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Can Hollywood Still Make a Decent Stephen King Adaptation? PART 2

With the impending releases of THE DARK TOWER and IT we decided to take look back at the past 40 years of Stephen King adaptations to see if Hollywood can still make a decent movie out of one of his books. After all, the greatest indicator of what to expect from the future is to look at the past... then again, President Donald Trump. So, who knows? Not to mention that IT teaser is really strong and already has well over 20 million views. If you haven't seen it... This is part two of a three-part retrospective. There are several direct to video sequels and made for TV mini series that are missing from this list, this was not an oversight but an editorial choice. Yes, this was the first editorial choice made in the five years Following Films has been kicking around the internets. We felt its unfair to compare theatrical releases with the straight to Redbox stuff. Not to mention, do you need to be told that Children of the Corn 666 is a waste of your time? It felt

Can Hollywood Still Make a Decent Stephen King Adaptation? PART 1

With the impending releases of THE DARK TOWER and IT we decided to take look back at the past 40 years of Stephen King adaptations to see if Hollywood can still make a decent movie out of one of his books. After all, the greatest indicator of what to expect from the future is to look at the past... then again, President Donald Trump. So, who knows? This is part one of a three part retrospective. There are several direct to video sequels and made for TV mini series that are missing from this list, this was not an oversight but an editorial choice. Yes, this was the first editorial choice made in the five years Following Films has been kicking around the internets. We felt its unfair to compare theatrical releases with the straight to Redbox stuff.  Not to mention, do you need to be told that Children of the Corn 666 is a waste of your time? It felt like a ton of extra work to go through those films just to land on an obvious conclusion. Most of those films just aren't that go