Who higher to consolation you at IndieWire’s special screening of “The Long Walk” on Thursday, September 4 than scene-stealing anxious mother Judy Greer? Join the actress and IndieWire at AMC Century City in Los Angeles subsequent week for an early viewing of Lionsgate‘s visceral new horror movie — in theaters on September 12. The live event will include a Q&A with Greer, moderated by IndieWire’s Alison Foreman.
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Directed by Francis Lawrence (“The Hunger Games”), “The Long Walk” adapts a cult-favorite novel by a pioneering younger horror author on the University of Maine in the course of the college yr of 1966 to 1967. In his first-ever manuscript, the 19-year-old English main imagined a terrifying dystopian loss of life recreation. “The Long Walk” was a deadly endurance take a look at — one undertaken by a gaggle of adlescent boys, simply concerning the creator’s age, underneath risk of loss of life from a fascist American authorities marching them at gunpoint.
“The Long Walk” wouldn’t hit cabinets till 1979, when the story was lastly offered underneath the title of the mysterious newcomer Richard Bachman. That’s a favourite pseudonym of Stephen King, whose pioneering literary work has been brilliantly tailored as a nimble function film with eager political relevance, explosive war-like terror, and spectacular emotional grace by “Strange Darling” genius JT Mollner. Cooper Hoffman stars in one of many yr’s finest and scariest horror movies because the decided Raymond Garraty, a spirited competitor and the son of Mrs. Garraty (Greer). Ray units out to win the disturbing contest and use its life-changing prize for a stunning goal.
From “Misery” to “The Shining,” King has been a legendary font of concepts for cinematic nightmares ever since “Carrie,” his first revealed e-book, debuted in 1974. Two years later, director Brian de Palma and actress Sissy Spacek made “Carrie” right into a style staple with their traditional slasher movie of the identical title.
Almost 40 years after that, Greer would play gymnasium trainer Miss Desjardin in Sony’s “Carrie” remake starring Chloë Grace Moretz in 2013. Greer is beloved amongst horror followers for her appearances in 1999’s “Jawbreaker” and David Gordon Green’s “Halloween” revival. But “Carrie” and “The Long Walk” are the one occasions the veteran performer has been solid in an adaptation of a King story.
The creator had a number of causes for beginning to use the Bachman pseudonym with 1977’s “Rage” after which 1979’s “The Long Walk.” It was a take a look at of his mettle and expertise, for one factor, and that uncooked spirit runs all through director Lawrence and screenwriter Mollner’s brutal adaptation in 2025. Greer — who’s additionally identified for beloved aughts comedies (“27 Dresses,” “13 Going on 30”) and motion blockbusters (“Ant Man,” “Jurassic World”) — shines as a quivering beacon of hope in a bleak race you’ll need to begin early.
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