[Tony Montana]

1) The Shawshank Redemption
2) The Shinning (1980)
3) IT (2017)
4) Stand By Me
5) The Mist

Honourable mentions to 1408, Thinner and Christine

What’s yours?

[Niamh.]

The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
Misery
IT (2017)
Stand By Me

[Niamh.]

I watched Thinner recently and it's really dated now

[Tony Montana]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I watched Thinner recently and it's really dated now

Really? I watched it a few weeks ago and it still holds up well for me.

[Niamh.]

I remember being terrified of Pet Semetary when it came out but I haven't seen it in years now, could be pretty dated as well

[bots]

The Stand,

Firestarter

Salems Lot

Carrie

All were really good for me.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
Misery
IT (2017)
Stand By Me

Not only are these the best adaptations... they're pretty much the only good adaptations full stop .

The Shining is a good movie in its own right but it doesn't capture the book at all. So I struggle to call it an adaptation.

The Stand TV movie is good for what it is but the production is cheap as chips and it's dated badly, and also, it's my favourite King novel and it's so packed full of material that it would take a several-full-seasons-long TV series to actually do it justice. There's a season's worth of material for practically every character in the book... and there are a tonne of characters. I don't think a "great" adaptation CAN be done... it would need a huge commitment and a decent budget.

I personally also have a soft spot for the TV adaptation of IT, as I think there are several aspects it does far better than the new movie. Not least... for most of the running time, IT is a sinister and creepy background presence, far more subtle than in the movie, which goes for a few too many "jump" and "chase" scares. For example, the giant head bursting out of the projector images is NOWHERE NEAR as effective as the same scene in the TV adaptation (they're looking at still pictures and suddenly notice that Pennywise is moving in the pictures and looking at them). Again though, suffers from dated production values, where movies like Green Mile, Shawshank and Stand By Me are timeless.

Most of the other movies haven't aged well to the point of being bad, or just weren't good to begin with.

[Jason.]

Carrie, The Shining and Misery are the trinity.

[Smithy]

Y’all really gonna sleep on Gerald’s Game huh?

[AnnieK]

Salems Lot was the first horror I ever saw and traumatised me......especially as my brother climbed out of his bedroom to scratch on my window after we watched it.

The Green Mile sticks closest to the book.

Carrie (original) was a great movie.

Shawshank

Misery, great film although some.differences to the book namely the hobbling scene

[Tony Montana]

Who’s watched Christine or Thinner? Both are underrated

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by scarface95

Who’s watched Christine or Thinner? Both are underrated

Have read both books but not seen the films

[Tony Montana]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

Have read both books but not seen the films

I highly recommend you watch them Both ASAP, Annie. I guarantee You won’t be Disappointed

[Tony Montana]

What are everyone’s opinions on the ending of the Mist?

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
Misery
IT (2017)
Stand By Me

^ This and the top 2 are levels above the rest - as brilliant as they are.

[LaLaLand]

The TV adaptation of The Shining is brilliant. It's much more true to the book than the movie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(miniseries)

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by scarface95

What are everyone’s opinions on the ending of the Mist?

I was traumatised by the ending......knew how it would end.but still shocked lol

[Tony Montana]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

I was traumatised by the ending......knew how it would end.but still shocked lol

Same, it was soo unexpected and Emotional

[Tony Montana]

I could never get into the Green Mile. I think a Rewatch is in order

[LaLaLand]

1. IT (2017)
2. The Green Mile
3. The Shining
4. Shawshank
5. Misery

Honourable mentions: Carrie and Pet Sematary.

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by scarface95

I could never get into the Green Mile. I think a Rewatch is in order

I read the book when I was working in the states. It was released in parts (6iirc) and I had to wait for the guy I worked for to read it first. It id one of my faves though.....film and book

[Tony Montana]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

I read the book when I was working in the states. It was released in parts (6iirc) and I had to wait for the guy I worked for to read it first. It id one of my faves though.....film and book

I watched the first 30 minutes and just got bored. It just didn’t capture my interest unlike Shawshank

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Jonnii

The TV adaptation of The Shining is brilliant. It's much more true to the book than the movie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(miniseries)

It is a much better adaptation and closer to the book, and nails the Jack character unlike... well... Jack. Again though it suffers from the basic problem of being "pre-2000's TV" - that is to say, TV shows just didn't get the sort of budget (and therefore production and acting quality) that they do today.

[Tony Montana]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It is a much better adaptation and closer to the book, and nails the Jack character unlike... well... Jack. Again though it suffers from the basic problem of being "pre-2000's TV" - that is to say, TV shows just didn't get the sort of budget (and therefore production and acting quality) that they do today.

What are your opinions on 1408, Thinner, Carrie, The Mist and Christine?

[LaLaLand]

Love OG Carrie, it's just so messed up it's brilliant.

Carrie the remake wasn't bad either, again much truer to the book (where she wreaks havoc all the way home and basically sets the whole town on fire).