Favorite Stephen King movie/book?

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  • alw141
    alw141 Posts: 59 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.


    I still haven't gotten over the ending in the movie version of the Mist. I don't know why they did that but... ugh. Horrible.

    The Stand is great. :happy:
  • DaBossLady24
    DaBossLady24 Posts: 556 Member
    Movie: Shawshank Redemption

    Book: Gerald's Game... hands down.
  • DGK12
    DGK12 Posts: 117
    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).
    This!! Love the Dark Tower series! Insomnia was good, but I've gone through two copies of The Stand.:-)
    Movie....Hm. Loved the Green Mile, but I'd take one of his books over the movies any day.
  • poppyloganriley
    poppyloganriley Posts: 44 Member
    Loved these books:
    The Stand, The entire Dark Tower Series including the new book that I think is considered like book 4.5, It, 11/22/63, Under the Dome, Cell, Duma Key, Insomnia.

    Loved these movies: Pet Semetary, Cat's Eye, Cujo (cheesy, I know) & Silver Bullet.
  • gmpuggles
    gmpuggles Posts: 137 Member
    Movie-wise: IT, The Shining, Stand By Me, and The Green Mile.

    For books, it would be The Green Mile.
  • melbot24
    melbot24 Posts: 347 Member
    Book: IT (Wayyyy better than the movie)
    Movie: The Shining
  • ggcat
    ggcat Posts: 313 Member
    DREAMCATCHER!

    Loved the book! Hated the movie!
  • Cindy311
    Cindy311 Posts: 780 Member
    Cell (which I'm re-reading right now), Rose Madder, Delores Claiborne, Dreamcatcher, and The Stand round out my favorites.
  • rhe280
    rhe280 Posts: 71
    my all time fav definately IT followed closely by needful things. Movie would be The Green Mile because i think they did an awesome job :bigsmile:
  • elenathegreat
    elenathegreat Posts: 3,988 Member
    Dream Catcher? Did I miss something? What is that one about?
    So many good ones, it's hard to pick just one...The Stand, The Shining, Bag of Bones, Insomnia, It, Rose Madder, Rose Red....I loved them each and every one!
  • TylerJ76
    TylerJ76 Posts: 4,375 Member
    Shawshank Redemption.
    That's not a book. That's a movie.

    My answer to the OP: Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.

    It IS a book
  • LaurySch
    LaurySch Posts: 277 Member
    I'm a Dark Tower junkie. And The Stand.
    I don't think I've ever seen a movie/miniseries from one of his books that didn't totally suck, so I stopped watching. Just sayin, Molly Ringwald made me hate that character and now I can't get her out of my head when I read the book.
    And IT created my fear of clowns, I tried to watch the movie but couldn't get past the '5th grader' comedian *kitten* so never made it to the clown part!!
  • d0gma
    d0gma Posts: 3,966 Member
    Shawshank Redemption.
    That's not a book. That's a movie.

    My answer to the OP: Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.

    It IS a book

    but its actual title is "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption"
  • Valqis
    Valqis Posts: 1,016 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.

    I'm reading 11/22/63 now and I can honestly say I think its the best thing he's written in years.

    Just finished reading 11/22/63.... It was his best book since the Stand in my opinion.

    TV/Movies: I LOVE HAVEN!!! NUFF SAID!
  • Vi0l33t
    Vi0l33t Posts: 117 Member
    the enitre dark tower series. can't wait for the movie!
  • d0gma
    d0gma Posts: 3,966 Member
    the enitre dark tower series. can't wait for the movie!

    If you're talking about the one Ron Howard was supposed to do, you're going to have a very long wait. That whole thing fell through.
  • littlebuddy84
    littlebuddy84 Posts: 995 Member
    IT is my favourite movie/book.
  • rogerbosch
    rogerbosch Posts: 343 Member
    What's the title of that story again where the protagonist must march among fellow walkers until there's only one left and the rest killed just because they had to give up due to exhaustion? I read it a long time ago and loved it and really want to re-read.

    Also loved the Dark Tower-series.

    Currently I am re-reading "Thinner" because I am much thinner than 4 months ago, although unlike the protagonist I have (hopefully) not been cursed by a gypsy.
  • lucyster92
    lucyster92 Posts: 51 Member
    Carrie, such an easy read and so much better than the film!
  • CannibalisticVegetarian
    CannibalisticVegetarian Posts: 1,255 Member
    Favorite movies: The Shining and Pet Cemetery (and Creepshow.. which apparently Stephen King wrote and I'm just now finding out) XD

    Favorite Book: Fire Starter and The Stand. (edit) AND The Skeleton Crew (although it was a compilation of short stories. I liked 'The Raft', 'The Mist', and 'Here There be Tygers').
  • ScatteredThoughts
    ScatteredThoughts Posts: 3,562 Member
    What's the title of that story again where the protagonist must march among fellow walkers until there's only one left and the rest killed just because they had to give up due to exhaustion? I read it a long time ago and loved it and really want to re-read.

    The Long Walk, as Richard Bachman
    Also loved the Dark Tower-series.

    Currently I am re-reading "Thinner" because I am much thinner than 4 months ago, although unlike the protagonist I have (hopefully) not been cursed by a gypsy.

    As for me, Firestarter is probably my favorite book, followed by IT. The screen version of The Green Mile was good.
  • Amo_Angelus
    Amo_Angelus Posts: 604 Member
    My favourite book is cell, my favourite movie is...shawshank redemption or rose red.
  • luvsbks
    luvsbks Posts: 51
    My favorite book would be The Stand and my favorite movie would be The Shining starring Jack Nickolsan.
  • Healthydiner65
    Healthydiner65 Posts: 1,479 Member
    Thinner!
  • luvsbks
    luvsbks Posts: 51
    There are 7 books in the Dark Tower series. What is book 4.5? I have never heard of that one This is in response to poppyloganril
  • hooperkay
    hooperkay Posts: 463 Member
    IT-- book

    Shining-- movie
  • rcarr10525
    rcarr10525 Posts: 2 Member
    Books, The Stand, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, & The Long Walk.
  • rogerbosch
    rogerbosch Posts: 343 Member
    What's the title of that story again where the protagonist must march among fellow walkers until there's only one left and the rest killed just because they had to give up due to exhaustion? I read it a long time ago and loved it and really want to re-read.

    The Long Walk, as Richard Bachman

    Yeah that's it! Thanks a lot!
  • SabrinaJL
    SabrinaJL Posts: 1,579 Member
    There are 7 books in the Dark Tower series. What is book 4.5? I have never heard of that one This is in response to poppyloganril

    The Wind Through the Keyhole. Doesn't have much at all to do with the dark tower but I enjoyed it anyway.

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