“The Stand”, “Salem’s Lot”, and “The Shining” were my favorites. In my opinion, the TV mini-series of “The Stand” wasn’t as good as the book. I thought the original “Salem’s Lot” mini-series with David Soul was the best version. James Mason was in it. “The Shining” movie with Jack Nicholson and the mini-series didn’t do it for me. The book was so much better than either of them.
“The book was so much better than either of them.”
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I was never much on King and believe his work to be over-rated, so I’ll have to take your word on it.
But I do think the 1990 TV version of IT was excellent (I believe he hated it, heheheh) after viewing about 20 minutes of the recent remake, I just wanted it to be a film short where a hero-clown justifiably kills some evil, insufferable foul-mouthed teen brats tout de suite. I coulda got behind that story line.
But at least The Stand movie followed the book. Wasn’t a thin book, either... :)