We were taking a long time to make a list of recommendations with the best film (and TV) adaptations of our favorite horror writer, Stephen King.
Stephen King has given a lot to the cinema and rare are the stories of the Maine writer that have not been or will not be adapted, either to the cinema or in a more episodic format.
Making a list with the best of Stephen King is not an easy task, although in the first positions there will not be so much discussion as we go through all his filmography we will see that someone will cry out to heaven by not mentioning one of his.
To give a value to what Stephen King means, there are currently more than 16 proposals (some in pre-production and others announced) new adaptations of his stories, so we have terror for a while.
The Shining (1980)
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father to be violent, while his psychic son sees horrifying omens of the past and future.
Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
Life Sentence (1994)
Two imprisoned men bond over several years, finding solace and eventually redemption through acts of common decency.
Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler
The Green Mile (1999)
The lives of death row guards are affected by one of their charges: a black man charged with the murder and rape of children, but who possesses a mysterious gift.
Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Clarke Duncan
Carrie (1976)
Carrie White, a shy and friendless teenager protected by her domineering and religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her prom.
Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt
Count On Me (1986)
Following the death of one of his friends, a writer recounts a childhood trip with his friends to find the body of a missing child.
Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell
Misery (1990)
After a famous author is rescued from a car accident by a fan of his novels, he realizes that his care is just the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen
IT (2017)
In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied children band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster that disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.
Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard
The Visitor (2020)
Investigators are baffled by an unspeakable crime that has been committed.
Ben Mendelsohn, Bill Camp, Jeremy Bobb, Mare Winningham
The Mist (2007)
A freak storm unleashes a kind of bloodthirsty creatures in a small town, where a small group of citizens take refuge in a supermarket and fight for their lives.
Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher
The Living Graveyard (1989)
Following a tragedy, a grieving father discovers an ancient burial ground behind his home with the power to raise the dead.
Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby, Brad Greenquist
Creepshow 2 (1987)
Three other chilling tales include a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and a hitchhiker who wants revenge and doesn’t want to die.
Domenick John, Tom Savini, George Kennedy, Philip Dore
The Dead Zone (1983)
A man wakes up from a coma and discovers that he has a psychic ability.
Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom
The Dark Half (1993)
A writer’s fictional alter ego wants to take his life… at any cost.
Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Michael Rooker, Julie Harris
Eclipse Total (1995)
A reporter from the big city travels to the small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman for whom she works as a maid.
Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt, Christopher Plummer
1408 (2007)
A man specialized in denying paranormal events stays in the legendary room 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel. Shortly after settling in, he is faced with a real terror.
John Cusack, Tony Shalhoub, Len Cariou, Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Regreso a Salem’s Slot (1997)
A man and his son go on vacation to the sleepy town of Salem’s Lot, populated by vampires.
Michael Moriarty, Ricky Addison Reed, Samuel Fuller, Andrew Duggan
