: A single mom and her two boys help take care of their grandmother with mystical powers.
Highlights include:
* Welcome to The King Zone Scott!
* Before discussing the two films, Scott tells us all about A Cut Below!
* The theme for the two films is ‘family secrets’.
* Joan Allen carries A Good Marriage, Stephen Lang makes the most of a small role.
* A Good Marriage had potential but doesn’t quite live up to it.
* Mercy manages to waste a really good cast.
* The expansion of a short story with Lovecraft themes fails to do much with it.
* Why was Mercy so dark that it was hard to work out what was happening?
* Ratings for each film.
* Plus much, much more!
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