Best Stephen King story done as a film?

Yeah, and once they've created it i'm sure it will be just as helpful as Tamiflu.

 

Oh that funky Monkey freaked me out when I was a kid (fro the actual short story MonkeyShines) but the worst was from Nightshift, the story "Boogeyman" that creeped the fuck out of me. The little kid saying "krawwss daddy it had krawwwsss".

 

Its been years since I read any of his books, so I went out to his website to look it over and see what movies I may have forgotten. Holy crap. Once you start going through the list it is amazing how many movies he has made. Of course I noticed that 'bag of bones' and 'the mist' were on the TBD list.

The mist would be sweet, especially if its done big budget, and not 'made for tv' like a lot his movies are.

I read 'It' when I was 12, that is the only book I had to put down cause it scared the shit out of me. Of course I was 12.

 

I still have "The Mist" audio cassete in 3D sound (meant to be listen to on headphones). It was all acted out with sound effects, like the old BBC storys (Hitchhikers, LOTR, Star Wars etc).

 

Was 'the mist' in skeleton crew? I have all those boxed up somewhere. I saw he had a new book, the cell, I think, I read the jacket on it, but I didnt get it. I dont have enough time to read it now, so I will have to wait till I am done with school, again.

Have you read any of the 'dark towers' series? I read up through the third one, some of his none traditional books are really good too, eyes of the dragon was pretty cool. Different from his usual, 'someones addicted to pills/stutter/alcoholic horror stories'

 

Dark Tower is probably his best work. I read the synopsis on the cell and it's stupid. If you're a rabid King fan you might dig it, but for anyone else it would be lame.

 

did you read all of the dark tower series?

I should probably read them all again, but I didnt read the ones after 3, that was pre kids,wife, work thing.

I am about 8 classes away from being done with school, again, so once all that BS is done I will get back to reading something other than porn.

 

Well viruses and bacterias are evoloving so I think it's only a matter of time until something comes along and kicks our asses again.

AIDs is doing a fairly good job at the moment though, there won't be anyone left in South Africa in 20 years..

 

Crap, shoulda used a quote from the first page, I blame the booze.


The Dark Tower series was excellent, but I think the boogeyman from the graveyard shift probably scared me more than any other story.

 

Yes, I read "CELL" by Stephen King, along with the enitre Dark Tower series.

The CELL was interesting, typical SK. So help them if they decide to destroy another piece of decent work with another 2 hour made-for-TV movie like they did recently with DESPERATION. The book was interesting and gave many more details, but the movie was a joke.

As for the best SK movie, that's a toss up between The Shining, Stand By Me and IT.

 

Dark Tower

RE: Dark Tower. I have read up to 1/2way through book #6 and I have 7 on the shelf waiting. Love the series but it would take several epic sequels to make them into a movie.

Hile, Gunslinger and say thankya.

 

As i've been saying, Dark Tower is his best work, and I think there should be a movie done.

 

Shawshank Redemption was written by Stephen King.

 

I've seen it a hundred times, and could watch it a hundred more.

 

Easily his best adaptation. Much of his work doesn't translate well. The stuff he wrote while he was drugged out was pretty much shit anyhow.

 

I tried that argument with Hemmingway's stuff (the drunk bastard.)