In the course of accumulating stuff for another Halloween horror movie glut, I realized how few Stephen King adaptations I have and, despite the admittedly high miss-to-hit ratio, how many of them are actually pretty ace. So here's the poll you've been DYING for.
Had to do a lot of filtering to get this down to 50: nothing that isn't at least somewhat supernatural-y or thriller-y (e.g. Stand By Me, The Shawshank Redemption), no remakes (e.g. Trucks, The Shining miniseries), no sequels he didn't have a hand in, none of the Dollar Baby films, no anthology series episodes, no Lawnmower Man. And I had to eliminate his upcoming Lifetime movie, Big Driver, which is likely to be the best adaptation of his work yet.
Poll Results
Option | Votes |
Carrie (1976) | 7 |
The Shining (1980) | 7 |
The Dead Zone (1983) | 6 |
Misery (1990) | 3 |
Dolores Claiborne (1995) | 2 |
The Langoliers (TV miniseries, 1995) | 2 |
Dreamcatcher (2003) | 1 |
Salem's Lot (TV miniseries, 1979) | 1 |
The Mist (2007) | 1 |
Rose Red (TV miniseries, 2002) | 0 |
Hearts in Atlantis (2001) | 0 |
Storm of the Century (TV miniseries, 1999) | 0 |
The Green Mile (1999) | 0 |
Apt Pupil (1998) | 0 |
Quicksilver Highway (TV movie, 1997) | 0 |
The Night Flier (1997) | 0 |
A Good Marriage (2014) | 0 |
Bag of Bones (TV miniseries, 2011) | 0 |
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (TV miniseries, 2003) | 0 |
Haven (TV series, 2010) | 0 |
Dolan's Cadillac (direct to video, 2009) | 0 |
1408 (2007) | 0 |
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (TV miniseries, 2006) | 0 |
Desperation (TV movie, 2006) | 0 |
Riding the Bullet (2004) | 0 |
Under the Dome (TV series, 2013) | 0 |
Kingdom Hospital (TV miniseries, 2004) | 0 |
Secret Window (2004) | 0 |
Thinner (1996) | 0 |
The Mangler (1995) | 0 |
Creepshow 2 (1987) | 0 |
Maximum Overdrive (1986) | 0 |
Silver Bullet (1985) | 0 |
Cat's Eye (1985) | 0 |
Firestarter (1984) | 0 |
Children of the Corn (1984) | 0 |
Christine (1983) | 0 |
Cujo (1983) | 0 |
The Running Man (1982) | 0 |
Pet Sematary (1983) | 0 |
Tales From The Darkside: The Movie (1990) | 0 |
The Tommyknockers (TV miniseries, 1993) | 0 |
Needful Things (1993) | 0 |
The Dark Half (1993) | 0 |
Sleepwalkers (1992) | 0 |
Sometimes They Come Back (TV movie, 1991) | 0 |
Golden Years (TV miniseries, 1991) | 0 |
It (TV miniseries, 1990) | 0 |
Graveyard Shift (1990) | 0 |
Creepshow (1982) | 0 |
― Rocking In The Broad Daylight (Old Lunch), Thursday, 11 September 2014 16:38 (ten years ago)