Stephen King Multiverse Headcanon Multiverse Timelines by Iceman109

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The Marsten house looks different between Castle Rock and 'Salem's Lot (2024)... but, well, I guess it's not a big deal. The X-Mansion does the same thing constantly and no one complains despite how little sense it makes.

Plus, uuuuuhhh... magic is real. Anything could happen.

 

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I'm assuming these are the same locations in Castle Rock and IT: Welcome to Derry.

 

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Btw I've started keeping track of the days in IT welcome to derry S01

E01: Matty & Lilly flashback = Dec 31st 1961/Jan 1st 1962
E01: Prologue = Jan 4th 1962
E01: Main Events = April 5th to April 7th 1962

E02: Cold opening = April 7th/April 8th or April 15th 1962
E02: Main events = April 8th to April 11th or April 15th to April 18th 1962

Maybe we should do a timeline of the solidly connected entries. Could be interesting.

 

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I didn't know this thread exist until yesterday lol. I haven't seen many Stephen King adaptation (only It, Salem's Lot 2024, Shawshank Redemption and The Long Walk recently) but this summer I started my journey with his books. So far I've read 6 books (11/22/63 has to be my favorite), currently reading The Green Mile. I came up with an idea of creating a timeline for books and I've searched on this site to see if there already is one and I saw this timeline. So far I haven't read enough of his books to create my own thread, but I will be noting as much timeline indicators that I'll find as I can. As of now I don't know if it's going to a reading order or a detailed chapter by chapter timeline because reading order could be easy to make and will probably be boring because most of King's works take place the year they were published and for the other hand the chapter detailed timeline could be too hard to make maybe because of The Dark Tower series, which I haven't even started but I'm sure it's not a simple, one dimensional story.
What are your thoughts?

I saw this on reddit, if it helps. Personally, I would probably have placed the updated version of The Stand as set in the 1990s and assume it's simply another, similar universe to the original book.

 

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It'd be cool to see the book timeline placed alongside every single adaptation as a complete Stephen King multiverse timeline, but that's definitely too much to ask for.

I mean that each adaptation would be placed when it's set in it's own universe and we treat it like different levels of the Tower, so to speak.

 

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Sharknado...

 

[stphylcccs]

Sharknado...

The audacity to bring this up, but not include it on your Slasherverse…

 

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I'm not saying include it anywhere, I just think it's funny enough to bring up.

 

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CZ's World claims that the picture of Cujo in Pet Sematary (1989) is from the 1983 movie. If so, that logically puts Cujo, Christine (?), Cat's Eye and Pet Semetery in the same continuity.

Funny enough, that would make Pet Sematary in-universe fiction written by Stephen King while also being a real event which... actually is accurate to the books. There's references to the books and movie adaptations within the main timeline where those books happen.

Maybe the 1981 short is referencing the same Cujo from the movie, but in an event where he went missing BEFORE Cujo happened. The bloody red car then has nothing to do with Cujo's collar or the missing poster.

That way, the short is a prequel to Cujo where some bad **** happened in Castle Rock while Cujo was missing four years before he got rabies.

 

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1960
????
Castle Rock: Friday the 13th (The Attic)

1962
April
IT: Welcome to Derry 1x01, "The Pilot"
IT: Welcome to Derry 1x02, "The Thing in the Dark"
IT: Welcome to Derry 1x03, "Now You See It"
IT: Welcome to Derry 1x04, "????"
IT: Welcome to Derry 1x05, "????"
IT: Welcome to Derry 1x06, "????"
IT: Welcome to Derry 1x07, "????"
IT: Welcome to Derry 1x08, "????"

1966
????
The Shawshank Redemption

1975
????
'Salem's Lot

1978
????
Christine

1979
October-December
The Shining

1981
????
Castle Rock: Friday the 13th (The Dog)

1984
????
Castle Rock: Friday the 13th (Homecoming)

1985
????
Cat's Eye
Cujo

1989
????
IT
Pet Sematary

1992
????
Pet Sematary Two

1994
????
The Stand 1x01, "The Plague"
The Stand 1x02, "The Dreams"
The Stand 1x03, "The Betrayal"
The Stand 1x04, "The Stand"

2016
????
11.22.63 1x01, "The Rabbit Hole"
11.22.63 1x02, "The Kill Floor"
11.22.63 1x03, "Other Voices, Other Rooms"
11.22.63 1x04, "The Eyes of Texas"
11.22.63 1x05, "The Truth"
11.22.63 1x06, "Happy Birthday, Lee Harvey Oswald"
11.22.63 1x07, "Soldier Boy"
11.22.63 1x08, "The Day in Question"
IT Chapter Two

2017
????
The Dark Tower

2018
????
Castle Rock: Friday the 13th (The Guard)
Welcome to Castle Rock
Castle Rock 1x01, "Severance"
Castle Rock 1x02, "Habeas Corpus"
Castle Rock 1x03, "Local Color"
Castle Rock 1x04, "The Box"
Castle Rock 1x05, "Harvest"
Castle Rock 1x06, "Filter"
Castle Rock 1x07, "The Queen"
Castle Rock 1x08, "Past Perfect"
Castle Rock 1x09, "Henry Deaver"
Castle Rock 1x10, "Romans"

2019
September
Doctor Sleep

????
Castle Rock 2x01, "Let the River Run"
Castle Rock 2x02, "New Jerusalem"
Castle Rock 2x03, "Ties That Bind"
Castle Rock 2x04, "Restore Hope"
Castle Rock 2x05, "The Laughing Place"
Castle Rock 2x06, "The Mother"
Castle Rock 2x07, "The Word"
Castle Rock 2x08, "Dirty"
Castle Rock 2x09, "Caveat Emptor"
Castle Rock 2x10, "Clean"

Do you guys think it's worth trying to make a detailed timeline? I'd link to this thread for it.

 

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Btw I've started keeping track of the days in IT welcome to derry S01

E01: Matty & Lilly flashback = Dec 31st 1961/Jan 1st 1962
E01: Prologue = Jan 4th 1962
E01: Main Events = April 5th to April 7th 1962

E02: Cold opening = April 7th/April 8th or April 15th 1962
E02: Main events = April 8th to April 11th or April 15th to April 18th 1962

What was the reasoning for these dates?

 

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I take that back, I see the reasoning for April 5th.

 

[Rojinn]

Sharknado...

I actually didn't know that it was the actual 1985 Plymouth Fury, so the actual Christine. That's kinda cool

 

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They even got the correct license plate.

 

[Rojinn]

Do you guys think it's worth trying to make a detailed timeline? I'd link to this thread for it.

Oh absolutely, I would love that!

 

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Hopefully it's not too complicated if I do. Castle Rock confused a few people with some gravestones.

 

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I wonder if the new Carrie adaptation could fit in.

 

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The Black Phone (2021) (Set in ??) (Stephen King's Son's Adaptation)
The Black Phone 2 (2025) (Set in ??) (Stephen King's Son's Adaptation)

I don't know if you're aware, but those films are part of the V/H/S universe.

 

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CZ's World claims that the picture of Cujo in Pet Sematary (1989) is from the 1983 movie. If so, that logically puts Cujo, Christine (?), Cat's Eye and Pet Semetery in the same continuity.

Funny enough, that would make Pet Sematary in-universe fiction written by Stephen King while also being a real event which... actually is accurate to the books. There's references to the books and movie adaptations within the main timeline where those books happen.

Maybe the 1981 short is referencing the same Cujo from the movie, but in an event where he went missing BEFORE Cujo happened. The bloody red car then has nothing to do with Cujo's collar or the missing poster.

That way, the short is a prequel to Cujo where some bad **** happened in Castle Rock while Cujo was missing four years before he got rabies.

I think I'd just trust this and add them. I know it creates small continuity issues with Cujo, but at the same time, Castle Rock has small problems with 'Salem's Lot and IT with regards to the Marsten house despite them connecting to The Shining. I think it's fine, I mean, it's clearly the same Christine from the movie and Cujo was directed by the same guy.

Yeah, there's a newer Pet Sematary... but the older one fits the best.

 

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Thread 'Stephen King Movie Universe - Timeline'

Nov 3, 2025

This is the timeline for the loosely connected shared universe of Stephen King movies and shows.

Alternate List

Connections
Cat's Eye
Cujo and Christine have cameos.


Pet Sematary
In Pet Sematary (1989), there is a poster containing a warning for rabies alongside a picture of Cujo.


11.22.63
Christine has a cameo. The exact car from the 1983 movie was used.


Randall Flagg from the 1994 adaptation of...

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As I said, I'd do it. Might regret it, might love it and commit, haven't fully decided.

I just wish the connections between everything was more solid. Christine is canon to both Castle Rock and Cat's Eye, but we have to ignore small things in Castle Rock to make Cat's Eye/Cujo fit.

 

[mrvl]

I saw this on reddit, if it helps. Personally, I would probably have placed the updated version of The Stand as set in the 1990s and assume it's simply another, similar universe to the original book

Holy **** thank you very much it really helps

 

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Holy **** thank you very much it really helps

It'd be cool to see which books are alternate universes and which are main canon (well, they're all canon).

 

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1991: The Dark Half
1991: Needful Things

I think these should probably be in 1990. The flashbacks in Castle Rock are set in January 1991, so just making uneducated assumptions.

 

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Misery's Child appears in The Dark Tower before it was written... but, well, The Dark Tower is a multiverse story and time travel is real.

 

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I think this counts as a short, right?

 

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The Mangler 2 has nothing to do with The Mangler, so The Mangler Reborn can fit in the same continuity as it. It's not an alternate sequel, it's the only legitimate sequel to the first.

 

[selfishmisery]

How many Stephen King universes are there? Canonically.

 

[selfishmisery]

How many Stephen King universes are there? Canonically.

Nevermind. No one is gonna answer me. Just bugging me about the Arrowverse timeline instead lmao.

 

[stphylcccs]

I think, in terms of what we KNOW is connected (so you can add further additions):

Carrie
Carrie
The Rage: Carrie 2

Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot 1x01-1x02
A Return to Salem's Lot

The Shining
The Shining
Christine
The Shawshank Redemption
The Stand 1x01-1x04
11.22.63 1x01-1x08
The Dark Tower
IT
Castle Rock 1x01-1x10
Doctor Sleep
IT: Chapter Two
Castle Rock 2x01-2x10
'Salem's Lot
IT: Welcome to Derry 1x01-1x08

Creepshow
Creepshow
Creepshow 2
Creepshow 3
Creepshow 1x01-1x06
Creepshow Specials 1x01-1x02
Creepshow 2x01-2x05
Creepshow 3x01-3x06
Creepshow 4x01-4x06

Cujo
Cujo
Cat's Eye
Pet Sematary (1989) (?)
Pet Sematary Two (?)

Children of the Corn
Children of the Corn (1984)
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
Children of the Corn: Revelation
Children of the Corn: Genesis
Children of the Corn: Runaway
Children of the Corn (2020) (?)

Sometimes They Come Back
Sometimes They Come Back
Sometimes They Come Back… Again
Sometimes They Come Back… For More

The Mangler
The Mangler
The Mangler 2
The Mangler Reborn

Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary (2019)
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

@selfishmisery I believe these are all the ones we know for sure (some of them could be connected to each other though, so take it with a pinch of salt)

 

[selfishmisery]

@selfishmisery I believe these are all the ones we know for sure (some of them could be connected to each other though, so take it with a pinch of salt)

Thanks