Perhaps the grisliest story in Kings repertoire, even the Master of Horror himself has said Survivor Type goes too far, and with good reason. Written in first person diary entries, Survivor Type shares the tragic tale of Richard Pine, a disgraced surgeon turned drug smuggler who finds himself stranded on a small desert island after his boat sinks in the Pacific Ocean. Low on resources, save for bags of heroin that have washed ashore, Pine regals his diary with stories of his past before slowly succumbing to insanity and starvation. Eventually, Pine realizes his best chance of survival requires him to eat the only available food source on the island: his own flesh.
If given to the right filmmaker, Survivor Type could be the body horror film to end all body horror films, with a morbid voyeuristic quality that could craft Cast Away for the genre crowd. That said, the chances of Survivor Type of becoming a feature film are slim; not only would the film mostly be a one-man show, a daunting task for any actor, but the graphic depiction of Pines self-cannibalism would be pushing it with the ratings board, even considering their more relaxed standards as of late. By the end of the film, the mad, mostly-eaten Richard Pine would be a sight to behold, but unless a producer and filmmaker decide a feature length depiction of gag-reflex endurance test is best for business, a feature adaptation of Survivor Type will remain a sight unseen.
Survivor Type
If given to the right filmmaker, Survivor Type could be the body horror film to end all body horror films, with a morbid voyeuristic quality that could craft Cast Away for the genre crowd. That said, the chances of Survivor Type of becoming a feature film are slim; not only would the film mostly be a one-man show, a daunting task for any actor, but the graphic depiction of Pines self-cannibalism would be pushing it with the ratings board, even considering their more relaxed standards as of late. By the end of the film, the mad, mostly-eaten Richard Pine would be a sight to behold, but unless a producer and filmmaker decide a feature length depiction of gag-reflex endurance test is best for business, a feature adaptation of Survivor Type will remain a sight unseen.