The Contributions Of Stephen King As The King Of Horror

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Stephen King has not always been the successful millionaire he is seen as today. Stephen king always had a calling for horror that he is so well known for being known as the King of Horror. Young Stephen read horror stories all the time and read a collection of stories called ‘ The Lurker In the Shadows’ and realized his life dream. Stephen King when on to publish some of the most successful horror novels ever having sold more than 350 million copies he is the most successful horror author ever. Most of Stephen King's most successful novels have went on to make very popular movies such as Carrie, Pet sematary, The Shining. Stephen king also has wrote very popular books such as Stand By Me and Green Mile that are not horror showing that he …show more content…

He is also currently working on a story called the Outsiders which is projected to release June 5, 2018 which is a story that seems to follow the usual horror theme present in Kings books. Stephen Kings books and movies have gave America the thrill of putting you on the edge of your seat for years, and even after he is gone he will be remembered as the King of Horror for the contributions he has made to the industry. Stephen King knew what he wanted to do from a young age and was always interested in horror, from that young age he worked hard to become the writer he is known as today. Stephen King started out just like everyone else no headstart on anything and almost gave up on his dream once after college but he pursed his dream and turned his life into a great success story with a net worth of approximately 400 million dollars. Who would have knew that the young boy growing up in a small town of Maine would grow up to be one of the most famous writers of all time and contribute so much to the horror industry. Horror might not be what it is today without Stephen

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