Stephen King, a master of horror world, a genius in creating terrifying atmosphere. His books have moved the masses and movies based on them have remained on everyone’s lips even if they not hit at the box office Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) – American writer of genius who has filled a niche relatively low until his apparition.
10. Apt Pupil
Todd Bowden a teenager discovers that one of his neighbors, Mr. Denker is a war criminal, a Nazi responsible for the deaths of many Hebrew in the Second World War. Will blackmail him with this thing and demanding to be told details, in that very troubled period of history. Just like the old Nazi could be a fearsome opponent.
09. It
In the quiet town Derry, seven friends Bill, Eddie, Mike, Bev, Stan, Richie and Ben have heard and seen strange things. Most happenings revolve around a Clown called PennyWise, which all recognize that is real, after discovering that his brother Bill fall victim to this clown. The group sets out to stop this evil once and for always. 30 years after the defeat of “It”, Mike Hanlon is the only which has reamined in Derry, said that ‘It’ is back and is forced to call back the entire group, following a promise made in the past. The group meets and comes face to face with evil that has haunted and fed people in Derry in recent centuries.
Burt (David Anders) and Vicki (Kandy McClure) are on their way to California where they want to spend a second honeymoon. While crossing a rural area of Nebraska, the couple inadvertently injured a child in the street suddenly emerged from the cornfield. On closer examination, Burt noted that the child already had other injuries and should be followed to die anyway. Sensing that something is wrong, Burt decides to investigate the cornfield.
07. Carrie
Carrie White is a shy girl, she not make friends easily. After her class colleagues have abused her, and colleagues is one of mercy and puts Tommy Ross, her boyfriend, to invite her to the prom. The plan was to do the shaving Carrie to the whole school. What she does not understand is that Carrie White is… gifted, and do not want to upset.
06. Misery
The novelist Paul Sheldon is on his way to his home in Colorado after his last book, when his car crashes in a snowstorm Bizarre. Paul is severely wounded, but is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes, Paul’s number one fan, who takes Paul back to her house in the mountains (without telling anyone). Unfortunately for Paul, Annie is a bit crazy. When she learns that Paul kills the heroine of favorite novels, her reaction leaves Paul destroyed (literally)…
Made with the same name novel signed by Stephen King, the movie has in the middle of action of Dolores Claiborne, a middle-aged woman, accused of killed that old rich which cared for 22 years, in the distant Maine. Dolores’s daughter, Selina, returns to New York where she worked as a successful journalist. She tries to decipher the details of old and dead, as successful, Selina begins to ask questions about her own unhappy childhood.
04. Stand by Me
Based on Stephen King’s story “The Body”, “Stand By Me” tells the life of Gorda Lachance, a writer who looks back to pre-adolescent days when he and three friends started on their adventure to find a their age child missing and presumed dead. The stakes are high when the bad guys in town are on their trail, it becomes a race to see who will be the first able to find the missing boy’s body.
03. The Green Mile
The Green Mile is a big screen adaptation of the famous novel, Stephen King’s column, published in 1996. The action takes place in 1935, the sector to death of a prison in the southern United States and develops amazing story about the unusual relationship of a guardian who recover from it and one of the condemned, the owner of a magical grace, as mysterious, as it is miraculous.
02. The Shining
The ingenious adaptation of Stanley Kubrik of the Stephen King’s novel of lasting fame brought both for writer and director and propelled Jack Nicholson among Hollywood superstars. Its ominous roar “Heeeeeeeeere’s Johnny!” became one of the most famous scenes in cinema history; one that freezes our blood comes.
“The Shawshank Redemption” it’s probably the best adaptation based on one of the most awesome books writed by Stephen Edwin King. The years pass and Andy embarks on a journey of self-knowledge, makes friends and many enemies and realize that man’s greatest treasure is hope. A movie about the importance of dreams and the idea that a man can keep the hope alive. A person can be free even between four walls, just if he wants.
