Stephen Kings Best "SCARIEST" Movie
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Cujo, hands down because it actually could happen. I always felt the same about 'Red Dawn' scary as hell because it could happen.
My fave for entertainment from King though was the original version of Salem's Lot.
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My fave for entertainment from King though was the original version of Salem's Lot.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079844/
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Exactly the same with me. Salems Lot is definitely the scariest.
The original 'Salem's Lot was mondo creepy, but I gotta admit I prefer the remake with Rob Lowe, the vampires were much better.
Christine was good (kudos to John Carpenter)
Riding the Bullet (nicely dream-like)
Sometimes They Come Back (a creepy tale, forget the sequels)
Creepshow (written by and starring Steve-O in a great comedic performance)
Misery (that could happen and almost did to Dario Argento)
Graveyard Shift (very under-rated)
Sleepwalkers (incest, murder, soul sucking monsters, good one)
The Langoliers (munch, munch, munch, munch)
Maximum Overdrive (the giant Goblin face still creeps me out!)
Desperation (better than the book)
Silver Bullet (again better than the book, great werewolf FX)
Rose Red (worth a watch)
Kingdom Hospital (under-appreciated)
1408 (weird!)
Christine was good (kudos to John Carpenter)
Riding the Bullet (nicely dream-like)
Sometimes They Come Back (a creepy tale, forget the sequels)
Creepshow (written by and starring Steve-O in a great comedic performance)
Misery (that could happen and almost did to Dario Argento)
Graveyard Shift (very under-rated)
Sleepwalkers (incest, murder, soul sucking monsters, good one)
The Langoliers (munch, munch, munch, munch)
Maximum Overdrive (the giant Goblin face still creeps me out!)
Desperation (better than the book)
Silver Bullet (again better than the book, great werewolf FX)
Rose Red (worth a watch)
Kingdom Hospital (under-appreciated)
1408 (weird!)
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I'm with Lady Love on this one- Cujo scared me the most, #1- because it could really happen and #2- because I was a little kid when I saw it the first time and we happened to have a large dog at the time.
The only thing is, Stephen King's horror novels never seem to translate very well onto the silver screen. The films are always kind of a disappointment to me because I'm a huge Stephen King fan. A large part of the terror in his novels is getting inside the characters' heads, being a part of their very thoughts; it's hard to do that with a movie.
IMHO, the two SK stories that translated best into movies were Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption and The Body (a.k.a., Stand by Me). Apt Pupil was also a fair adaptation. Strange, all three of those were from Different Seasons. I wonder if there's a stellar production of The Breathing Method in the works.
The only thing is, Stephen King's horror novels never seem to translate very well onto the silver screen. The films are always kind of a disappointment to me because I'm a huge Stephen King fan. A large part of the terror in his novels is getting inside the characters' heads, being a part of their very thoughts; it's hard to do that with a movie.
IMHO, the two SK stories that translated best into movies were Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption and The Body (a.k.a., Stand by Me). Apt Pupil was also a fair adaptation. Strange, all three of those were from Different Seasons. I wonder if there's a stellar production of The Breathing Method in the works.
Have to vote for IT. Saw it when I was young and I think it created my clown phobia. So it's definitely the only one to leave a long term impression on me.
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The Stand is a great movie.
IT was good too.
The Shining is a classic.
IT was good too.
The Shining is a classic.
My favorite is definately The Shining. But, I'm not a great big Stephen King fan. And I love almost everything that Kubrick ever did. The Shining is a classic in the horror genre and it's imagery had a strong impact on any ghost story that made it to film after it. And it is entirely Stanley Kubrick.
And all you have to do is crook your finger at someone and say, "Redrum, Redrum...", and they're immediately on the right page.
And all you have to do is crook your finger at someone and say, "Redrum, Redrum...", and they're immediately on the right page.
I think carrie was the overall scariest and the best SK horror movie -religious fanatic mother, teenage torture, and of course carrie's revenge.
the second would be Kubricks Shining, and then probably Pet Semetary.
it's ironic that King is known mostly as a horror writer, but his horror movie's are the worst screen adaptations. even his worst non-horror movie is still better than his best horror, IMO.
the second would be Kubricks Shining, and then probably Pet Semetary.
it's ironic that King is known mostly as a horror writer, but his horror movie's are the worst screen adaptations. even his worst non-horror movie is still better than his best horror, IMO.
Well, other than The Stand, I've never seen any of those movies. But I've read the books. 
The Shining was probably the most scary.
The most stomach-turning was Dreamcatcher (the only King book I would not read again).
The one I enjoyed reading the most was Salem's Lot.
The most unnerving was Pet Sematary (you could imagine someone's mind shearing that thin, and that to me makes it frightening).
My personal favorite was Hearts in Atlantis.
The Shining was probably the most scary.
The most stomach-turning was Dreamcatcher (the only King book I would not read again).
The one I enjoyed reading the most was Salem's Lot.
The most unnerving was Pet Sematary (you could imagine someone's mind shearing that thin, and that to me makes it frightening).
My personal favorite was Hearts in Atlantis.
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The Shining was awesome, one of my favourites.
However the version that King did himself was hilariously shit.
However the version that King did himself was hilariously shit.
No doubt. King's work always needs to be reduced a little before attempting to make a film. Too much stuff in his horror novels. Too many things that read as scary but maybe don't translate to film as very scary.
Honestly, Kubrick's version is so great because at some point he didn't pay that much attention to the novel. Well, that and no one from the cast of "Wings" was in the original Shining.
I think King's work outside of the horror genre has been translated into film most successfully. Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption are both very good films. Heck, I would even put Misery and The Stand into this category. Both are solid. And for a TV miniseries, The Stand does a great job (Anytime Matt Frewer of Max Headroomgets some work, I'm cool with it).
