How to Casually Bring Up Your Favorite Stephen King Movie Adaptation on a First Date
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By Natalie Pohorski
“I’ll just have the salad, I’m watching my Dad Bod. Speaking of watching my Dad Bod, when’s the last time you watched the 1996 adaptation of Thinner starring Robert John Burke?”
“This restaurant wouldn’t have been my first choice—they probably have rats in their kitchen! Speaking of rats and OSHA, what were your thoughts on Graveyard Shift? Can we agree it’s Brad Dourif’s crowning achievement even if the workplace scenarios and language are often problematic?”
*opening a fortune cookie after a Chinese dinner* “If your greatest fear manifested itself in this fortune cookie like in It Chapter Two, what form would it take and would you agree that part two is better than part one?”
“Wow, we have so much in common! Do you also like the smell of fresh laundry or does it remind you too much of Tim Curry’s Pennywise creeping in the backyard and turning into a spider in the 1990 It miniseries?”
“Not to be too forward, but can I hold your hand like the undead Grady twins in Kubrick’s adaptation of The Shining?”
“That dress looks great on you! Has anyone ever told you that you bear a striking resemblance to the blood-drenched Sissy Spacek in Carrie?”
“Do you have any pets? I used to have a cat but we had to put her down. We buried her in the backyard alongside all our other pets as inspired by Pet Sematary.”
“For our second date, I thought we could make an unforgettable cameo in your hometown, kinda like Richard Farnsworth as the Sheriff Buster in Misery.”
Natalie Pohorski is a content specialist at Cinema Sugar.