Joseph Hillstrom King, better known by the pen name Joe Hill, is an American author and comic book writer. He has published three novels—Heart-Shaped Box, Horns and NOS4A2—and a collection of short stories titled 20th Century Ghosts. He is also the author of the comic book series Locke & Key. Hill's parents are authors Stephen and Tabitha King.
After their dad's murder, three siblings move with their mom to his ancestral estate, where they discover magical keys that unlock powers — and secrets.
Release Date2020-02-07
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Charactersd Paramedic #1
Episode Count10
Vote Count1388
Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
Release Date1982-11-10
Charactersd Billy (segments "Prologue" / "Epilogue")
Vote Count1110
An in-depth look at the history and pop cultural significance of horror films.
Release Date2018-10-14
Charactersd Self
Episode Count7
Vote Count45
A deep dive into everything we love about horror — from fresh looks at classics to unearthing scores of hidden gems, this series has something for every fright film enthusiast.
Release Date2024-08-27
Charactersd Self - Author, The Fireman
Episode Count8
Vote Count9
Four years after escaping The Grabber, Finney Blake is struggling with his life after captivity. When his sister Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp, the siblings become determined to solve the mystery and confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.
Release Date2025-10-15
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count716
Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.
Release Date2022-06-16
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count5553
A young Victoria "Vic" McQueen discovers she has the power to unlock portals that help her find lost objects. As she delves further into this hidden universe, she encounters many other "inscape travelers" - some benevolent, and some who have been corrupted by their power. When Vic encounters Charlie Manx, an immortal who stays that way by feeding off of the souls of children, she makes a sworn enemy of Manx.
Release Date2019-06-02
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Episode Count10
Vote Count405
A young boy's horror comic book comes to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales.
Release Date2019-09-26
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Episode Count1
Vote Count316
After hearing a child screaming for help from the green depths of a vast field of tall grass, Becky, a pregnant woman, and Cal, her brother, park their car near a mysterious abandoned church and enter the field, discovering that they are not alone and, for some reason, they are unable to escape a completely inextricable vegetable labyrinth.
Release Date2019-09-20
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count2325
Max and Rudy Van Helsing have spent their lives under the strict and overprotective rule of their father, Abraham. Unaware of his dark past, they struggle to understand his paranoia and increasingly erratic behavior. But when they begin to uncover the violent truths behind their father’s history with Dracula, their world unravels, forcing them to confront the terrifying legacy they were never meant to inherit.
Release Date2025-07-11
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Story
Vote Count29
Three children become the caretakers of a New England mansion that is home to a bevy of secrets and magic.
Release Date2011-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobGraphic Novel
Vote Count37
Follow the investigation into the crash of Pan Am 103 from both sides of the Atlantic and discover the devastating effect it had on the small town and the families who lost loved ones.
Release Date2025-05-18
DepartmentProduction
JobCo-Executive Producer
Episode Count6
Vote Count9
In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
Release Date2013-09-06
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count2379
June discovers that every bad guy she decapitates leaves a talking head behind. With every kill, June adds a new voice to her twisted Greek chorus — and another eight pounds of literal baggage.
DepartmentWriting
JobComic Book
A teenager looks after an elderly lady who is losing her memories not to dementia, but to a memory thief called The Phoenician.
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
A tale of the relationship between lonely schoolboy, Toby, and Arthur, or Art, an inflatable boy.
Release Date2008-10-20
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count4
Two animated tales of terror: “Survivor Type,” a man determined to stay alive alone on a deserted island no matter what the cost. “Twittering from the Circus of the Dead,” a teen's family road trip includes a visit to the gravest show on earth.
Release Date2020-10-29
DepartmentWriting
JobShort Story
Vote Count32
Third installment in the Black Phone series.
DepartmentWriting
JobCharacters
Abraham’s Boys is a short story by Hill, which has already been adapted into a short film in 2009 by Dorothy Street. A sequel of sorts to Dracula, the story follows Abraham Van Helsing’s children, as they attempt to uncover his past while he becomes more unhinged and violent. The adaptation will follow the perspective of a female Asian character, who witnesses the boys' trauma firsthand.
Release Date2009-10-31
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Two hunters pay a strange mischievous man to travel into a world where you can hunt the creatures of fairy tales.
DepartmentWriting
JobShort Story
Plot is being kept under wraps. Based on an unpublished short story by Joe Hill.
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Follows a father and son led biker gang who get terrorized by a big rig truck on an isolated stretch of the American desert.
DepartmentWriting
JobBook
