A plethora to choose from-Carrie (Spacek), The Shining, Cujo, It (either the '90 TV version or the movies), The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, etc.
For me, it's Stand By Me with River Phoenix. That was such a great movie & probably one of the first movies I ever remember seeing. Kiefer Sutherland was such a great villain in that movie too, Haha. I love The Shining & Shawshank too. The IT 1990 miniseries scarred me as a child; I've never liked clowns since.
How about you?
We're in a bit of a King revival but its been a mixed bag of good (Gerald's Game), lackluster (Pet Semetary remake) and unforgivable (The Dark Tower). Theyre doing another Stand miniseries starring Whoopie Goldberg, Alexander Skarsgard, and James Marsden. Amazon made a Dark Tower pilot based on Wizard and Glass with Jerome Flynn (Bron on GoT) as Steven Deschain and Michael Rooker as Eldred Jonas but it wasnt picked up. Apparently an adaptation of a more recent nook, Revival, is in the works with Russel Crowe and Samuel Jackson. Its a fucked up story and could be a great movie.
I like Shawshank the best. one of those movies I'll watch every time it's on. Such a great cast.
Children of the Corn (another short story) had me scared for days.
I loved the Shining too. I think I read that King actually hated the movie.
Misery is another good one.
enjoyed the Tommyknockers
Liked the outsider mini series but the end seemed rushed and they had 5 minutes tops with el cuco may try the book
The recent IT movies were good.
The Mist was 99% of its way to being a great movie, but the ending fucked it up royally.
"The Stand" miniseries is alright, but faithfully adapting a novel that long and dense into even a mini-series can't be easy. An new adaptation is dropping on CBS All Access later this year, and I'm optimistic about that.
I refused to watch it but now that its on cable I stumbled across is a few weeks ago. Its not even recognizable. Its just too big. You cant do it as a movie. I honestly dont think it can be done period, although the Amazon idea of starting with Wizard and Glass was interesting and made sense. Reviews for the pilot popped up recently and apparently it was good. Go figure.
I liked Dolores Claiborne too. I didn't see Needful Things. I'll have to find it.
Scarred the crap out of me as a kid.
11-22-63 on Hulu was mentioned and i agree it very good. The other Hulu king series called castle rock is ok, but it lost me midway through season 2.
Lots of love for the dark tower book series I see. Guess I should try it?
11-22-63 on Hulu was mentioned and i agree it very good. The other Hulu king series called castle rock is ok, but it lost me midway through season 2.
Lots of love for the dark tower book series I see. Guess I should try it?
I liked the book 11-22-63, I didn't realize it was a movie.
I'll need to find it.
The Breathing Method is supposed to be getting a film adaptation finally. The guy who directed Dr. Strange is going to be directing it.
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Not sure king hated it necessarily, but he didn’t agree with it. I actually think Kubrick’s version out does king’s novel which may sound like sacrilege, just my take. Kubricks shining is practically unrecognizable. Remember there was a Tv series remake of the shining that was much more faithful to the book. Wasn’t terrible. King had a lot of say with that remake.
11-22-63 on Hulu was mentioned and i agree it very good. The other Hulu king series called castle rock is ok, but it lost me midway through season 2.
Lots of love for the dark tower book series I see. Guess I should try it?
I liked the book 11-22-63, I didn't realize it was a movie.
I'll need to find it.
It was a mini series. I believe I found it my local library.
For a lesser known one check out the Night Flier - it’s on YouTube. Good horror flick,
My favorite is the Dark Tower series. I really hope it gets made into a huge sprawling series one day.
No, it's a different, more hopeful ending. Which I understand might not have worked for a movie, but I thought the ending they chose was awful. Not like it offended me, but like, it was the objectively wrong ending for the story they were telling.
Anyway, the best thing I liked about The Stand was Matt Frewer as Trashcan Man.
Movie was pretty good, but the book and the way it was released captured me more than any book I've ever read. King is a bit of a genius and his writing superb
I loved that mini series. As a parent it certainly messed with me, lol
Shawshank is my pick for #2, Green Mile close behind that.
Loved the adaptation of 11/22/63, a little cheesy but really well done.
Good one, underrated and forgotten gem.
Shawshank is my pick for #2, Green Mile close behind that.
Loved the adaptation of 11/22/63, a little cheesy but really well done.
Yup well said. Word for word agreed.
Shawshank
The Shining
Misery
Stand by Me
That movie was a case where Arnold's one-liners actually worked.
I forgot about Under the Dome. Really liked season 1, but they couldn't tie it together and it just fell off after that.
I also liked the Outsider, it was on HBO this year, not great, but entertaining. The first couple episodes that Jason Bateman directed were hands down the best of the show.
The most disappointing one for me was Maximum Overdrive. the short story (Trucks) isn't one of his best but the movie was a big miss for me. When the song (Who Made Who?) is the best part of it you know it's a bad movie.
Reading the full list of movies and tv shows made off his writing that's a pretty impressive resume.
The dead zone is another good one!
Great performance by Christopher Walken!
"The ICE IS GOING TO BREAK!"
Outsider is one of the few for me where I saw the show/movie before reading the book. I loved the first few episodes of Outsider, I didn't like the ending, but it got off to a good start. I still haven't read the book.
That said the production quality and acting were top notch so its definitely worth watching. Just not much of a payoff.
Not my favorite but I didn't see "Sometimes They Come Back" mentioned at all. I remember liking it when it came out.
That movie was a case where Arnold's one-liners actually worked.
I forgot about Under the Dome. Really liked season 1, but they couldn't tie it together and it just fell off after that.
I also liked the Outsider, it was on HBO this year, not great, but entertaining. The first couple episodes that Jason Bateman directed were hands down the best of the show.
The most disappointing one for me was Maximum Overdrive. the short story (Trucks) isn't one of his best but the movie was a big miss for me. When the song (Who Made Who?) is the best part of it you know it's a bad movie.
Reading the full list of movies and tv shows made off his writing that's a pretty impressive resume.
I thought the first 2 episodes of The Outsider were as good as any show I ahve ever seen. It was terrifying and weird and bizarre---filled with WTF moments but it was also relatable, so to speak. Then it just slowly got a little worse or less compelling. Not only was Bateman's directing top notch, the story was too. It was only downhill from there, but still worth the watch.
Crap, I loved that whole Derry story line. I mean I knew the title and the plot and I liked the story, but I found Maine more interesting than Texas. Or at leas the Maine story portion got me hooked enough to keep reading about Texas.
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Was a great book. I stopped watching the mini series when they omitted Derry from the story.
Crap, I loved that whole Derry story line. I mean I knew the title and the plot and I liked the story, but I found Maine more interesting than Texas. Or at leas the Maine story portion got me hooked enough to keep reading about Texas.
What's wonderful about great authors - they don't generally decline with age. King continues to write some really great books.
The Institute
The Outsider
Mr Mercedes, Finders Keepers, End of Watch