Stephen King Horror Movies
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Stephen King Horror Movies

The famed novelist's scary stories are a perfect fit for the big screen. Which King classic is the creepiest?

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1 The Shining
Jack Nicholson terrifies in this psychological thriller, with the aid of a creepy setting, a creepy child, and a creepy set of twins. 1568 2312
2 It
Tim Curry's razor-toothed clown provides nightmare fodder for a generation of underage viewers. 1048 2200
3 Misery
A reclusive nurse (Kathy Bates) holds her favorite author (James Caan) hostage, and all manner of agony ensues. 1003 1969
4 Pet Sematary
A doctor and his family use the powers of an animal graveyard to bring their young son back to life. 977 2043
5 Carrie
Brian De Palma brings King's supernatural teen (Sissy Spacek) to life; proms haven't been the same since. 955 1987
6 Children of the Corn
A pair of travelers (Linda Hamilton and Peter Horton) stumble upon a chilling country town where kids slaughter adults. 558 1868
7 Stephen King's The Mist
Frank Darabont directs Thomas Jane and Marcia Gay Harden in the story of a deadly fog that envelops a small town. 512 1814
8 Creepshow
Beloved horror director George A. Romero presents five twisted tales, one of which stars King himself. 460 1734
9 Christine
Horrormeister John Carpenter brings this story of a teen's obsession with his murderous convertible to life. 450 1786
10 Cujo
This slow-burning thriller finds a mother (Dee Wallace) and her son (Danny Pintauro) at the mercy of their rabid family pet. 427 1743
11 1408
John Cusack plays a cynical writer forced to reconsider his views on the supernatural after a night in a spooked hotel room. 373 1725
12 The Dead Zone
An unassuming schoolteacher (Christopher Walken) gains the ability to predict the future (including a nuclear holocaust). 234 1556
13 Secret Window
Johnny Depp stars in this thriller, in which an unhinged crazy (John Turturro) stalks him in the woods. 196 1598
14 Needful Things
In this psychological thriller, an evil shopkeeper (Max von Sydow) drives a town to madness by capitalizing on their most burning desires. 140 1460
15 Firestarter
A young girl (Drew Barrymore) and her parents are forced to go on the lam after her pyro-kinesis comes to light. 86 1490
16 Graveyard Shift
Based on one of the author's Night Shift tales, this one finds a motley crew cleaning up a rat-infested building. -1 611
17 Thinner
Director Tom Holland's thriller tells the tale of an average Joe (Robert John Burke) who incurs the wrath of a curse-wielding gypsy crone. -27 1439
18 Dolores Claiborne
Kathy Bates stars as a presumed killer forced to answer to a journalist (Jennifer Jason Leigh) whose parents have been murdered. -36 1474
19 Sleepwalkers
King's first original screenplay, with a cameo by Clive Barker, concerns a vampiric pair who set up shop in a small town. -74 1444
20 The Dark Half
Timothy Hutton plays both a successful author and his own murderous alter ego in this moody adaptation. -150 1336
21 The Night Flier
A pair of competing journalists (Miguel Ferrer and Julie Entwisle) stalk a vampiric night murderer. -227 1345