Foreign Films
This horror movie is an American remake of the Japanese film “Ringu.”
The Ring
This power-hungry and egotistical genius with no actual superpowers is generally considered Superman’s archnemesis.
Lex Luther
Reaching a maximum length of 98 feet and weighing up to 400,000 pounds, this animal is considered the largest species alive.
Blue Whale
The assassination of this specific member of the Austrian royal family is widely regarded as the spark that ignited the first World War.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
In addition to the Shawshank Redemption, King wrote this other book that takes place in a prison and was also adapted into an award-winning film.
The Green Mile
This British comedy satirizing King Arthur and his knights was released in 1975.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
This villain primarily serves as the archenemy of Reed Richards and the Fantastic Four. Apparently his name was already evil enough since he didn’t bother changing it once he began his life of crime.
Dr. Victor Von Doom
This soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusk is one of the most intelligent animals in the world. It is grouped within the class Cephalopoda, and like other cephalopods, it is bilaterally symmetric with two eyes and a beaked mouth.
Octopus
This specific emperor and conqueror suffered his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Stephen King was born in this U.S. State, and a staggering amount of his stories also take place here.
Maine
This Korean film about class inequity leading to desperate situations won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2020, along with many other awards.
Parasite
First appearing in a Spiderman comic, this villain is a Russian thug who underwent an experimental procedure that gave him an artificial skin covering and superhuman strength. Actor Paul Giamatti had a brief cameo as this character in the 2014 film “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.”
The Rhino
Groups of whales, dolphins, and seals are called this.
Pods
In 793 AD, a group of Vikings violently raided this specific type of building, located on an island off the northeast coast of England. The raid was the first of many more similar incidents and is widely considered the “beginning of the Viking Age in Europe.”
A Monastery
The monster’s “dancing clown” persona in Stephen King’s “It” goes by this name.
Pennywise
This Spanish-and-Mexican-produced film written and directed by Guillermo del Toro is about a young girl who is pulled into a fantastical adventure during the Spanish Civil War.
Pan’s Labyrinth
This gigantic cosmic entity consumes entire planets to sustain his life force.
Galactus
Its name meaning "big tooth," this massive extinct shark species is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful predators to have ever lived.
Megalodon
After it was realized that the Roman Empire was simply too large to be governed by one central authority, the Empire was split into Eastern and Western halves. The Western half collapsed after the fall of Rome in the 5th century, but the Eastern half persisted for hundreds of years and called itself this.
The Byzantine Empire
This eight-book series by King follows the epic saga of a “gunslinger" named Roland.
The Dark Tower
This acclaimed Swedish vampire film is based on a novel with the same name. The story follows a bullied 12-year-old boy who develops a friendship with a mysterious childlike entity.
Let the Right One In
Sworn enemies of the Green Lantern Corps, this evil group was founded by a former Green Lantern and uses a different color of energy, representing fear, to do its sinister bidding.
The Yellow Lantern Corps (or the Sinestro Corps)
In the book, “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas,” much of the story takes place on Captain Nemo's underwater ship, which is named after this animal.
Nautilus
This specific region in modern-day Italy is named after the Etruscans, an ancient and powerful civilization that once ruled the same area.
Tuscany
Primarily featured in the book “Doctor Sleep,” this is the name of a group of quasi-immortal nomads who possess psychic abilities and periodically feed on other people who possess the same power.
The True Knot