Overview

• Dark Sky Films promoted the release with a clip of Stephen King recalling a near-empty 1982 screening and praising the movie’s stripped-down realism.
• The documentary is now playing in New York City and Los Angeles and will expand to theaters nationwide on September 26.
• Chain Reactions builds its portrait through five interviews: Stephen King, Takashi Miike, Patton Oswalt, Karyn Kusama, and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas.
• Miike describes first seeing the film at 15 in Osaka and says it made many in Japan think Texas was a dangerous place.
• Reviews note the film focuses on cultural impact rather than behind-the-scenes revelations, and separate reports of a potential new TV revival are unconfirmed.