It’s no surprise, then, that King himself wrote the screenplay for my personal favorite of his movie adaptations, Pet Sematary.
But even The Shining, though controversial, belongs in the category of wildly successful, highly effective horror movies based on Stephen King novels.
It’s not surprising that the movie adaptations that understand this are the most successful King adaptations.
Though for the most part King has been a fan of his movie adaptations (in particular of Stand By Me, which he said was “true to the book”), die-hard Stephen King fans are quick to shoot down The Shining.