The King in Yellow

The King in Yellow

2025 · 17 min · Horror

How do you read a play that makes you go insane? In this modern adaptation of the 1895 short stories by Robert W. Chambers, three grad students come up with a plan to split the dangerous work into thirds to safely perform research on the notorious play, The King in Yellow. But events take a sinister turn when one of them reads more than just their share.

Directed by Sam Shapson · Written by Sam Shapson

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