Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Stephen King didn’t appear out of nowhere. In this video, we’re talking about the biggest influences on the King of Horror himself.
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00:00 Stephen King's biggest Influences
01:01 Going down literary rabbit holes...
01:45 Richard Matheson
04:18 EC Comics
06:05 1950s Monster Movies
07:52 Ray Bradbury
09:04 Shirley Jackson
10:08 HP Lovecraft
11:18 Edgar Allan Poe
12:12 John D. MacDonald
13:40 Charles Dickens
15:20 JRR Tolkien
16:56 What to read when you've finished reading Stephen King
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