12 Sep 2017

Dan Slevin on film adaptions of Stephen King novels

From Afternoons, 1:42 pm on 12 September 2017

The biggest film in the world at the moment is It - the new adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel about a scary clown terrorising some kids. So our regular Tuesday movie guy, Dan Slevin from RNZ Widescreen, decided he wanted to look at Stephen King on film. 

Here are his top 10 picks of the more than 40 film adaptations of Stephen King's novels:

Carrie (1976)
The Shining (1980)
The Dead Zone (1983)
Stand By Me (1986)
The Running Man (1987) - Richard Bachman
Misery (1990)
Needful Things (1993)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Apt Pupil (1998)
Dreamcatcher (2003)