American horror based on the novel by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero. Novelist Thad Beaumont Timothy Hutton makes a healthy living writing pulp thrillers under the pseudonym George Stark. Frustrated that his more literary endeavours continue to go unnoticed he stages a mock funeral for his pseudonym. However, when his friends and colleagues are murdered and Thad's fingerprints are connected to the crime scenes the novelist realises that his literary creations may have something to do with the horrific murders.