What do you think have been the all-around worst Stephen King translations-to-screen thus far?
Worst Stephen King Adaptations
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I hated The Running Man. It was an interesting novella, but with the adaptation, everything interesting was discarded and replaced with a disco ball.
But then, I'm one of those folks that think that in a lot of ways The Shining was a piss-poor adaptation."Forget it, Jake. It's Hollywood."
My YouTube channel.
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What kind of moron would have The Shawshank Redemption as one of the WORST Stephen King Adaptations, yet skip over total sheit like Dreamcatcher, Needful Things, Thinner, Pet Semetary, etc.
Where exactly do these websites find these people? Under the carpet after a fraternity keg party?
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Originally posted by Signal30 View PostI hated The Running Man. It was an interesting novella, but with the adaptation, everything interesting was discarded and replaced with a disco ball.
I live to see you eat that contract, but I hope you leave enough room for my fist because I'm going to ram it into your stomach and break your god-damn spine!
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Originally posted by boskiI noticed a long time ago that all the best King-based movies are short on his trademark horror.
It's really the luck of the draw sometimes, the right mix of talent hits the same project, a short story flies under the radar and doesn't have the same level of studio meddling, or even a long-dead project coming to life under better circumstances.
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Originally posted by boskiJust watched 1408 two nights ago. Another incoherent mess. A couple good gags to nowhere... How stuff like this makes it to the theatres always amazes me.
Wasn’t this one of the best-reviewed, most profitable movies of the year???
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LAWNMOWER MAN
Nothing like the story, which is funny, and has to do with a pagan gardener.
MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE
Adapted by King, from a pile of his stories that concern evil machines. Just awful - bad dialogue, a story that goes nowhere, and not saved by Emilio Estevez.
The big problem with most King adaptations is that they miss the point - King stories, like PET SEMETARY, are not about zombies, they are about a family that loses a child. King takes a dramatic, people oriented story and explores it in the horror genre. The bad adapts ignore the drama and people and focus on the horror.
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