Comments on: BOOKS 2 FILM >> The 5 Best “Worst” Stephen King Movies

By: RP

RP — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:58:56 +0000

I finally watched the Rob Lowe ‘SALEM’S LOT the other day, and it wasn’t terrible.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:01:01 +0000

Storm of the Century isn’t half-bad. I remember seeing Maximum Overdrive at a drive-in near Ames, Iowa. About halfway through, a thunderstorm lead to a power outage and, mercifully, shut the film down for the night.

By: Rod

Rod — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:46:05 +0000

Other than KINGDOM HOSPITAL, I have yet to make it through any King TV miniseries.

By: Rod

Rod — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:45:22 +0000

Certainly CARRIE is classy at least in hindsight. It does have a (now-)brand-name director and earned a couple of Academy Award nominations.

Regardless, I’m not ashamed to say I own all of these “worst” movies.

By: Flash

Flash — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:15:20 +0000

Not really your topic but it got me thinking: I can’t think of a single King-penned screenplay that wasn’t just an awful finished product.

I mean, that Shining miniseries?

Jack Nicholson’s Jack Torrance >>>>>>>>>> Dude from Wings’ Jack Torrance.

I appreciate what King was trying to do in light of his problems with Kubrick’s vision, but that was brutal.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:01:28 +0000

I think you’re a bit unfair to CARRIE–unlike, say, SHAWSHANK, it doesn’t try to be “classy” at all. (In general, classy movies don’t have girls’ locker room tampon-throwing scenes.) In fact, CARRIE does by the far the best job of merging the low-budget junky and smart storyteller sides of King.

By: montyburnz

montyburnz — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:57:38 +0000

Dreamcatcher is either a really horrible King movie or a really wonderful satire of a King movie.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:59:41 +0000

I always loved King’s own comment after seeing Maximum Overdrive….”Moron movie”