With Cell, critics claimed this was Stephen King's return to horror.
What we have certainly sounds like classic King: an every day object/concept spun into a nightmarish tale.
However, released in the midst of the early 2000s zombie wave that began with 28 Days Later, Dawn of the Dead, Shaun of the Dead, does Cell really have that much to say? Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast!
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