What's happened to Stephen King's movies?

[russ4lsu]

Originally Posted by Elvis_Christ

Ha who thought It was scary? Maybe if you were 8 years old or something.

I was eight when I saw it, and it scared the shit out of me so much that I couldn't finish watching it. I went about two years afraid to take baths. I was in and out like a flash so that Pennywise wouldn't get me. That was until one summer I decided to rent It and I watched the whole thing only to be disappointed by the ending. It is that kind of shit that turns me off to SK.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Originally Posted by russ4lsu

I don't think 1408 should be in anybody's top 5 list.

My point is that Stephen King movies are really bad for the most part.

[stenchofdeath]

I saw "The Mist" not so long ago, i liked it. Even though the idea of the army tapping into another dimension seemed really far fetched. 1408 was ok, but it wasn't great.

favourites in no order

The Stand
Misery
Christine
the shining
Maximum Overdrive
Needful things
The Mist

I can't really remember any others at the moment

[illdojo]

Originally Posted by X¤MurderDoll¤X

My point is that Stephen King movies are really bad for the most part.

Totally, especially the made for T.V. movies....with the exception of It...because Pennywise was a creepy fucker.

[_____V_____]

Movies based on SK's works are fairly enjoyable to watch. Plenty of em, like the TV movies, are below par effects-wise and performance-wise.

I d say The Mist is pretty much up there alongwith the best of SK's works onscreen...second only to The Shawshank Redemption and The Shining, the latter not being SK's exact version, but rather a filtered SK idea which Stanley Kubrick made his own.

My own choices (in no exact order) for recommended viewing based on SK's works would be :

• Christine,
• The Shawshank Redemption,
• Carrie,
• The Dead Zone,
• Silver Bullet,
• Stand by Me,
• The Running Man,
• Pet Sematary,
• Misery,
• Storm of the Century,
• The Shining, (both Kubrick's and Garris's versions)
• The Green Mile, and
• The Mist.

The ones which I thought were decent enough to be worth a watch:

• 1408,
• It,
• Children of the Corn,
• Thinner,
• Needful Things,
• Dolores Claiborne, and
• Creepshow.

All the rest are skippable.

Unlike some, I don't regard Salem's Lot (original and remake) too highly (I thought it was pretty boring actually),
Cujo which wasn't the least bit scary,
Firestarter was totally forgettable,
Cat's Eye was yawn-inducing,
Maximum Overdive was so bad it isn't even funny,
The Lawnmower Man was eminently disappointing,
Graveyard Shift sucked,
Sometimes They Come Back was another sore disappointment,
The Tommyknockers was absurd,
The Dark Half could have been SO much better but wasn't,
The Stand was a big pathetic attempt,
The Mangler held so much potential but missed the mark,
Quicksilver Highway sucked with a capital S,
and so did Riding the Bullet.


And don't even get me started on The Night Flier, The Langoliers, Hearts in Atlantis, Rose Red and The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer.

If I missed any others, they would be either A) not watched by me yet, or B) too sucky for me to even bother to remember right now.

[VampiricClown]

Originally Posted by Elvis_Christ

Ha who thought It was scary? Maybe if you were 8 years old or something.

Watch Christine its great fun!

Almost everyone I talk to. It's pathetic. Not to mention, everyone that's watched it, now has coulrophobia.

[urgeok2]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

• Christine,
  
• Carrie,
• The Dead Zone,
• Salem's Lot, (origional)
• The Shining, ( Kubrick's)

.

that would be my list.

[Psycom5k]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

Movies based on SK's works are fairly enjoyable to watch. Plenty of em, like the TV movies, are below par effects-wise and performance-wise.

I d say The Mist is pretty much up there alongwith the best of SK's works onscreen...second only to The Shawshank Redemption and The Shining, the latter not being SK's exact version, but rather a filtered SK idea which Stanley Kubrick made his own.

My own choices (in no exact order) for recommended viewing based on SK's works would be :

• Christine,
• The Shawshank Redemption,
• Carrie,
• The Dead Zone,
• Silver Bullet,
• Stand by Me,
• The Running Man,
• Pet Sematary,
• Misery,
• Storm of the Century,
• The Shining, (both Kubrick's and Garris's versions)
• The Green Mile, and
• The Mist.

The ones which I thought were decent enough to be worth a watch:

• 1408,
• It,
• Children of the Corn,
• Thinner,
• Needful Things,
• Dolores Claiborne, and
• Creepshow.

All the rest are skippable.

Unlike some, I don't regard Salem's Lot (original and remake) too highly (I thought it was pretty boring actually),
Cujo which wasn't the least bit scary,
Firestarter was totally forgettable,
Cat's Eye was yawn-inducing,
Maximum Overdive was so bad it isn't even funny,
The Lawnmower Man was eminently disappointing,
Graveyard Shift sucked,
Sometimes They Come Back was another sore disappointment,
The Tommyknockers was absurd,
The Dark Half could have been SO much better but wasn't,
The Stand was a big pathetic attempt,
The Mangler held so much potential but missed the mark,
Quicksilver Highway sucked with a capital S,
and so did Riding the Bullet.


And don't even get me started on The Night Flier, The Langoliers, Hearts in Atlantis, Rose Red and The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer.

If I missed any others, they would be either A) not watched by me yet, or B) too sucky for me to even bother to remember right now.

For the most part, I agree with you, accept for a few, I liked Hearts in Atlantis, and The Dark Half. Thats just me though, and obviously besides the ones in my top 5, the others you are pretty much dead on.

[Elvis_Christ]

I totally forgot about Creepshow, fuckin' killer flick. Awesome on so many levels and one of the few films that capture what horror's all about.

[alkytrio666]

Aw, forget it.