In honor of Halloween, I'll spend the month of October talking about several spooky adaptations of adult and children's books!
Stephen King has been publishing books for thirty-eight years and the large majority of what he's penned has been adapted into films, many of which are now considered horror classics.
Hollywood Movies
His first novel, Carrie (published in 1974), was adapted into a film starring Sissy Spacek and with that, the title wave of Stephen King adaptations began. Some of his most famous big screen horror films are The Shining (1976) with Jack Nicholson, Firestarter (1979) with Drew Barrymore, and Misery (1987) with Kathy Bates. He also penned movie classics The Shawkshank Redemption (1981) and The Green Mile (2006) with Tom Hanks.
Television Movies & Miniseries
Not only have his novels been made into big screen movie productions, but also into television movies by network and cable channels. Some of the most famous television horror adaptations include Salem's Lot (1975), IT (1986) with Tim Curry, The Tommyknockers (1987), and The Langoliers (1989).
Television Shows
King's stories have also been adapted into several television shows. The most well known adaptation is the USA Network series based on The Dead Zone (1976), starring Anthony Michael Hall.
If you take a look at Stephen King's catalog of titles you will be very surprised at just how many of your favorite movies are based on his books.
Do you have a favorite Stephen King book or movie? Comment below!
Bibliographic Source: StephenKing.com - The Library
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