He has the psychic ability to tell a persons fate just by coming into contact with them.

Its like aTwilight Zoneepisode spiked with arsenic.

Totally prescient and highly underrated.

The Best and Worst of Stephen King Adaptations

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BEST: 7.Pet Sematary(2019)

Mary Lamberts1989 adaptationhas its hardcore fans.

Oh, and P.S., good luck trying to fall asleep.

And he certainly found every ounce of the authors air of locked-room dread in this one.

David Cronenberg directed Christopher Walken as a man who comes out of his coma to realize he has a psychic ability. The movie would later

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Hes also a master of nostalgia.

But yes, theres also a dead body.

BEST: 4.Misery(1990)

This is the momentKathy Bates became an icon.

THE RUNNING MAN

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I thought you were good Paul.

But you’re not good.

You’re just another lying ol' dirty birdy.

DOLORES CLAIBORNE, Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, 1995

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King and Bates both make Annie perfection in their own ways.

Shes arguably Kings most vivid and dementedly noble – character.

BEST: 2.The Shining(1980)

Stephen King isnt a fan.

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Well, probably not.

It goes without saying that Stephen Weber is no Jack Nicholson.

But every facet of this project felt…churlish.

The Mist

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The machines come to life.

AC/DC music is cranked.

Brain cells are obliterated.

King’s novella The Body served as inspiration for this poignant coming-of-age tale about a group of young boys determined to find the body of a

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King himself would reportedly later describe the film as “wonderful moron picture.”

Kathy Bates' Oscar-winning turn as Annie Wilkes brings a whole new meaning to obsessed fandom — and makes you think twice about receiving help from

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The Green Mile isn’t the only King tale about a wrongfully convicted man Durabont helmed for the big screen. Redemption earned seven Oscar nominations, including

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Stanley Kubrick’s masterful take on King’s novel may not have been the author’s favorite, but the film still terrifies and delights audiences decades later. (And

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Sissy Spacek’s performance as the telepathic Carrie White and Piper Laurie’s turn as her religious zealot mother each earned an Oscar nod. They also created

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Idris Elba

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DREAMCATCHER, Damian Lewis, Thomas Jane, Timothy Olyphant, Jason Lee, 2003, (c) Warner Brothers/cour

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What can go wrong with a horror movie that stars Robert ‘‘Freddy Krueger’’ Englund and Ted ‘‘Buffalo Bill’’ Levine? A lot, apparently.

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As a direct response to Kubrick’s film, King played a major role in bringing this miniseries to the small screen. But he probably should have

Based on King’s short story ‘‘Trucks,’’ the author himself penned the screenplay and directed the film — it was the last time he ever sat

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