‘The Long Walk’: Read The Screenplay That Turns Stephen King’s 1970s Novel Into An Allegory For Our Time

The Long Walk is a psychological thriller movie adapted for the screen by JT Mollner based on Stephen King’s first novel.
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Review | ‘The Long Walk’ is a bloody march through an all-too-near future

When Stephen King wrote “The Long Walk” in 1979 under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, the novel’s bare bones and timeless premise were immediately cemented into King’s literary canon. For an author ...
The Stanford Daily

And So We Thought: In ‘The Long Walk,’ simplicity mutates into suffering

In “And So We Thought,” Daniel Xu ’29 explores creative works, both in their content, but also in how they relate to broader media and societal ecosystems. Editor’s Note: This article is a review and ...
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Stephen King's The Long Walk is finally heading to streaming on Starz

The Long Walk was one of King's best-rated entries in 2025. The year included several films and shows, including the hit The ...
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‘The Long Walk’ Review: Brutal and unrelenting, this grueling hike is not for the faint of heart

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Keep up the pace. King said his one condition for an adaptation of The Long Walk was that the audience must see the young men being killed onscreen in order to fully feel the ...