Overview

• Dark Sky Films opened Chain Reactions in New York City and Los Angeles on Sept. 19, with a nationwide expansion set for Sept. 26.
• To promote the release, the distributor shared a clip in which Stephen King recalls a near-empty 1982 Colorado screening that “got its cold little fingers under [his] skin.”
• King points to the washed-out 1970s look and the absence of artifice as reasons the original feels unnervingly real.
• The film features interviews with Stephen King, Takashi Miike, Patton Oswalt, Karyn Kusama, and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas reflecting on the 1974 landmark’s impact.
• Miike says the movie led many in Japan to view Texas as “a dangerous place,” while separate reports describe unconfirmed interest in new TV development from A24, J.T. Mollner, and Glen Powell.