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King Goes To The Movies: Vijf Verfilmde Verhalen (2009)

by Stephen King(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

9024530377 (ISBN13: 9789024530373)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Luitingh

review 1: I accidentally requested this through interlibrary loan, not knowing it was merely a collection of Stephen King works previously published and which I'd already read. But since they went to the trouble to get it to me, I thought I'd thumb through anyway. I'm glad I did. King offers some insights on the film adaptations of the works in this volume--which adaptations he liked and which ones he thought were laughable. These are, then, some of King's favorite works that were turned into movies but not necessarily movies he enjoyed. I skipped Hearts in Atlantis because I didn't like it much to begin with--just boring. I also skipped Shawshank because I'd read that one recently enough. I revisited the other three, however. 1408 I reread just because I love that story. It's proba... morebly the scariest thing King's ever written (to me, anyway), just a simple, straightforward scary as all get-out haunted hotel room story that benefits especially from King's ability to convey the horrors of the unknown and the unseen. The part where he describes the voice on the phone as sounding like a pair of old hair-clippers that had developed the ability to talk is one of the most chilling descriptions in all horror literature. If you get a chance, listen to this story on audiobook. King himself reads it, and he's able to affect this high-pitched, grating, raspy voice for the voice on the phone that will give you nightmares. "The Mangler" is just gleeful over-the-top ridiculousness. It doesn't aspire to be anything more than it's capable of: a story about an industrial laundry machine with a bloodthirsty demon inside of it."The Children of the Corn" is chilling and terrifying. I'm glad I reread it. I put myself through the original movie (stupid, but not too bad) and its horrible sequels and had forgotten somewhat the effect of the original story. I kind of wish King had developed it a little more, perhaps into a novella, but it's good, simple horror nevertheless.
review 2: It was nice to revisit some of King's stories that I hadn't read for several years. He gives a little insight into his thoughts and feelings about how each story was produced and presented on the big screen. The book includes 1408, The Mangler, Low Men in Yellow Coats (from Hearts in Atlantis), Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption and Children of the Corn. I was surprised at how much I'd forgotten about the plot lines of some of these stories. Good to refresh this ancient memory a little. less

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