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It's funny, but the first time I saw the film I was really looking forward to seeing how those topiary animals would look on film, considering the state of special effects at that time. I was quite disappointed when that was replaced with the maze. At this point, I have grown to love both the...

I agree. In the book, the slow slide into madness really conveys the idea that the hotel is slowly possessing Torrance and that is what is driving him to madness. You don't get that same sense in Kubrick's film.

Yeah, the novel of Pet Semetary was pretty creepy. The film, on the other hand, wasn't very good. The Stand took a little while for me to get into, but overall I thought it was one of King's better works. I never saw the screen adaptation of this one. Wasn't it a TV mini-series? I think...

It was either the fifth or sixth book where I got too bored with the story and stopped reading. I cannot remember which it was, as I still have both on the shelf, but cannot remember if I had bought #6 before I got bored with #5, or if it was #6 where I finally gave up. I never picked up the...

I am a big fan of King's writing, but most of the film adaptations of his stories leave me a little flat. I do really like the film of The Shining, but Kubrick really made that his own story, and Nicholson's performance, while over the top, is still so memorable. I do remember, after seeing the...