Stephen King Adaptations.

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CHRISTINE Celebrates Turning 35 and Debuts on 4K Ultra HD September 11

http://horrornews.net/133288/christine-celebrates-turning-35-debuts-4k-ultra-hd-september-11/

 

[jed]

Really wants to see an updated remake of "Christine" and "Misery".

 

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Maximum Overdrive Coming To Blu-Ray
Posted: August 17, 2018, 15:22:27
Maximum Overdrive is being released on Blu-ray on October 23 by Vestron. Rumor is that it will have some nice extra material (not confirmed).




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Try Shudder & Watch King Movies
Posted: December 17, 2018, 15:42:16
Shudder has added 7 King films to their US library:

Misery
Pet Sematary
Silver Bullet
Cujo
Creepshow
Salem’s Lot
The Dead Zone

And to their Canadian library:

Salem’s Lot
Creepshow
Misery
The Shining
IT
Cat’s Eye

They are also offering a 30-day free trial if you use the promo code KINGFANS. The code works in all areas where Shudder is available (US, Canada, UK, Ireland and Germany). The King titles are only available in the US and Canada areas though.

You can activate your triel here



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[Schlosser85]

The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile are head-and-shoulders above any other Stephen King adaptation, IMO. Great movies.

The Shining and Misery are good, even if King hated the former.

IT was decent.

Most of the rest are pretty iffy.

 

[Sundancer]

I think The Mist is the greatest King adaptation ever, and it's one of my favorite films ever too. That damn ending.

It's underrated.


I always found Children of the Corn creepy. I'm up for a remake.

 

[Finarfiniel]

The suckiest King adaptation I've ever seen is definitely The Dark Tower, that movie is a massive insult to its source material and is also a perfect example (among many) of why Sony are just the absolute worst.

Best King adaptations are The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Mist, Misery and IT (2017). I also think Gerald's Game (the Netflix film starring Carla Gugino) is pretty good, and the new adaptation of Pet Sematary looks fairly promising from the first trailer.

 

[GoldGoblin]

I want to see a new Salem's Lot,The Stand,and Dark Tower made like a Lord of the Rings and how the Harry Potter movies were made.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Salem’s Lot is in desperate need of a new film. I know people are fond of the 70s TV movie but it does not hold up especially compared to the book.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Stephen King’s Favorite 22 Horror Films

The Autopsy of Jane Doe – André Øvredal, 2016
The Blair Witch Project – Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, 1999
The Changeling – Peter Medak, 1980
Crimson Peak – Guillermo del Toro, 2015
Dawn of the Dead – Zack Snyder, 2004
Deep Blue Sea – Renny Harlin, 1999
The Descent – Neil Marshall, 2005
Duel – Steven Spielberg, 1971
Les Diaboliques – Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1955
Final Destination – James Wong, 2000
Event Horizon – Paul W.S. Anderson, 1997
The Hitcher – Robert Harmon, 1986 and Dave Meyers, 2007
The Last House on the Left – Dennis Iliadis, 2009
The Mist – Frank Darabont, 2007
Night of the Demon – Jacques Tourneur, 1957
The Ruins – Carter Smith, 2008
Sorcerer – William Friedkin, 1977
Stepfather – Joseph Ruben, 1986
Stir of Echoes – David Koepp 1999
The Strangers – Bryan Bertino, 2008
Village of the Damned – Wolf Rilla, 1960
The Witch – Robert Eggers, 2015

Stephen King’s 22 favourite movies of all time: There’s a lot of HORROR

 

[DarkKnight88]

Welcome to the New Golden Age of the Stephen King Adaptation

 

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Stephen King at the Movies, just in time for Halloween - HNN | Horrornews.net

 

[Schlosser85]

Best are hands down The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile.

The Shining, Misery, and IT are all good (though King would disagree with the first).

 

[Marvolo]

1922 is good too.

 

[Doctor Jones]

The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile are head-and-shoulders above any other Stephen King adaptation, IMO. Great movies.

The Shining and Misery are good, even if King hated the former.

IT was decent.

Most of the rest are pretty iffy.

What about Stand By Me? It's one of the absolute best.

I think my top five are:

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Stand By Me
3. The Shining
4. The Green Mile
5. The Mist

Darabont should just make every King movie. I desperately want to see Joyland get made. I love that book.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Stephen King's ‘The Boogeyman’ Still on at Disney, Writers Discuss Their Take [Exclusive]

 

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How About Owning Christine?
Posted: January 14, 2020, 12:14:53
I so want this car that was used in the filming of Christine but $400,000 to $500,000 is way more that I have… But admit it would be cool to ride around town in this beauty!

You can follow the auction here

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[Closerframe]

Classics: The Shining, The Shawshank Redemption, The Mist, Stand by Me, The Green Mile, Misery, Carrie (1976)

Good: It (2017), Stephen King's It (1990), Christine, Gerald's Game

Mediocre: 1408, Dreamcatcher, Pet Sementary (1989), Creepshow, Secret Window , Children of the Corn, 1922

Bad: It Chapter Two, Cujo, The Lawnmower Man, Cell, The Dark Tower, The Langoliers, The Shining

TV show wise, I mildly enjoyed both seasons of Castle Rock, 11.22.63 was plagued by Franco's bad acting, and I'm really digging The Outsider thus far. I still haven't gotten around to see Mr. Mercedes but I've heard good things about it.

 

[Yowza]

I haven't seen anyone on this thread mention "Graveyard Shift" 1st published in 1970's Cavalier Magazine then later in Stephen King's 1st collection of short stories released in 1978 called Night Shift. The film was released in 1990.

I saw it on TV back when I was a kid. I'd probably think it wasn't that good now but it had an interesting premise just a bit over the top with people recruited by a cruel foreman of a textile mill in Maine to start a massive cleaning effort in the basement that essentially leads into a massive cave system of rats and a giant ratty looking Bat monster essentially sums it up.

 

[Deck Rickard]

For whatever reason, it seems the like the majority of good King adaptations are the non-horror ones. Shawshank, Green Mile and Stand By Me are CLASSIC films. The only horror adaptation I'd put at that level is The Shining, even if King himself hates it. Though I'll admit I still haven't seen The Mist (tried to watch the TV show though and WOW was that awful).

In the "good" category, I'd put Carrie (original), 1408, the film version of It (though I haven't seen part 2 yet), Cujo, and Misery. The first season of Castle Rock was good until the last couple episodes, where it just fell to pieces (a common problem with King's works... so much so that he even referenced how dissatisfied readers tend to be with his endings at the end of The Dark Tower).

I feel like the worst adaptations are probably The Dark Tower film and Under the Dome. Just so, so awful. The Langoliers, The Tommyknockers (not to be confused with the adult classic Tammy's Knockers) and the TV version of The Shining were also god-awful. And aside from Tim Curry, the TV adaptation of It was also pretty bad; the claymation spider at the end RUINED it for me. The Stand also sucked, other than Gary Sinese's performance.

 

[Drizzle]

My updated top ten King adaptations:

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. The Green Mile
3. Stand By Me
4. The Shining*
5. IT (2017)
6. Misery
7. IT: Chapter Two
8. Creepshow
9. Carrie (1976)
10. IT (1990) - I'll always have a soft spot for this one

*As an adaptation, The Shining doesn't cut it given how much is changed from the book but that doesn't mean it isn't excellent in its own right.

 

[MovieSlave]

I haven't seen anyone on this thread mention "Graveyard Shift" 1st published in 1970's Cavalier Magazine then later in Stephen King's 1st collection of short stories released in 1978 called Night Shift. The film was released in 1990.

I saw it on TV back when I was a kid. I'd probably think it wasn't that good now but it had an interesting premise just a bit over the top with people recruited by a cruel foreman of a textile mill in Maine to start a massive cleaning effort in the basement that essentially leads into a massive cave system of rats and a giant ratty looking Bat monster essentially sums it up.

My buddies and I when we were much younger used to watch that movie all the time. It was a fun one and I always loved that giant bat monster.

For whatever reason, it seems the like the majority of good King adaptations are the non-horror ones. Shawshank, Green Mile and Stand By Me are CLASSIC films. The only horror adaptation I'd put at that level is The Shining, even if King himself hates it. Though I'll admit I still haven't seen The Mist (tried to watch the TV show though and WOW was that awful).

Watch the movie of The Mist. Frank Darabont also made that one, along with Shawshank and Green Mile. I saw bits of the show here and there and I didn't care for it.

The Mist was the very first King story I read when I was in grade school and it got me hooked. As one of my favorite King stories to this day, I feel the movie does it justice. The ending is a bit different but I prefer it over the book's. Even Stephen King was quoted as saying he wished he came up with that ending when he wrote the story.

 

[Fincher]

Leaving out TV series/miniseries:

1. It
2. The Green Mile
3. The Shawshank Redemption
4. Stand by Me
5. Misery
6. The Dead Zone
7. Dolores Claiborne
8. Carrie
9. The Mist
10. The Dark Half

I haven't seen It: Chapter Two or The Dark Tower yet, along with a number of others.

On the TV side, I liked Under the Dome, 11.22.63 is all right, and The Outsider is off to a good start. The Golden Years was pretty good, too. I enjoyed It/The Stand/The Tommyknockers when I was a kid, at least, but The Shining wasn't very good (I don't like the feature film, either) and The Langoliers was embarrassing. I want to watch Castle Rock.

 

[Deck Rickard]

My buddies and I when we were much younger used to watch that movie all the time. It was a fun one and I always loved that giant bat monster.



Watch the movie of The Mist. Frank Darabont also made that one, along with Shawshank and Green Mile. I saw bits of the show here and there and I didn't care for it.

The Mist was the very first King story I read when I was in grade school and it got me hooked. As one of my favorite King stories to this day, I feel the movie does it justice. The ending is a bit different but I prefer it over the book's. Even Stephen King was quoted as saying he wished he came up with that ending when he wrote the story.

Yeah, I've heard really good things about The Mist but the end got spoiled for me (never read the book) so I guess that's why I never got around to it. But I need to give it a shot.

 

[DarkKnight88]

There are certain directors that just GET Stephen King on a cinematic level; Rob Reiner, Frank Darabont and Mike Flanagan. They’ve all made more than one great Stephen King adaptation.