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. 1433 2075
2 It
Tim Curry's razor-toothed clown provides nightmare fodder for a generation of underage viewers. 984 1954
3 Misery
A reclusive nurse (Kathy Bates) holds her favorite author (James Caan) hostage, and all manner of agony ensues. 936 1786
4 Carrie
Brian De Palma brings King's supernatural teen (Sissy Spacek) to life; proms haven't been the same since. 925 1801
5 Pet Sematary
A doctor and his family use the powers of an animal graveyard to bring their young son back to life. 917 1831
6 Children of the Corn
A pair of travelers (Linda Hamilton and Peter Horton) stumble upon a chilling country town where kids slaughter adults. 506 1690
7 Cujo
This slow-burning thriller finds a mother (Dee Wallace) and her son (Danny Pintauro) at the mercy of their rabid family pet. 454 1570
8 Christine
Horrormeister John Carpenter brings this story of a teen's obsession with his murderous convertible to life. 449 1619
9 Creepshow
Beloved horror director George A. Romero presents five twisted tales, one of which stars King himself. 447 1567
10 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. 418 1634
11 1408
John Cusack plays a cynical writer forced to reconsider his views on the supernatural after a night in a spooked hotel room. 286 1554
12 The Dead Zone
An unassuming schoolteacher (Christopher Walken) gains the ability to predict the future (including a nuclear holocaust). 197 1403
13 Secret Window
Johnny Depp stars in this thriller, in which an unhinged crazy (John Turturro) stalks him in the woods. 179 1455
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. 135 1341
15 Firestarter
A young girl (Drew Barrymore) and her parents are forced to go on the lam after her pyro-kinesis comes to light. 131 1353
16 Dolores Claiborne
Kathy Bates stars as a presumed killer forced to answer to a journalist (Jennifer Jason Leigh) whose parents have been murdered. 21 1333
17 Graveyard Shift
Based on one of the author's Night Shift tales, this one finds a motley crew cleaning up a rat-infested building. 3 497
18 Sleepwalkers
King's first original screenplay, with a cameo by Clive Barker, concerns a vampiric pair who set up shop in a small town. -62 1308
19 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. -63 1299
20 The Dark Half
Timothy Hutton plays both a successful author and his own murderous alter ego in this moody adaptation. -179 1203
21 The Night Flier
A pair of competing journalists (Miguel Ferrer and Julie Entwisle) stalk a vampiric night murderer. -278 1208