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SarahDrish t1_iv028nh wrote

There's a reason a lot of horror movies/TV shows are set in Maine.

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800grandave t1_iv3gzri wrote

stephen kings the reason horrors are set in maine

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SarahDrish t1_iv3koan wrote

Dark Shadows, the TV show, predates Stephen King's first novel.

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800grandave t1_iv3o8tg wrote

ah. so one example. gotcha

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SarahDrish t1_iv3r6t9 wrote

I'm sure Stephen King has a lot to do with Maine's being typecast as the "horror" state. However, those of us who were around during the Dark Shadows craze of the late 60s and early 70s know that Maine was already associated with horror and the supernatural. Thousands of people, who would never have visited Maine otherwise, flocked to the Acadia area to see the location where the fictional village of Collinsport was located. Even The Saturday Evening Post published an article entitled "In Search of Collinsport."

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800grandave t1_iv441pt wrote

stephen king has everything to do with the words maine and horror. its not often you can attribute an artform in a place to one person. kinda like bob marley owns the title of king of comedy in maine

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SarahDrish t1_iv460iu wrote

Stephen King has a lot to do with Maine and horror, but not everything. Who is Bob Marley?

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800grandave t1_iv47k2l wrote

he has defined horror set in maine. name one other screenwriter/author that has set anything in maine. hes at the peak of katahdin for his field. are you from maine?! bob marleys a household name there

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SarahDrish t1_iv4vh22 wrote

>name one other screenwriter/author that has set anything in maine.

Dan Curtis, Robert Matheson and Grace Metalious all set TV shows and books in Maine before Stephen King published his first novel.

Why are you going on ad nauseam about this? Neither the Portland Press-Herald nor the history professor quoted in the article claim King is 100 percent responsible for Maine's association with horror. You need to stand up, straighten out your panties, and attempt to calm down.

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