One of my all-time favourites by Lukas Agelastos "For a long time, I thought I would love to be able to find a string to put on a lot of the childhood experiences that I remember" (Stephen King talking about his novella that became Stand By Me in Walking the Tracks, 2000). Rob Reiner's classic adaptation of Stephen King's 1982 novella "The Body" is 30 years old this year. I was only ten when I first saw it in the cinema in 1987. It is the story about four boys on an expedition to locate the body of a missing child and to many film fans "the most iconic coming-of-age story ever put to film" (Mentel 2016). Like for many of my peers at the time, the impression it created on me was so lasting that it is still one of my favourite stories. I won't argue that it's one of the best films ever made, but it's certainly one of the most engrossing and enjoyable ones.