I go with the books. If the movie is based on a book, 99.999% of the time the book will be superior. If the other way around, not quite such a sure thing. Joe Millard's novelization of THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, was terrible, the film being one of my all time favorites.
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"It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being." Mary Shelley, FRANKENSTEIN
"Within the framework of most horror tales we find a moral code so strong it would make a Puritan smile." Stephen King, DANSE MACABRE
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