Favorite Stephen King movie/book?

Laura_Suzie
Laura_Suzie Posts: 1,288 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
For movies, I enjoyed Carrie and The Shining. And of course, Shawshank Redemption, a classic. IT and Pet Sematary are both kind of cheesy, but still really, really creepy and entertaining. I've haven't read all of his books that the movies were based on, only a couple, but I did enjoy the book of The Shining.

What's your favorite Stephen King book or movie? Is there any Stephen King story that you enjoyed more as a movie than as a book or vice versa?
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  • fiveohmike
    fiveohmike Posts: 1,297 Member
    Pet Cemetery.
  • legs_n_bacon
    legs_n_bacon Posts: 478 Member
    Shawshank Redemption.
  • ellisrobertson
    ellisrobertson Posts: 11 Member
    Single book: Insomnia.

    But I absolutely love the Dark Tower series. "The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed." One of the best lines ever.
  • rompers16
    rompers16 Posts: 5,404 Member
    Under The Dome or The Stand
  • Injurymachine
    Injurymachine Posts: 14 Member
    I love Herman Munster in Pet Cemetery...sometimes dead is bettuh.

    Miniseries of The Stand was great

    The Mist as a movie was creepy as hell and the ending was much more demented than the book's.
  • Elzecat
    Elzecat Posts: 2,916 Member
    I liked the mini series they made of The Stand and also really liked the book. But I think his best work is one of his latest, 11/22/63...not quite horror, but really interesting.
  • tripitena
    tripitena Posts: 554 Member
    :heart: Rose Madder:heart:
  • ScatteredThoughts
    ScatteredThoughts Posts: 3,562 Member
    "Firestarter" is probably my favorite book of his. "It" would be a close second; I loved how he sprinkled in pieces of other books throughout.
  • neurochamp
    neurochamp Posts: 261 Member
    For books, can I list the entire Dark Tower series? :bigsmile:
    If I had to pick a single book, though, then I'd go with The Stand (the TV miniseries is also pretty good...but the book is stellar).

    I actually haven't seen many Stephen King movies, but of the ones I have seen I think I like Stand By Me the best.
  • KStambulic
    KStambulic Posts: 131 Member
    Stephen King's books are all better than the movies made of them but I'd have to say that my favorite movies were The Green Mile and Misery. I don't really have a favorite book; I love them all. (own most of them too, including the Richard Bachman ones.)
  • Jennloella
    Jennloella Posts: 2,284 Member
    movie: Pet Sematary
    book: It or Cujo

    Gerald's Game was good too
  • mycrazy8splus1
    mycrazy8splus1 Posts: 1,410 Member
    book: Dark Tower series, Rose Madder, and The Stand (terrible moini series though), Misery, it's hard to pick. i like everything of his

    movies: The Shining, Shawshank Redemption, Needful Things (love the line."I just killed my wife. Is that wrong?....These things happen!")
  • neurochamp
    neurochamp Posts: 261 Member

    The Mist as a movie was creepy as hell and the ending was much more demented than the book's.

    OMG I so agree! That movie gives me the jibblies.
  • Savemyshannon
    Savemyshannon Posts: 334 Member
    Shawshank Redemption. I also really loved The Shining.

    I liked The Langoliers, too, but the movie sucked.
  • wbgolden
    wbgolden Posts: 2,066 Member
    Shawshank Redemption.
    That's not a book. That's a movie.

    My answer to the OP: Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.
  • Rosa1213
    Rosa1213 Posts: 456 Member
    Probably "The Shining". That book has the best character development I've ever seen from Mr. King.
    Of course, "IT" had lots of storyline, and it was pretty amazing as well.
  • WickedBean
    WickedBean Posts: 244 Member
    Movies/TV: Christine, Pet Cemetery, Carrie, Children of the corn, Cat's Eye, Sleepwalkers, Dolores Claiborne, Rose Red, Kingdom Hospital, Haven

    books: all of them but IT. I am terrified of clowns so I cannot even pick the book up.
  • Bdh2775
    Bdh2775 Posts: 14 Member
    book..the running man.
  • TinaBaily
    TinaBaily Posts: 794 Member
    Favorite Stephen King book, if I MUST choose a favorite, as I love them all, would have to be the Dark Tower series.
    Favorite movie of his: Shawshank Redemption, because they didn't foul it up like they did most of his others. Dreamcatcher is a close second place, in my mind, because they followed the storyline very well.

    Did you know that the Dark Tower series is going to be turned into a movie/TV epic saga? The preliminary plan is for 3 movies and one or two miniseries, to make it all come together. The last I heard, Ron Howard was in on the project. http://www.darktowermovies.com/
  • RyLaneB
    RyLaneB Posts: 60 Member
    It and Stand by Me are my favorites!
  • MindyBlack
    MindyBlack Posts: 954 Member
    The Dead Zone with Christopher Walken.
  • grayprae
    grayprae Posts: 109 Member
    I loved The Dark Tower and I really love his collection of short stories
  • 33neenaj
    33neenaj Posts: 306 Member
    Stand by me and Cats eyes
  • chezmama
    chezmama Posts: 396 Member
    Book: The Stand
    Movie: The Green Mile, though Shawshank Redemption was pretty darn good too.
  • chezmama
    chezmama Posts: 396 Member
    Oh yeah...the Shining, too. Dang he's prolific!
  • blytheandbonnie
    blytheandbonnie Posts: 3,275 Member
    My favorite book is definitely Needful Things. I think they make a balls-up of all the movies except Misery, which was okay.
  • jonbobfrog
    jonbobfrog Posts: 294 Member
    I like a lot of his books (Misery, The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, 11/22/63, Thinner, The Long Walk, etc ...) but my all time favorite is ... by far ... The Eyes of the Dragon.
  • chezmama
    chezmama Posts: 396 Member
    Oh, and to answer the OP's question...while I loved the book The Stand, I thought the movie was pretty lame.
  • cmeade20
    cmeade20 Posts: 1,238 Member
    Oh I love Stephen King

    As far as movies I don't think I've ever seen one I liked although I pretty much gave up after two or three. (IT however scares the everloving f*** out of me)

    Books- My top 5 are The Shining, Salem's Lot, Bag of Bones, Misery and The Stand

    I just finished Under the Dome last week. It was fantastic.
  • Owlie45
    Owlie45 Posts: 806 Member
    The girl who loved tom gordon
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