The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill

I agree but I also think its darkly humorous and in some cases outright funny. King's hick is so erratic he sometimes seems just plain goofy.

yeah it very dark, but if you ever get the chance mercury check out the story "weeds" from which this is based, It's give a lil more insight as to what that plant-like substance is and I guarantee you won't look at the jordy verrill story the same way again.

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I also agree,it was well written and King was perfect.I thought the part where Jordy see's that the weeds are growin on his netherregions(Oh No Not There),that part always got me,I guess being a man I could relate.The ending was quite dismal but required(when he's there with the gun and say's something like"Please God let me get it right this time")Very dark and effective!Easily my favorite of all the viginettes.(Hope I spelled that right)It maintained a very dark mood all the way through it.And the title of it was perfect,It was definately a lonesome death!!!! The Peekster

"I'm still here you bastards"Steve McQueen-Papillion

I've always enjoyed that segment, and I do think King's performance is pitch-perfect (though not as a 'dumb hick,' rather as Romero told him 'think Wile E. Coyote'). He, and Romero, and Savini, all dislike his performance and think it's too much (according to the latter pair's commentary); I think most fans disagree, as it ends up funny as hell.
Though I don't find the ending depressing, it is pretty bleak. But then, Jordy's life was already pretty bleak ($200 to pay of his bank loan is his highest aspiration? yike). Turning into a plant shouldn't happen to a dog, but poor ole Jordy's probably better off out of this world after all.

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'Destiny is a fickle bitch.'
-Benjamin Linus

Yes, this is the one story I always overlooked as a kid, because it wasn't as in-your-face as zombie Grantham or zillions of cockroaches... but now I feel it's the best story, so well acted, and haunting and disturbing. The way his voice sounds at the very end... ugh!!

Yeah, Stephen King was pretty good with the role. It was probably made for him to begin with. I think the idea was that he shouldn't have touched the meteor and should've gone to the authorities about it because it would've helped him out in the long run.

What I found to be depressing/creepy are the television programs of that televangelist ("prerecorded" lol) and the movie with the old woman droning on about dreamers and doers, the movie soundtrack playing while Jordy goes outside to see the weeds taking over - just seemed like a downer.

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