Posted on thursday, september 7th, 2017 by chris evangelista. Best stephen king movie and tv show adaptations insider. Whether developed for television or straighttovideo remember video tapes. Ranking every stephen king adaptation, from worst to best. Because thousands of people read here and affect it. But some of them rank among the best works hollywood has ever produced.
January 1, 2016 in featured articles slenderman video. Heres some background on the mainebased writer and a bibliography, featuring details about some of his most notable works. Cemetery dance publications is very pleased to announce our deluxe special limited edition of stephen kings new novel, doctor sleep. To be fair, the film was really codirected by stephen king and cocaine. Author lee mcgeorge explores the home of slenderman. Stephen king returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, the shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middleaged dan torrance and the very special twelveyearold girl he must save. Stephen king born 1947 is an american author of horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. The 10 best movies based on stephen king books according. However, many novels in the list of stephen king books bear a connection to the dark tower universe and to each other, although they are completely separate stories you can read separately. Stephen king has been a household name for more than 40 years. Ranking every stephen king novel, from worst to first.
Stephen king wrote his first short story at seven, and was first published in a comic fanzine at 18. The following is a complete list of books published by stephen king, an american author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. Complete list of stephen king adaptations, books made into. This is i think the fifth version of this list that ive put together. A definitive ranking of every stephen king short story. Kicking off this list is a movie most americans probably havent even heard of unless theyre either a stephen king diehard or a fan of indian movies. Here, submitted for your approval, are the short story collections of stephen king, ranked. All of stephen kings books are excellent, but this one is a parable for modern times of the ageold battle between good and evil. A list of stephen king s novels, organized newest to oldest. A list of stephen kings novels, organized oldest to newest. All 50 stephen king movies, ranked by mat elfring on october 17, 2018 at 12. The first thing that came into my mind was something my mother used to say.
Her work has appeared regularly in the orlando sentinel. Maximum overdrive is the only movie stephen king ever directed with very good reason. Stephen king books, ranked from worst to best vulture. The problem with maximum overdrive is that i was coked out of my mind all through its production, and i really didnt know what. So forget what youve seen in the movieswhether youre new to stephen kings oeuvre, or youre working on indoctrinating a friend, reading the following 10 books is nonnegotiable. Not all adaptations of kings books are worth watching. Tv has been a favorite home to adaptations of stephen king books and short stories into series, miniseries, and tv movies since 1979 tv series salems lot. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors of the modern age whose last name isnt patterson. Stephen king has seen a resurgence of adaptations as of late. He also happens to be one of my favorite storytellers, an author i. With well over 50 novels, multiple novellas, short story collections, and works of nonfiction, plus a handful of other releases that defy easy categorization among them, a libretto for a southern gothic musical, stephen king is a literary madman and an insanelyquotable storyteller. Stephen king is a literary icon, a status hes achieved by a defining a genre. Every single stephen king book, ranked from worst to best.
Top 10 stephen king adaptations that deserve a remake. All stephen king tv series, miniseries, tv movies ranked. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors in the world, with more than 50 books in print, and more coming out every year. In this way, kings books transcend genre and appeal to all lovers of the written word. To illustrate, here are the five top rated stephen king film adaptions via imdb, alongside the five worst. Branching out into movies from other countries is always fun, so no smoking might be a good place to start for king fans or horror fans though the movie received a mixedtonegative reaction from indian critics, imdb. Speaking about stephen king books, his only established cycle series is the dark tower consisting of seven main novels and two additional books. The stand was epic in its original form, and this edition, with expanded story lines and restored cuts lives up to the original.
An underrated classic, rose madder 1995 is the story of rosie daniels, a wife who has finally found the courage to. January, 2016 in featured articles ranking every stephen king novel, from worst to first. Every stephen king movie, ranked from worst to best 64. All stephen king movies ranked 1995 to star alongside a young jennifer jason leigh in dolores claiborne, which, like many of kings most successful works, begins with a. As a catch, they must be directly adapted from either a short story or book originally written by king. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name richard. As king is one of americas best and foremost short story writers, this is a matter that bears rectifyingafter all, there are more than 100 stories spread across his 10 collections, and thats a considerable body of work. In other words, not only has stephen king written some genius novels and short stories, novellas, essays, and works of criticism, but hes written a lot of them51 novels to date, in fact, with number 52 coming up shortly. His father was born under the surname pollock, but used the last name king, under which stephen was born.
Stephen kings 60plus novels and ten long collections of short fiction reflect and refract, connect to, and illuminate each other and theyre also great to listen to. I suggest reading these collections in chronological order to allow you to see the changes in stephens writing over the years. If youve read any of those, youve read much of this one. Top 30 stephen king movies, ranked from haunted hotels to prisonyard blues, carrie to christine the major adaptations of the iconic authors work, from worst to best. All these make the shining one of the best stephen king books. When stephen king published his first novel, carrie, on april 5, 1974, the new england author unknowingly caused a. In my opinion before putting these books such a list, it should be considered twice or why it is put here. The wind through the keyhole 2012 could also be read between books four and five as is chronologically correct amazon novellas short stories collections by stephen king. A list of stephen king s novels, organized oldest to newest. Swan song, which tied with stephen kings misery for a bram stoker award for best novel, is a 960page magnum opus of apocalyptic fiction that feels a bit too familiar in 2018.
A list of stephen kings novels, organized alphabetically. Stephen kings scariest movie villains ranked duration. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. Stephen king followed his son at the podium, saying he thought owens idea imagined the perfect situation. Stephen edwin king was born on september 21, 1947, at the maine general hospital in portland. Top 10 biggest differences between stephen king books and movies. Stephen edwin king born september 21, 1947 is an american author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy novels.
Most fans are aware that between 19922012 king played guitar in a literary rock band i. He has published 61 novels, including seven under the pen name richard bachman, and six nonfiction books. Regarded as one of the best writers of our time, stephen king shares his immense journey to the top. Worst stephen king books sometimes hes just not at top form. A good chunk of them are skippable, as will leitch and tim grierson wrote in their definitive ranking of 40 stephen king movie adaptations for vulture.
After attending the university of maine, he worked as a sportswriter for his local newspaper. In the early nineties, king wrote a set of novels focused on abused women and the horrible men who beat and haunt and entrap them. On this special publication, stephen king shares his experiences, convictions and habits that have shaped him as a writer. Here are the 17 best tv and movie adaptations based on kings work. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors alive, known for writing horror, fantasy, and psychological thrillers. December 30, 2015 in featured articles top 10 horror novels of 2015. His parents were nellie ruth pillsbury, who worked as a caregiver at a mental institute, and donald edwin king, a merchant seaman. But by some off chance youre a stranger to his writing, weve rounded up 10 of the best, most ghastly horror books written by stephen kinghis greatest hits, if you willin no particular order. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. Stephen king and son team up on a novel, sleeping beauties.