Sulphur on 6/2/2009 at 21:59
Yes. Good God, apart from The Shining, I don't think there's a Stephen King movie I can stand - as far as his horror stuff goes.
june gloom on 6/2/2009 at 23:11
Theater version or ABC remake?
Queue on 7/2/2009 at 00:00
Quote Posted by Sulphur
Yes. Good God, apart from The Shining, I don't think there's a Stephen King movie I can stand - as far as his horror stuff goes.
That's because
The Shining wasn't a King movie--t'was a Kubrick film. King hated what Stan-the-Man did to his beloved book.
... like making it better.
Jason Moyer on 7/2/2009 at 12:34
When I think of King, I immediately think of The Shining, Cujo, Christine, and Creepshow, all of which were awesome. I have no idea if the Mist was any good (I suspect it's better than the story but not as good as the interactive fiction, which was awesome) and Lawnmower Man was a horrible film despite being completely unrelated to the terrible story it was named after. Otherwise, I'm not sure I could even name a King film, tbh.
Edit: Oh yeah, the film version of Carrie rocked too.
EvaUnit02 on 7/2/2009 at 12:52
Cronenberg's adaptation of The Dead Zone was great. (Probably because he rejected King's script.)
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
Edit: Oh yeah, the film version of Carrie rocked too.
That was probably thanks to De Palma's meticulous planning. Majorly under-rated director, Burn Out and Dressed to Kill are masterpieces, IMO.
Dia on 7/2/2009 at 14:17
Quote Posted by Queue
That's because
The Shining wasn't a King movie--t'was a Kubrick film. King hated what Stan-the-Man did to his beloved book.
... like making it better.
King's own
The Shining TV miniseries was more faithful to his novel and in that respect I liked it more than the Kubrick movie. But when it comes to classic scare-the-living-shit-outta-me, the movie wins hands down.
I've never read Meyer's stuff; don't really care to.
Quote Posted by dethtoll
King's very best work is everything up to just before they threw out all his drugs in the 80s.
Seconded.
Scots Taffer on 7/2/2009 at 14:37
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Otherwise, I'm not sure I could even name a King film, tbh.
Misery
The Green Mile
Stand By MeAll of the above are better than the movies you listed, shit, the more obscure ones like
Dolores Claiborne and
Apt Pupil are better.
Though I will admit
The Shining is a movie that's grown on me more with each viewing, there's something that's becoming ridiculously compelling about Kubrick's stereotypical tediously-slow-camera when it comes to horror.
Jason Moyer on 7/2/2009 at 15:28
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
The Shawshank Redemption
Misery
The Green Mile
Stand By MeOh snap. Honestly, I didn't even realize that Stand By Me was a King story, that's probably my favorite movie of his then.
Sulphur on 7/2/2009 at 16:53
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Theater version or ABC remake?
The movie. I never got around to seeing King's reworked version on TV.
Quote Posted by Queue
That's because
The Shining wasn't a King movie--t'was a Kubrick film. King hated what Stan-the-Man did to his beloved book.
... like making it better.
Oh, I wholeheartedly agree. Kubrick always had strong ideas about what he wanted, and I'm not disappointed that the movie deviates from the book. His vision resulted in a very well-crafted movie, as was almost always the case.
