Skeleton Crew

Even The Monkey itself, I think, could be compared to Stephen King's short film, which was recently adapted to a live action, The Monkey.

It was in his original Skeleton Crew short stories.

And the...

Also in that opening scene, the tricycle has some very like shining layers to it.

So I might pick this up and give it a read.

I'm pretty sure it's in the skeleton crew.

And she does have that.

I

think it's the last one in the skeleton crew.

It's either first or last.

It might depend on your printing.

And I would...

This is gonna determine whether or not you and I are friends.

Uh, Skeleton Crew or Night Shift?

Oh, that's evil.

Yeah.

No.

I-

Night Shift is amazing, but there's something about Skeleton Crew that, that I just love so much.

I, I was so frightened by The Monkey.

Dare I wonder what monsters might be hiding within these rolling clouds? Perhaps I'll find out by the end of this episode about Dennis Etchison's unproduced screenplay for The Mist.

The Mist, if you're unaware, is a novella by Stephen King that was originally published in a 1980 Dark Forces anthology and was later collected in the 1985 collection Skeleton Crew.

It tells the story of David Drayton, an artist who finds himself trapped in a Maine grocery store with his son and dozens of locals and tourists when an ominous mist rolls into town, bringing destruction and a horde of otherworldly creatures along with it.

Kef, say hello and tell me about your relationship to The Mist.

I love The Mist.

It's funny, though, because I always talk about how I'm a bit of...

I, I'm not a Skeleton Crew hater, but I do think it's overrated.

The thing we always say is that the highs are really high and the lows are really low.

Hey, constant readers.

And today we are back inside Skeleton Crew with Survivor Type, and we have CM leading our discussion.

CM, take it away.

Okay, first I'm going to start with a question because that's how this