![]() “Later”, King’s most recent release, follows a similar path to the one paved by its predecessors. While King has clearly mastered the art of creating terrifying villains, his ability to capture the fragility of childhood innocence is just as impressive. ![]() ![]() And in “The Institute”, an abducted team of supernatural outcasts comes to grips with a future in which the safety blanket of their parents’ guidance no longer exists. In “The Body”, a group of younglings trek through Maine looking for a dead body while discovering the challenges of growing older. In “It”, a band of misfits known as the 'Losers’ Club' fall victim to the malevolence of Pennywise, who robs the children of their sanity and, with it, their youth. Behind the murdering clowns, lost corpses, and sadistic scientists, many of Stephen King’s classics zero in on the universality of lost innocence: the transition we undergo from child to adult, when our protective bubble of blissful ignorance disappears and the harsh realities of the outside world come creeping in. ![]()
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