When Stephen King was involved in a car accident in 1999, he turned to writing to help him recuperate. Developed within six months, Dreamcatcher has become one of the author’s least liked books, but it turned 25 this year.
What many people may not realize is that Dreamcatcher almost went by another name. It was King’s wife, Tabitha King, who encouraged him to change it.
The novel, which is set in the popular fictional town of Derry in Maine, was originally titled Cancer. We can thank his wife for the change of name, and it’s not clear if it would have become such a major seller (and eventually a movie) if it went by the original name. Most importantly, it was originally written in longhand as a way to help King recuperate from his car crash.
The crash itself is part of the reason King now doesn’t like this piece of his work, which was his first full-length novel since Bag of Bones in 1998. He was on heavy painkillers at the time of writing due to the pain that he was in, and that contributed to the change of writing style. Many certainly questioned it at the time of the release, and with more information, it helps to understand the nuances to the work.
‘Dreamcatcher’ Is Set 25 Years After the Original Events
What’s funny is that the 25th anniversary is poignant for this particular story. It all starts with four boys in the haunted city of Derry. Then it cuts to 25 years later, when these four boys are men, living their own separate lives, who come together each hunting season.
When they come across a stranger in their camp who is disorientated and mumbling something about lights in the sky, they aren’t sure what to think about the situation. Sure enough, they’re all soon confronted by a creature from another world, and so starts the sci-fi horror involving an alien parasite that will kill to get what it wants.
Two years after the novel’s release, it was released as a movie adaptation. However, not only was it plagued by negative reviews, but it was also a box office bomb.
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