STEPHEN KING TV MINI-SERIES ADAPTATIONS
by jmasseysr7 | created - 12 Oct 2013 | updated - 05 Nov 2019 | PublicGREATEST MEMORABLE ADAPTATIONS FOR TV FROM THE MASTER OF MODERN HORROR...STARTLING, ENGROSSING & POIGNANTLY CHILLING...
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1. Salem's Lot (1979)
PG | 100 min | Horror
A novelist and a young horror fan attempt to save a small New England town which has been invaded by vampires.
Stars: David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin, Bonnie Bedelia
Votes: 27,457
THE MOVIE WAS SEEN BY ME AFTER I READ THE BOOK IN MY YOUTH...ONLY BLATTY'S "THE EXORCIST," HENRY JAMES' "TURN OF THE SCREW," "ROSEMARY'S BABY" AND "MICHELLE REMEMBERS" HAD MORE SEMINAL IMPACT ON MY SENSE OF THE HORRIFIC-GROTESQUE...
2. Salem's Lot (2004)
TV-14 | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Writer Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot and discovers that it is being terrorized by vampires.
Stars: Rob Lowe, Andre Braugher, Donald Sutherland, Samantha Mathis
Votes: 11,300
KING HIMSELF APPROVED OF THIS VERSION AS THE MOST FAITHFUL TO HIS ORIGINAL NOVELLA...LATER, THIS AUTEUR' MOTIF WOULD BECOME FAMOUSLY REPEATED...
3. The Stand (1994)
Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
After a deadly plague kills most of the world's population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a malevolent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.
Stars: Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo
Votes: 38,396
KING'S MASTERPIECE...
4. Storm of the Century (1999)
PG-13 | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A dangerous blizzard hits an isolated town and brings along a mysterious stranger intent on terrorizing people for his own desires.
Stars: Tim Daly, Colm Feore, Debrah Farentino, Jeffrey DeMunn
Votes: 24,365
"GIVE ME WHAT I WANT AND I WILL GO AWAY..." IT INCLUDES WHAT IS A RECURRENT THEMATIC TOOL OF KING; UNSPEAKABLE HORROR REFLECTED IN ORDINARY PEOPLE MAKING DECISIONS OF ABSOLUTELY EVIL CONSEQUENCE....THE PIT OF YOUR STOMACH TURNS WITH QUEASY DEPRAVITY....
5. It (1990)
TV-14 | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In 1960, seven pre-teen outcasts fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
Stars: Richard Thomas, Tim Reid, Annette O'Toole, Harry Anderson
Votes: 140,829
UNEQUIVOCALLY STANDS AS KING'S IMPOSSIBLY CLOSE ON TARGET EXPLORATION INTO THE 'NATURE OF PURE EVIL & ITS PARADOXICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH INNOCENCE...'
6. The Mist (2007)
R | 126 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher
Votes: 340,126 | Gross: $25.59M
I KNOW; IT'S NOT AN ACTUAL MINISERIES BUT THIS QUALIFIES AS THE PRELUDE TO KING'S IMMORTAL "THE GUNSLINGER: DARK-TOWER SERIES..." ROLAND OF GILEAD LIVES....
7. The Tommyknockers (1993)
R | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The small town of Haven becomes a hot-bed of inventions all run by a strange green power device. The whole town is digging something up in the woods, and only an alcoholic poet can discover the secret of the Tommyknockers.
Stars: Jimmy Smits, Marg Helgenberger, John Ashton, Allyce Beasley
Votes: 12,253
8. The Langoliers (1995)
PG-13 | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Most of the passengers on an airplane disappear, and the remainder land the plane in a mysteriously barren airport.
Stars: Patricia Wettig, Dean Stockwell, Tom Holland, Kate Maberly
Votes: 31,878
9. Golden Years (1991)
Not Rated | 232 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An elderly janitor hurt in an explosion at a secret army lab run by "The Shop" starts to grow younger. A ruthless operative is sent to cover it up, so the janitor and his wife go on the run with help from a sympathetic female agent.
Stars: Keith Szarabajka, Felicity Huffman, Ed Lauter, R.D. Call
Votes: 3,232
THIS SERIES HAD OH SO MUCH PROMISING POTENTIAL...
10. The Shining (1997)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A recovering alcoholic must wrestle with demons within and without when he and his family move into a haunted hotel as caretakers.
Stars: Rebecca De Mornay, Steven Weber, Wil Horneff, Courtland Mead
Votes: 18,278
AGAIN, KING HIMSELF APPROVED OF THIS VERSION AS THE MOST FAITHFUL TO HIS ORIGINAL NOVELLA...LATER, THIS AUTEUR' MOTIF WOULD BECOME FAMOUSLY REPEATED...
11. Under the Dome (2013–2015)
TV-14 | 1,668 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
An invisible and mysterious force field descends upon the small town of Chester's Mill, Maine, USA, trapping residents inside, cut off from the rest of civilization. The trapped townspeople must discover the secrets and purpose of the "dome" or "sphere" and its origins, while coming to learn more than they ever knew about each other and animals too.
Stars: Mike Vogel, Rachelle Lefevre, Alexander Koch, Colin Ford
Votes: 112,468
DELICIOUSLY KING RETURNED TO HIS ROOTS
12. Rose Red (2002)
PG-13 | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A college professor and a team of psychics investigate mysterious deaths and disappearances at an old abandoned mansion.
Stars: Nancy Travis, Matt Keeslar, Kimberly J. Brown, David Dukes
Votes: 27,014
13. The Dark Tower (2017)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A boy haunted by visions of a dark tower from a parallel reality teams up with the tower's disillusioned guardian to stop an evil warlock known as the Man in Black who plans to use the boy to destroy the tower and open the gates of Hell.
Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert
Votes: 145,788 | Gross: $50.70M
14. Doctor Sleep (2019)
R | 152 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Years following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.
Director: Mike Flanagan | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 218,350 | Gross: $31.58M
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