These are movies of Stephen King books, or based on characters created by him.
There are links to external
sources such as the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) for movie
information, as well as Amazon.Com for you to buy the movies directly.
Links are also included to both the book or short story that the movie is based on, as well as lists of mistakes in the movies.
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
 Released: 1990
Description: The
story used in this collection is Cat from Hell, which has never
appeared in an SK collection. This strange cat is about to be killed,
or so the hired hitman thinks - but the cat has other ideas! This
movie, directed by John Harrison often goes for the complete gross out,
so be warned.
Basically this Romero/King joint effort is a
successor to their Creepshow movies as much as a movie-length version
of the TV series Tales from the Darkside. Maybe they avoided calling it
Creepshow 3 due to the poor take from the second movie? The first
segment features an animated mummy stalking selected student victims;
the second tale tells the story of a "cat from hell" who cannot be
killed and leaves a trail of victims behind it; the third story is
about a man who witnesses a bizarre killing and promises never to tell
what he saw and the "in-between" bit is the story of a woman preparing
to cook her newspaper boy for supper.
Thinner
 Released: 1996
Description: An
excellent movie directed by Tom Holland about a fat lawyer that has a
curse placed on him, and he grows thinner - a tribute to the F/X
wizardry as Robert John Burke goes through multiple transformations.
The special effects alone make this movie worth watching, and it
follows the book very closely, without adding unnecessary details.
Joe Mantegna plays Richie Ginelli, Lucinda
Jenney is Heidi Halleck, Michael Constantine plays a well made-up Taduz
Lempke and Kari Wuhrer is his granddaughter Gina Lempke.
This Is Horror From the Archives of Stephen King's World Of Horror
 Released: 1994
Description: Stephen
King talks about various King works, and his life in general. Only
about 15 minutes of King in this whole movie, but it's still
interesting.
Discussions include movies such
as Re-Animator, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Gate, American Werewolf in
London, Dead Heat and Toxic Avenger, and concentrates on their their
various styles, hidden meanings, and use of horror, sometimes comedy,
and special effects to influence the audience. There are also plenty of
interviews with people such as Wes Craven, Brian Yuzna, Treat Williams
and Vincent Price as to their ideas, casting, and thoughts on the
entire horror scene.
This Is Horror II From the Archives of Stephen King's World Of Horror
 Released: 1994
Description: Stephen
King talks about various King Works. From acclaimed directors such as
George Romero, Robert Parker and Dario Argento comes classics like
Night of the living Dead, Unsane, Angel Heart and Creepers. Each of
these films, and more from other people, are discussed in depth to see
what people like about the content and themes involved.
Interviews also include stars
like Mickey Rourke, Lisa Bonet and Robert De Niro discussing their
roles and the influences in their lives that prepared them for their
acting roles.
This movie also includes a discussion of Stephen King's The Night Flier.
Tommyknockers, The
 Released: 1993
Description: A
slightly bland version of the book, but still a quite enjoyable movie
overall. Jimmy Smits plays a poor Jim Gardner, and Marg Helgenberger
was quite good as Bobbi Anderson.
I did enjoy the movie, but it did lack the
spark that the book contained. Some of the actors were brilliantly cast
while others seemed to be dragged off the unemployment line just to
fill parts. The effects were rather well done, and for the time were
believable, but I guess thats what the budget is for - effects &
just a few good actors
Trucks
 Released: 1997
Description: A
rather interesting movie based on the short story of the same name. The
actors are well cast, the storyline is quite flowing, but the special
effects co-ordinator Rory Cutler and his staff of Kevin Stadnyk should
have been shot. I would even have provided the bullet!
From bending axes to continuity
errors, the movie is plagued with small, but noticeable errors that
detract from what could have been an otherwise good movie. Plenty of
good gore shots for those that like it red-n-rough though. Even my 5
year old son was complaining about some of the errors, and thats saying
something!
I guess I expected more, but considering the
budget I guess it was ok for what I consider a "B grade horror movie"
an almost all levels
Woman in the Room, The
Released: 1983
Description: She
is incurably ill, but she cannot die. Only her son, a lawyer, could
bring her relief. When he decides, to do so, starts his personal
nightmare.
Directed by Frank Darabont as a short
feature film while a student, King revealed that this was one of his
favourite film adaptations. Darabont would later get the rights to film
The Shawshank Redemption because of this little masterpiece. The cast
consisted of very few people, the main ones being Michael Cornelison as
John, Dee Croxton as his mother, and Brian Libby as the convict brother.
World of Horror
 Released: 1989
Description: Stephen
King joins other horror authors and directors such as John Carpenter
and Clive Barker to discuss the great horror movies of all time in this
45 minute creation. They discuss many aspects as well as some of the
most memorable and outrageous film promotions ever created.
King shows us some of his
excellent sinister wit and combines this with surprises and startling
revelations, and shows us glimpses of the real man behind the books.
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