Since a recent list of the ten best films either written or based on material by Stephen King has just been done, I thought it would be fun to compile a list of the ten worst films. Sadly, this list was too easy to compile since there are so many terrific movies based on King’s work. Thankfully I didn’t put these tables in order of priority because it would be hard to try and decide which members are worse than the others. A few here are no less different than some of the bottoms of the barrel, but on the whole they are stinky and should be avoided altogether.
I simply didn’t have the films listed for a few others that are not seen but are equally to be avoided. “Fit Pupils” and “Sleeper Walks” do not make the list and, worst of all, “Lawnmower Man” is simply not included on this list. because only in the name of the movie that is the least in the king’s creepy short storynot based a>. So bad was that movie that King got it that he thought his name was taken off.
Here is my list of Stephen King’s ten worst films in alphabetical order.
CAT’S EYE(1985) – Another anthology film with three stories, two of which are based on the stories King wrote before and one original with a cat as a link to each story. The film opens with a hilarious scene where a cat is released and nearly attacked by a St. Bernard who looks suspiciously like Cujo and nearly runs over in a 1958 Plymouth, probably named Christine. So we enter the first story starring James Woods as a man who goes to a society to help him quit smoking and get a rougher roommate to make him quit he does Alan Rex co-stars as a menacing head of society in this delightful black comedy black-comedes as he puts it on himself. to a terrible fate. We want a lot more when it ends and we want a lot more after the passion over the next two stories. The story of the two stars Robert (Aeroplane) Hays as a man having an affair with the wife of a sad businessman. He is brought to a businessman who makes a poor young man climb the ledge of the height where they are, and he will be allowed to live if he can walk around the building. It’s a good premise that’s absolutely predictable with clichés and doesn’t yield anything in any way. The latest and worst story stars Barrymore as a little girl who is so terrified of a gremlin that no one else believes exists. This story is given a very tentative time, and drags it to a pointless and unnecessary conclusion. I wish they had stuck to that first story.
THE CHILDREN’S ADVERTISEMENT(1984) – One of the worst adaptations of Stephen King is a sad, pile of garbage around a small town that has been taken over by its inhabitants. When the young couple come to town, they are too stupid to realize anything until it is too late, naturally, they cannot get out of town before the mayhem. This is a sick movie that opens with a diner full of patrons being murdered by baby kids – and it only gets worse from there. Surprisingly, there have been six sequels to watch so far, even though the king had no part.
CUJO (1983) – Like the book “Cujo” became an intense little thriller. Why anyone thought that the most beautiful sight of St. Bemard, first struck by a bat, and then suddenly corrupted by rabies, was beyond me. The basic story finds a mother (Dee Wallace) and her son trapped in a car by a snot-spitting dog. The formula thins after 30 minutes and there’s still a full hour to go. Reading a bag of Puppy Chow will bring more entertainment than wasting your time.
THE DARK HALF(1993) – King George A. Romero once again worked on adapting one of Richard Bachman’s books and proved that the book would do under Bachman’s par. par Romero movie Timothy Hutton stars as a writer who is more successful writing other books under a pseudonym and decides to kill the fictional author. Unfortunately, a fake author comes to life to wreak havoc and prevent the revelation of “destiny”. It’s even dumber then it sounds with Hoton’s usual sure looking silly in the bloody issue. This was not Romero’s best hour.
DREAMCATCHER (2003) – Director Lawrence (The Big Chill; Body Heat; The Grand Canyon proves that if you try to adapt bad new adventures, big ones will do badly). Doozy and this movie. Four friends make a trip to the woods for the weekend. Soon things start to happen and the audience laughs. And that’s when Morgan Freeman takes over the scene one of the worst major motion pictures, with good casting and top director, ever made.
FIRESTARTER(1984) – Another of King’s good books turned into a bad movie with Drew Barrymore as a girl with the power to start fires, who is caught by her father. (who has the same ability) through government administration for his own personal use. If you want (a lot) of Drew’s eyes widening, bricks catching fire and criminals running around on fire (with their protective suits clearly visible) this is the movie for you. Such talent as George C. Scott, Martin Sheen, David Keith, Art Carney and Moses Gunn look lost in this mess, which includes a beautiful moment where the assassin Scott describes in detail how he plans to kill little Barrymore. Nice movie huh?
GRAVEYARD TRANSMUTO(1990) – This hilariously bad movie is about a rat-infested mill, whose workers start disappearing and gruesome deaths ensue. This sounds like the kind of dinner party they’re calling for, right? Not only is it heavy and stupid, but it contains special effects that look so fake, I’m sure I can do better on their base. I believe I have devoted too much time to this junk to continue.
THE MANGLER (1995) – This is one of the biggest disappointments of bad films thanks to the horror film director Tobe (Texas Chainsaw Massacre; Poltergeist)< /i> Hooper. Robert (Freddy Krueger) stars Englund as the psychotic owner of an industrial laundry plant, where machines start killing workers. If you read that last line again it won’t change. Just imagine trying to believe that while watching. The film is full of gore, but there is no suspense or suspense and the veteran Hooper directs incompetently.
BIGGEST OVERDRIVE (1986) – King, fed up with how his material was being handled on the big screen, decides to give directing a try by adapting his short story Trucks.< /i> Unfortunately King doesn’t he did better with the story of a group of people trapped in a train station after machines come to life and a group of trucks scares them. The film is filled with some disgusting violence including the death of a patient mostly from lawnmowers and pop machines but the film takes itself too seriously and goes nowhere. Another demerit head goes to introducing musical scores by AC/DC.
PET SEMATARIUM(1989) – One of King’s best books (which I had to put down more than once for fear) was turned into one of the worst movies. A couple moves into a new house that is adjacent to a haunted cemetery with secrets that only their creepy old neighbor (Fred Gwynne) knows about. A secret? Bury your pet there and the very night life will come back. Once the couple’s son ventures to the front of the house where the parents have apparently forgotten the trucks are roaring every minute and what do you think happens? This movie is particularly sick with a scene so disgusting (at the son’s funeral) that I really thought it was a dream sequence and waited for someone to wake up. After that, the movie lost me for good and it only gets worse when the son returns and is not quite the cute little tyke he once was . Let’s not forget about the last scene that left the audience so weak before the credits. It’s a shame that they were then released in the “classic” title of the song by The Ramones. How about this line from the song – I don’t want to be buried in a pet cemetery. I don’t want to live my life again. Seeing his Academy had the best part of the Song of Songs that year and he neglected this one. topper? This film was such a hit that an even worse sequel (made without King) was made three years later. Suddenly this movie didn’t look so bad.
