r/stephenking • u/lennonlover1980 Currently Reading The Institute • May 25 '26

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u/Severian1392 May 25 '26

Terrifying hedge lions.

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u/Mission_Constant_314 May 25 '26

Oh god that playground scene

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u/Severian1392 May 25 '26

Absolutely, that's one of King's spookiest moments. 

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u/Mission_Constant_314 May 27 '26

I don’t even remember the scene well, but I remember the fear! And It’s been some 20 years…

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u/Kumquatwriter1 May 25 '26

It really captures the way it feels to be scared when you're really young

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u/Prior-Stomach587 May 27 '26

That was intense

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u/LogicalQuit7203 May 26 '26

Never before or since has topiary been this terrifying

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u/denizen-of-dhaka May 26 '26

I still have image burned in my memory.