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- 140 votes. Misery. One of the rare Stephen King horror movies to gain critical acclaim at the highest level, Misery is a film that is carried thanks to its impeccable script and transcendental performances from Kathy Bates and James Caan.
- 122 votes. 1408. Like most of Stephen King's work, 1408 follows a down-on-his-luck writer who finds himself in the midst of a paranormal event that will change his life for all time.
- 113 votes. Pet Sematary. Pet Sematary is widely considered to be Stephen King's most devastating, heartbreaking, and haunting works, and while Mary Lambert's adaptation is highly acclaimed, it doesn't quite live up to the lofty expectations of King's original story.
- 140 votes. The Shining. Arguably the greatest horror film of all time, Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining may not have been particularly beloved by the author himself, but in the horror community, it is widely considered peak cinema and a stunning achievement in storytelling, scares, atmosphere, and artistic craft.
Stephen King's World of Horror: Directed by Rick Marchesano, John Simmons. With Dario Argento, Charles Band, Wes Craven, David Gale. A documentary about the works of novelist Stephen King and his influence on popular culture and his impact on horror film and novels.
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- Rick Marchesano, John Simmons
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- Carrie
- Secret Window
- The Langoliers
- Dreamcatcher
- Thinner
- The Dark Tower
- It: Chapter Two
- In The Tall Grass
- Pet Sematary
Now look, no one is going to argue that Kimberly Peirce’s remake (or re-adaptation) of Carrie can hold a split-screen candle to Brian De Palma’s classic. It is a tame, gauche, and sanctimonious version of the tale of Carrie White (Chloë Grace Moretz), a sheltered teen who unleashes repressed telekinetic powers on her small town after being pushed o...
The day we stop using Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) as a source for horror and violence is the day that I will know peace. Sadly, Secret Window, an adaptation of King’s novella “Secret Window, Secret Garden,” is a textbook example of such a trope. Writer Mort Rainey (Johnny Depp) is confronted by one John Shooter (John Turturro), who accuses...
What if an episode of The Twilight Zone was three hours long? That’s basically the idea that The Langoliers takes and runs with. Or, rather, flies with. The two-part mini-series follows a group of passengers on a red eye to Boston who awake mid-flight to find that everyone else on board has disappeared. They’re then tasked with figuring out what ha...
As a child, the trailer for the 2003 adaptation Dreamcatcherhaunted my dreams. I was going through a phase of being absolutely terrified of being abducted by aliens, so that obviously didn’t help. What I didn’t realize until I finally saw this movie was that it would also involve grown men talking a lot about farting and an alien being literally po...
I don’t know if I’ve hated a Stephen King character more than Billy Halleck (Robert John Burke) in Thinner. Burke’s performance is incredible as he constructs a man that I want so badly to punch in the face. He is so full of himself and you practically applaud the body horror as the slimy lawyer gets his comeuppance. In the film, Halleck, who is de...
While there’s a lot that can be leveled against The Dark Tower, we have to give it credit for ambition. Sure, maybe combining information from multiple books into one 90-minute movie wasn’t the best strategy, but it was a bold way to take on King’s source material. Unfortunately, the narratively dense film reads as near-incomprehensible to those un...
The number one thing to be said for It: Chapter Twois that the casting department and the actors they chose all understood the assignment. As the film follows the Losers Club all grown up, the characters and performances blend rather seamlessly from child to adult. The ensemble cast shares a great deal of chemistry and, perhaps even to the film’s d...
Vincenzo Natali’s adaptation of the Stephen King and Joe Hill novella captures the concept’s initial fright exceptionally well. Brother and sister, Cal and Becky, pull to the side of the road in middle America and hear a young boy calling for help from the roadside cornfield. They rush in to lend aid but quickly find themselves swallowed by the veg...
Ranking notwithstanding, Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s 2019 adaptation of Pet Sematary is a good time! The original novel is one of my favorite King books as it’s both terrifying and heart-breaking, and the most recent adaptation captures that ethos rather well. When Louis Creed (Jason Clarke), his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz), their kids Ellie an...
Maximum Overdrive is a 1986 American horror film written and directed by Stephen King. [5] The film stars Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, and Yeardley Smith.
A documentary about the works of novelist Stephen King and his influence on popular culture and his impact on horror film and novels. Includes celebrity guests John Carpenter, Clive Barker and Frank Darabont, plus a section on outrageous horror film promotions.
Stephen King's World of Horror (1986) starring Stephen King, John Carpenter, Clive Barker and directed by John Simmons.
A documentary about the works of novelist Stephen King and his influence on popular culture and his impact on horror film and novels. Includes celebrity guests John Carpenter, Clive Barker and Frank Darabont, plus a section on outrageous horror film promotions.
