7/8/2023 0 Comments Needful things goodreads![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It's hard to pass by an aggressive, barking dog and not think of the titular Saint Bernard going on a bloody rampage. RELATED: 'Salem's Lot' Film Adaptation of Stephen King Book Casts Lewis Pullman in Lead Role Here are five adaptations from the Master of Horror that deserve another shot at success on the silver (or streaming) screen. For every solid and faithful King adaptation, it seems like there are three more that failed to live up to their potential. Will it be a truly frightening feature that's also faithful to the source material like The Mist (2007) and Misery(1990)? Or will it merely serve as a quick cash grab like the seemingly endless entries in the Children of the Cornfranchise? Some adaptations result in a successful tribute to King's empathetic, three-dimensional characters and masterful suspense, while others tend to flounder with underdeveloped protagonists and reliance on cheap scares.Īmong film and television adaptations of his dozens of novels, hundreds of short stories, and even a few screenplays, discovering one that sticks to King's plot, characters, and suspense is rarer than it should be despite the solid source material. Stephen King adaptations are much like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates in that "you never know what you're gonna get" when you sit down to watch one. ![]()
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