With the recent hit of "Ready Player One", the classic horror movie "The Shining" has been frequently mentioned again, and when it comes to "The Shining", it has to be said that Stephen King.
Stephen King is recognized as the "master of modern thriller fiction", and he has written countless novels that have been continuously remade into film and television dramas. Stephen conveys a message to the reader in most of his works: sin, a non-negligible part of the nature of human nature, is the root of "destruction."
Therefore, the film and television dramas that have been remade through his novels, although there is no shortage of bloody and thrilling pictures, the shock brought by watching has never been more than just visual stimulation.
So today's miss chart has sorted out the movie adapted from Stephen King's novel, which can be said to be worth watching!
1
【 The Shawshank Redemption 】
Douban score: 9.6
Director: Frank Delabonte
Starring: Tim Robbins / Morgan Freeman / Bob Gunton
Content Introduction: Douban Top250 ranks first in the classic movie, its popularity does not need to be repeated too much. But many people may not know that it is based on Stephen King's novel of the same name.
And the belief conveyed by the film is like its line: hope is beautiful, maybe it is still the most beautiful thing in the world, and the beautiful thing never dies.
2
【 Walk with me 】
Douban score: 8.9
Director: Rob Reiner
Starring: Rivan Phoenix / Will Wheaton / Corey Feldman
Introduction: The film is adapted from the novel "Corpse", which is a rare work in Stephen King's films that is not thrilling or terrifying. Nominated for Best Film, Best Director, and 1987 Academy Award for Best Screenplay!
The film tells the story of 4 boys who want to become heroes and leave the town to find the body of a little boy. Each of the four boys had family problems, and during the adventure they learned the value of principle and respect for life. All in all, this is a movie about growing up.
3
【 10 Days of Crisis 】
Douban score: 8.3
Starring: James Keane / Kathy Bates / Richard Farnsworth
Description: Best-selling author Paul Sheldon is driving home with his latest work, Misery. On the way, he encountered a terrible snowstorm, a car overturn accident, and Paul's legs were seriously injured, but fortunately he was rescued in time by Annie, a nurse who lived alone at a nearby hilltop. Anne was Paul's number one book fan, and under her careful care, Paul's injuries were getting better. But when she learns that her favorite heroine has died in Paul's new book, she can't contain the anger in her heart, and through various means to take revenge on Paul, gradually forcing the writer to despair...
Based on the novel of the same name by horror novel master Stephen King, actress Kathy Bates won the 63rd Academy Award for Best Actress for her crazy and capricious performance in the film.
4
【 Shining 】
Douban score: 8.0
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Jack Nicholson / Shelly Duval / Danny Lloyd
Although this movie is like "Ready Player One" said, it is Stephen King's own favorite film adapted from his own work, but it is undeniable that Kubrick's "The Shining" is recognized as "an insurmountable classic in the history of world horror films"!
The film tells the story of the writer Jack, in order to get rid of his frustration at work, despite the persuasion of his friends, he takes his wife and children to live in a mountain restaurant. Strange things gradually happen, Jack's mind begins to repeat all kinds of bloody pictures, tragedy is about to happen...
5
【 Mist 】
Douban score: 7.8
Director: Frank Delabonte
Starring: Thomas Jane / Marcia Guy Harden / Laurie Houden
Description: The film tells the story of a beautiful town that is instantly overwhelmed by a sudden thick fog. People fled, and some were trapped in supermarkets in the town. Fear, panic, struggle, sadness, despair, people's spirits are on the verge of collapse.
The end of the film has been praised by many fans, which can be called "the stroke of God"! Monsters and horror elements are the shell of the film, and the core of the story is more about exploring the deep human nature and the environment of human existence.
6
【 Witch Carrie】
Douban score: 7.4
Director: Brian de Palma
Starring: Sissy Spicer / Piper Laurie / Amy Owen
Synopsis: Carrie the Witch is Stephen King's first film adaptation of a horror novel to be brought to the screen.
The story takes place on the campus, the high school girl Carrie is excluded from the school, and after being bullied again and again, Carrie finally broke out. She uses her superpowers to kill and take revenge on her classmates who have bullied her, which can be described as a fancy death demonstration film, which is also known as the originator of campus horror films. The wonderful performance of the heroine Sissy Spicer has won herself an Oscar nomination!
7
【 Phantom Murder Room 】
Douban score: 7.3
Directed by: Mikael Haverström
Starring: John Cusack / Samuel Jackson / Mary McCormack
Description: Horror novelist Mike likes to take scientific equipment to haunted places to collect writing materials. This time, he chose the Dolphin Hotel, and despite the strong persuasion of the hotel manager, he stayed in room 1408, where many guests had committed suicide. Mike experienced many horrific events as he wished, completely changing his previous view of supernatural phenomena.
When he finally couldn't withstand the wave of terrorist attacks and was ready to leave Room 1408, the most terrifying thing happened: he could not leave after all he could.
When I first watched this movie, I didn't feel very strong, but the real scary part of it was that I thought about it and the more I thought about it, the more terrifying it felt.
8
【 Ghost Show 】
Douban score: 7.2
Director: George A. Romero
Starring: Hal Holbrooke / Leslie Nelson
Description: The work of the modern horror film master George Romero in 1982, the film consists of 5 stories: the daughter kills her father, the father returns after many years to avenge; the greedy capitalist old man is swallowed up by the cockroach army, etc. The whole film is described in six paragraphs, which integrates the classic bridge sections of various horror films: killing and severed heads, blood sucking, haunted houses, etc., which are the masters of horror, drinking blood and sucking marrow, and wrapping you up!
9
【 Rabies Horror】
Douban score: 6.2
Director: Lewis Teague
Starring: Dee Warrens / danny pintauro / Daniel Hugh Kelly
Description: The work of the 1982 director of modern horror film master George Romero.
The film consists of 5 stories: the daughter kills her father, the father returns after many years to avenge himself, the greedy capitalist old man is swallowed up by the cockroach army, and so on. The whole film is described in six paragraphs, which integrates the classic bridge sections of various horror films: killing and severed heads, blood sucking, haunted houses, etc., which are the masters of horror, drinking blood and sucking marrow, and wrapping you up!
10
【 Miracle of Green Lane 】
Douban score: 8.7
Starring: Tom Hanks / David Moss / Mike Clark Duncan
Introduction: Like "The Shawshank Redemption", "Miracle in the Green" is also a classic film in film history that has been selected for major lists.
It tells the story of the twentieth century, Paul in the nursing home, recalling the supernatural events that occurred after the tall black murderer John Cowfield came to death row while he was warden. John was sentenced to death for killing two young girls and came to the famous Cold Mountain Prison, which has a green field called "Green Lane", and the end of the green space is the execution ground. John was not only not as ferocious as he had imagined, but on the contrary, he was surprisingly gentle and witty. John's arrival brought about earth-shaking changes for everyone in prison: the little mouse that injected the strength of life into the old prisoner Trevo, the final comfort of Trevo's last life; the miraculous rescue of Paul and Malinda, who were tormented by illness... Paul also saw the true meaning of life in John these days.
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