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Stephen King is a hugely popular and critically acclaimed American author whose name is synonymous with horror and dark fantasy. He has written over 60 novels and 200 short stories, many of which have been adapted into movies and TV series. The influence of his works permeates ''Supernatural'' - from inspiration for monsters to visual references and quotes from Dean.
[[File:Shiningbarscene.JPG|300px|right|thumb|The bar scene from ''The Shining'', and the bar scene from "Playthings."]]
==[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_(novel) Carrie] ==Carrie White has an abusive home and gets bullied at school, and eventually exacts revenge using her telekinetic powers.
===[[1.02 Wendigo]]===
In Sam's nightmare, the visual of the hand coming up out of Jessica's grave and snatching his wrist calls to mind the end of the 1976 movie [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_(1976_film) Carrie, based on the novel by Stephen King.
==[[The Shining]] ==''Jack Torrance takes his family to an isolated inn so he can finish his novel. His young son Danny, has creepy visions of past and future evil events at the hotel. Jack becomes influenced by a supernatural presence and descends into madness, eventually turning on his family in a murderous rage.''
===[[1.09 Home]]===
:'''Dean:''' All right. What else do we know besides all work and no play makes Donatello a homicidal boy?
==[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(novel) IT] ==''A group of children a terrorised by an evil creature that appears as the things of which they are most afraid.''
===[[2.02 Everybody Loves a Clown]]===
The [[Rakshasa]] is similar to the creature in Stephen King's novel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(novel) ''It''], a monster that also hibernates for a stretch of time and appears as a clown.
The name "Pennywhistle" may be a parody of Pennywise, the evil fanged clown in Stephen King's novel (and subsequent movie) It.
==[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Sematary Pet Semetary] ==A grieving father forgets the lesson that waht's dead should stay dead. But to be fair so did the Winchesters.
===[[2.04 Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things]]===
'''Dean:''' ''What you brought back isn't even your daughter anymore. These things are vicious, they're violent, they're so nasty they rot the ground around them. I mean, come on, haven't you seen "Pet Sematary"?''
A reference to the Stephen King novel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Sematary ''Pet Sematary''] in which a grieving father buries his young son's body in an ancient Indian burial ground and it comes back as a zombie.
==Cujo==[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cujo Cujo] ==''Cujo''] is a novel about a family's pet that is bitten by a rabid St. Bernard named Cujo that kills peoplebat and goes on a killing rampage.
===[[2.17 Heart]]===
'''Dean:''' ''I'd say Kurt's looking more and more like our Cujo.''
'''Dean:''' ''So what, he causes so much misery that some dog goes Cujo on him from beyond the grave?''
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Bob Singer, who directed this episode, was a producer on the movie Cujo. This may be a double reference to Stephen King - Misery and Cujo were the names of two of his novels. A third novel by Stephen King, Christine, was also referenced in the episode. ===[[11.11 Into the Mystic]]===Dee Wallace, who played [[Mildred Baker]], is a legendary genre actress who starred in the 1983 adaptation of Stephen King's Cujo which was produced by Robert Singer.
===[[12.15 Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell]]==='''Dean:''' ''All right, Crowley and I are gonna hit the woods, see if we can't track down Cujo. You stick with Sam. He'll keep you safe.'' == [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Zone_(novel) The Dead Zone]==
===[[3.02 The Kids Are Alright]]===
''Anthony Michael Hall played Johnny Smith in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Zone_(TV_series) ''The Dead Zone''], a man who became psychic after being in a coma for six years and uses his new abilities to solve crimes. The show is based on a novel by the same name by Stephen King''.
'''Ruby:''' ''Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's right. Ding-dong, the demon's dead. Good job with that. It doesn't change the fact that you're special ... in that Anthony Michael Hall E.S.P. visions kind of way.''
<br> <br> Anthony Michael Hall played Johnny Smith in == [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Zone_Misery_(TV_seriesnovel) ''The Dead Zone''Misery]==Writer Paul Sheldon is held captive, a man who became psychic after being in a coma tortured and forced to write for six years and uses his new abilities to solve crimes. The show is based on a novel by the same name by Stephen King'number one fan' Annie Wilkes.
===[[4.18 The Monster at the End of This Book]]===
'''Chuck:''' ''Is this some kind of Misery thing? Ah, it is, isn't it? It's a "Misery" thing!''<br>In the Stephen King novel Misery, writer Paul Sheldon is held captive, tortured Chuck when Dam and forced to write for his 'number one fan' Annie WilkesDean track him down.
===[[7.08 Season Seven, Time for a Wedding!]]===
The scene where Becky has Sam held captive and tied to the bed is a reference references what Annie does to Paul Sheldon (minus the torture). == [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_(novel Misery by Stephen King ) Christine] ==''The story about a car, Christine, which is possessed by supernatural forces and kills people.''===[[1.01 Pilot]]===At one point the woman who kidnaps and tortures in white possess the Impala. ===[[1.13 Route 666]]===People are killed by a novelist [[Racist Truck]] possessed by the ghost of whom she says she's "his number one fan"[[Cyrus Dorian]].
===[[5.05 Fallen Idols]]===
'''Sam:''' ''Is this like Christine?''
===[[6.14 Mannequin 3: The Reckoning]]===
Although it is not explicitly mentioned in the episode, the scene where the Impala is possessed and attacks Dean, parallels the plot of the Stephen King novel and movie Christine, about a supernaturally possessed car which attacks people. The car in that story was a 1958 Plymouth Fury.
===[[7.04 Defending Your Life]]===
'''Sam:''' ''It could be Christine-like.''
===[[10.13 Halt & Catch Fire]]==='''Janet:''' ''You're Gen X. Right.''<br>'''Dean:''' ''Okay so, Trini and everything else in the truck went all 'Christine.''' <br>'''Janet:''' ''Who's Christine?'' <br>'''Dean:''' ''It's a Gen X thing.'' == [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hayworth_and_Shawshank_Redemption The Shawshank Redemption]==''"Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" is novella about a man's time in prison and eventual escape.''
===[[6.10 Caged Heat]]===
'''Dean:''''' Alright, alright. Shawshank’s a great flick, but let’s skip the shower scene, huh?''
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''The Shawshank Redemption '' is a 1994 American prison drama film adapted from the Stephen King novella "Rita Hayworth and . ===[[12.22 Who We Are]]==='''Sam:''' ''So wait a second. We're just gonna...'''''Dean:''' ''Straight Shawshank this bitch.'' As Dean suggests to Sam that they chip their way out of the Bunker, he references how Andy Dufresne slowly chips a hole in his prison cell in the Shawshank Redemptionprison over many years." ==[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CreepshowCreepshow]==''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creepshow ''Creepshow''] is a 1982 comedy horror anthology film written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero.''
===[[2.18 Hollywood Babylon]]===
'''Dean:''' ''Hey, you know this is where they filmed "Creepshow"?''
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==[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_Overdrive Maximum Overdrive] ==''"Maximum Overdrive" is a story in which machines become animate and try to kill people.''
===[[8.17 Goodbye Stranger]]===
'''Dean: ''' ''So, chupacabra. What do we got? Power tools gone rogue? Wait -- are we talking a-a Maximum Overdrive situation here?''
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==[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinner_(novel) Thinner] ==''"Thinner" is a Stephen King novel, written under the pseudonym Richard Bachmann, and later made into a movie, about a man who is cursed by an elderly Romani man to lose weight until he dies''.===[[9.13 ThinnerThe Purge]]==='''Dean:''''' I mean, what do we got ourselves? A "Thinner" sitch here?''
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==Other==
==Trivia==
* The film adaptation of ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085382/ Cujo]'' was produced by ''Supernatural'' executive producer / showrunner [[Robert Singer]].
* in [[11.13 Love Hurts]] a copy of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart-Shaped_Box_(novel) Heart-Shaped Box] by Joe Hill can be seen on the coffee table as Staci goes to sit and watch TV. Joe Hill is Stephen Kings son.
==Links==
* [[REDRUMRedrum]]
* [[Cujo]]
* [https://stephenking.com/ Stephen King Website]
* [https://fanlore.org/wiki/Sammy%27s_Drunken_Letters_to_Stephen_King Sammy's Drunken Letters to Stephen King] by eight-horizon. A fan creation which creates drunken letters from Sam Winchester to Stephen King.
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