Stephen King books made into movies

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Ha hah! I just brought this up in that other thread.

The lawnmower man was absurd. The story is about Pan making men crawl around naked behind self-steering lawnmowers, eating up the cut grass. The movie is about some virtual reality retarded guy. What the hell?

Edit to add: I thought Cujo rocked! Pet Semetary stayed pretty damn true to the book too, though it was scarier in my mind's eye (from the book) than it was on the screen.

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Has anybody mentioned 'Thinner'?

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Since we have a SK thread about his books, how about a thread about his books adapted into movies?
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Hey, I haven't done any research, but does anyone out there know if he is going to turn the Dark Tower into a movie (ya, it'll probably be one of those multi movie deals), but would still be worth it.

See, the word around the camp fire is Stephen King has hung up his spurs, but what does that say for the making of the movies? Any word?

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My favorite Stephen King book made into movie would have to be "Stand by Me." Perhaps I was rather partial to the movie since I saw it first...but I wasn't a terribly huge fan of the written version.

"Shawshank Redemption" was another one of those movies. I wasn't a terrible huge fan of the book.

The creepiest of them was probably "Pet Semetary" and that's probably the only Stephen King book I've ever liked. I dunno why, but I simply can't stand his writing style.

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My favorite Stephen King book made into movie would have to be "Stand by Me." Perhaps I was rather partial to the movie since I saw it first...but I wasn't a terribly huge fan of the written version.

"Shawshank Redemption" was another one of those movies. I wasn't a terrible huge fan of the book.

The creepiest of them was probably "Pet Semetary" and that's probably the only Stephen King book I've ever liked. I dunno why, but I simply can't stand his writing style.

Books are for the imagination...Stephen King's books sometimes have large areas of nothingness, I will agree. But they are easy to get into and get through. It's for some and not for others.

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Have any of you seen Apt Pupil? The short story was wickedly twisted. It was much more disturbing than the movie. I thought the movie was made pretty well though.

The kid in the movie was a hottie.
The Shinig i liked way better as a book than the movie. (See Tigra, you're not the only one). Though the maze was freaky, the topiary animals in the book were scarier. And how hard would it have been to give Jack Nicholson the croquet mallet instead of using an axe? I never did see the remake of the movie so i don't know if that was any good. Pet Semetary was better as a movie than the book. The book seemed to drag on, but the movie flowed along and scared the hell outta me.

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you forgot silver bullet, and the cats eye.

I have watched cats eye more times than I can count I used to love that film... Stand By Me was great as well... allthough not your typical SK

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My favorite Stephen King book made into movie would have to be "Stand by Me." Perhaps I was rather partial to the movie since I saw it first...but I wasn't a terribly huge fan of the written version.

"Shawshank Redemption" was another one of those movies. I wasn't a terrible huge fan of the book.

The creepiest of them was probably "Pet Semetary" and that's probably the only Stephen King book I've ever liked. I dunno why, but I simply can't stand his writing style.

Shawshank and stand by me are actually two stories that are related to each other from the book Differnet Seasions. Stand By Me was called The Body, and shawshank was orriginally titled Miss Rita Hayworth and the shawshank redemption. I also believe if memory serves me right that the green mile was also in the book different seasions... these three films are probibly the best works adapted from SK because the dirrector wasn't working to scare people they were just telling a allready well written story.

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I think you are mistaken about the Green Mile, BUT for all I know it may have been inspired by one of his other stories. That was originally released in 6 mini installments you could buy in the magazine section of your grocery store. I guess it was a throwback to serial novels which used to be released in the 50s or something? Anyway, I bought and read Green Mile in the installments. At least he didn't make us wait a few years in between each one!

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I did say "if memory serves me right" which I guess it didn't. I could be a politician

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Me too! I said I *think* you are *mistaken* and even conceded that the idea might have come from one of those stories.

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the list:
Carrie
'Salems Lot
The Shining
The Boogeyman
Creepshow
The Woman In The Room
Diciples Of The Crow
Cujo
The Dead Zone
Christine
Children Of The Corn
Firestarter
Silver Bullet
Cats Eye
Maximum Overdrive
Stand By Me
The Lawnmower Man
Last Rung On The Ladder
The Running Man
Pet Cemetary
Tales From The Darkside (Cat From Hell story)
Graveyard Shift
It
Misery
Sometimes They Come Back
Golden Years
Sleepwalkers
The Dark Half
Tommyknockers
Needful Things
The Stand
The Shawshank Redemption
The Mangler
Delores Claiborne
The Langoliers
Thinner
Quicksilver Highway (Chattery Teeth story)
The Night Flier
Apt Pupil
Storm Of The Century
The Green Mile
Paranoid (8 minute short based on a poem)
Strawberry Spring
Hearts In Atlantis
Rose Red
Rainy Season (15 minute short based on the story)
Dreamcatcher
Autopsy Room 4 (22 minute short based on the story)
The Diary Of Ellen Rimbauer (characters only)
Kingdom Hospital
Secret Window
The Man In The Black Suit (20 minute short based on the story)
The Road Virus Heads North (21 minute short based on the story)
All That You Love (15 minute short based on the story)
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (30 minute short, same as above)
Riding The Bullet
Lucky Quarter (11 minute short)
Sorry, Right Number (19 minute short)
Home Delivery (12 minute spanish short)
Gotham Cafe
I Know What You Need
Desperation

in production:
1408
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordan
From A Buick 8
Bag Of Bones
The Talisman
Blackhouse
Nightmares And Dreamscapes: From The Stories Of Stephen King includes the stories You Know They Got A Hell Of A Band, Dolans Cadillac, and Umney's Last Case.


did you think it was THAT many??? it is...and there are a few i didnt list.

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thought that the "Running Man" movie bore no real resemblance to the book and hence lost the essence of the story. Wonder how "The long walk" would come across on the big screen?

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I am a Steven King buff! Growing up my favorites were Firestarter and Carrie. As a teenager, Stand By Me was one of my favorites and as an adult Shawshank takes the cake!
Oops this is NoShitThereIwas chiming in. Forgot to login under my screenname Doh! Hope he doesn't get mad . ALrighty then, Post #1 for Mr. Kurbe105 .
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Nobody mentioned a really good book with a movie that was EXACTLY like the book...
Christine, it was excellent.

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Nobody mentioned a really good book with a movie that was EXACTLY like the book...
Christine, it was excellent.

Christine is the first SK book I ever read. I also saw the movie, but unfortunately it was so long ago I don't remember much of it, but the book was really good.

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Books are for the imagination...Stephen King's books sometimes have large areas of nothingness, I will agree. But they are easy to get into and get through. It's for some and not for others.

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the book was as much about his deterioration as the ghosts that haunted the hotel. Jack Nicholson played the part as a psycho from start to finish- he played an excellent scary psycho, but that's not what the book was about!

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It always bothered King that Kubrick never really bought that he was sucked into the evil sponge of a house. He used it mostly as an exercise in point of view and horrow....but never made the connection that the HOUSE was devouring his soul.

The scenes in the hallway with bllod and twins, and with Clyde in the bathroom still give me the creeps.

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[tigra 0]

I feel vindicated now!

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[tso-d_chris 0]

Good Ones:

Stand By Me
Shawshank Redemption
Green Mile

The rest have all seemed lacking in my opinion, better as books.

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I feel vindicated now!

*turns cap backwards* I got you faded, Tigra!

[bnacrazywoman 0]

Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption was by far the best.

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I thought better than the book. Whom ever produced and directed that movie should get every award there is.

if fun were easy it wouldn't be worth having, right?

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just to clarify, SK did say that as a horror film, The Shining was one of the best ever, but as an adaptation of his book it sucked. what really sucked was that shitty USA remake, and it was very close to the book.
SK had similiar problems with Salems Lot (the Tobe Hooper original not the remake).
he also said that the only movie he thought was better than what he had written was Cronenbergs The Dead Zone - SK said he wished he had written the book with Johnny actually being in the visions instead of just seeing them.

As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...