In the Tall Grass

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"In the Tall Grass" is a horror novella by Stephen King and Joe Hill about siblings who become trapped in a sinister field of tall grass after hearing a child's cries for help.

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instanceOf collaborative work
horror fiction
novella
author Joe Hill NERFINISHED
Stephen King
basedOn original story idea by Stephen King and Joe Hill
containsElement mysterious rock
psychological horror
time distortion
containsSupernaturalElements yes
containsViolence yes
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
fictionalTimeFrame contemporary period
filmAdaptationDirector Vincenzo Natali NERFINISHED
filmAdaptationDistributor Netflix NERFINISHED
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2019
firstPublicationYear 2012
firstPublishedIn Esquire NERFINISHED
genre horror
supernatural fiction
hasAdaptation In the Tall Grass (film) NERFINISHED
hasMediaType digital
print
language English
laterPublishedAs ebook
print edition
mainCharacter Becky DeMuth NERFINISHED
Cal DeMuth NERFINISHED
motif disorientation in space
inescapable environment
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor collaboration between Stephen King and his son Joe Hill
plotSummary Siblings enter a field of tall grass after hearing a child cry for help and become trapped by a malevolent force.
protagonistRelationship siblings
publicationFormat magazine serialization
publisher Esquire magazine NERFINISHED
setting rural Kansas
settingElement field of tall grass
targetAudience adult readers
theme family bonds
loss of control
malevolent landscape
workChronologyForAuthor after Horns (for Joe Hill)
later than 11/22/63 (for Stephen King)

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