Drinking Game / Stephen King

A Drinking Game you can play while you're watching a Stephen King movie, popularized by Doug Walker.

NOTE: This drinking game has been known to kill people. TV Tropes is not responsible for any injuries or death caused by playing this drinking game. Please drink responsibly.

• An unexplained evil force without justification for its existence.
  • Bonus points for this evil force being extradimensional.
• A disabled child with magic powers.
  • Bonus points for those powers to be psychic.
• A major character who has some other form of disability, or some other long-term medical condition which comes up repeatedly, such as asthma or diabetes.
• The setting of the story taking place in Maine at some point.
  • Bonus points if it takes place specifically in Derry or Castle Rock.
• The setting of the story taking place in a rural small town at some point.
  • Bonus points if the seemingly normal small town hides horrible secrets.
  • Bonus points if a main character is The One Who Made It Out coming back to his/her hometown.
• An antagonist without any redeeming qualities.
• Details that teeter on the perverted.
  • Bonus points if children are involved.
• A racist remark.
• An atheist.
• Evil religious people espousing morality, especially when it comes to sex.
  • Said evil religious people die.
• Abusive Parents.
  • Bonus points if said parent is using their religious convictions to justify the abuse (see above).
• Flashbacks. You can skip this if you're watching It.
• Depraved Homosexuals. Bonus if they die.
• Animals being hurt or killed.
• A major character is either addicted to or recovering from an addiction to alcohol or drugs.
• A major character is a writer/poet/storyteller.
  • Take an extra shot if it's the main character.
  • Finish your drink if there are two main characters and both are writers.
• A obnoxious nerdy character, usually wearing glasses, is an antagonist, villain, or other obstacle to endanger the main characters.
  • Take another shot if said character is fat, and their weight is used as extra reason to hate them.
• A reference to a previous King work.
  • Bonus points for a reference to multiple works.
  • Extra bonus if the work tries to refer to as many of King's books as possible.
• An Internal Monologue which devolves into stream-of-consciousness.
• A particular word or phrase is repeated endlessly by the main character or characters.
  • Take another shot if the word or phrase is utterly meaningless outside of its context within the story.
• A sociologist appears to tell us about the consequences of the disaster at hand.
  • The sociologist dies.
• Gratuitous violence.
  • Bonus points for Body Horror.
    • Extra points for Eye Scream.
• A cameo by King himself.
• Obscenely brutal bullies, either currently affecting a character or in a character's backstory.
  • Bonus points if being a bully is a part of the backstory of the villain (or one of them).
• There is a cool older character that helps the main character in some way.
  • Bonus if they have psychic powers.
    • Extra bonus if they either die before or during the climax of the story, or are stated nonchalantly to have died after the main story has concluded itself.
• There's an overweight female character who is one of the villains or at least a nuisance to the main characters.
  • Take a few more shots if she is also The Fundamentalist who uses her warped religious views to justify her actions.
  • Take a sip if she's not a villain, but is otherwise described as pathetic and pitiful.