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June 2, 2019

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T2 WHATS UP! June 2 - 8, 2019 BY FRANCIS BABIN TV Media T he only thing hotter than nostalgia in Hol- lywood right now is Stephen King. In the past several years, the legendary writer has seen a resurgence like never before. Numerous adapta- tions of the master of horror's works are currently being devel- oped, with "It Chapter Two," "In the Tall Grass" and "Doctor Sleep" all hitting the big screen in the next few months and many more to come. The prolific scribe's gift for writing scary good stories filled with rich characters, vivid de- scriptions and snappy dialogue runs in the family — his two sons, Owen King and Joe Hill, are following in his footsteps. On Sunday, June 2, dim the lights and settle in for a fresh new take on the vampire genre courtesy of the latter, when "NOS4A2" premieres on AMC. Based on Hill's best-selling 2013 novel of the same name, "NOS4A2" treads on familiar familial ground with the New England-set supernatural hor- ror tale pitting good versus evil. After discovering that she possesses a supernatural gift that allows her to see across space and time to find lost things, a young working-class artist named Victoria "Vic" McQueen (Ashleigh Cum- mings, "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries") must put her abili- ties to the test as she faces off with Charlie Manx (Zachary Quinto, "Hotel Artemis," 2018), a seductive immortal. In the adaptation, like in the source material, the creepy and fiendish Manx travels from town to town in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the ever-so-clever license plate NOS4A2 (Nosfera- tu, for those reading this early in the morning). Oh, and he feeds off children in order to stay young. Unlike traditional vam- pires, Manx feeds off the life force of children as opposed to their blood. If not properly fed, our main antagonist becomes old, frail and a shadow of himself. AMC looks to deliver another master- class in special effects and make- up with Manx alternating be- tween a strong young look and Ashleigh Cummings stars in "NOS4A2" Hit the road continued on page T10 TV FEATURE

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