Dead Last Episode 3 : Stephen King Adaptations, Vol. 1

[@masebearcat]

Great list! Heres mine: 12. The Dark Half 11. Firestarter 10. Needful Things 9. Thinner 8. Cujo 7. The Dead Zone 6. Pet Semetary 5. Carrie 4. Misery 3. Silver Bullet 2. Christine 1. The Shining

[@RandiRain]

Was Salem's Lot not on there because it was a TV mini series? Because it was a novel. I love that movie. Scared me to death as a kid.

[@CeeJayThe13th]

I can see it not being included on account of it being a miniseries but I think it was re-cut a little and released in theaters so that might justify putting it on this list.

[@RobbDorn]

The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Stand By Me (The Body) & The Running Man are some of my all time favorite King films. Hopefully, these awesome adaptions will find their way onto a list in the near future. Great video as always!

[@alchemypotato]

I'm actually curious if Shawshank could've beat The Shining. I mean it does for me but with horror fans, I could see it being close.

[@AAWinnerMichaelCaine]

Give Doctor Sleep a watch. I went in with low expectations and it became one of my favorite films of 2019. But definitely only watch the Director's Cut, avoid the theatrical.

[@RobbDorn]

AAWinnerMichaelCaine Thanks, sir. I honestly had no idea a 3-hour Director’s Cut existed and just realized I have both versions on my VUDU account. I know what I’m watching this weekend.

[@amberlopez7477]

The running man. The story from the book is great. Not the movie.

[@OneEyedJack1970]

@@amberlopez7477 Yeah, I'd call that an awful adaptation. I went to see it when it came out in theaters, and I was really disappointed.

[@bkjstudio]

Oh boy! I've been waiting for this one. This was my first Patreon Participation video!

[@movietimelines]

hope you enjoyed it! lots more chances to participate coming up!

[@noneed4me2n7]

Really enjoyed your takes on these films, being a child of the 80s a lot of these films were on heavy rotation on various cable channels both paid and free. Christine and Silver Bullet were the two standouts for me, but I also loved Creepshow 1&2 and Sleepwalkers was a guilty pleasure. Also read all the books sometimes first.

[@laalaag2auntyayag776]

I loved all of those, Christine was never a favorite of mine though. I don’t know why. But have you seen Sleepwalkers recently? Lol, it’s so cringe inducing now, but I watched it 100 times back then and loved it... 🤷🏻‍♀️ I had a minor crush on Brian Krause though (from “The Blue Lagoon 2”)

[@sabrinaloizides-merideth9874]

I love Sleepwalkers in all its hilarious goodness. It's just stupid-fun.

[@noneed4me2n7]

@@laalaag2auntyayag776 yes I still enjoy it as it has some badass cars in itt and some actors on the way out and just starting. Also I don’t do nostalgia cringe as everything’s contextual. The Borg queen rocks and I love the craziness when she goes all apeshit on the cops and family. The corn on cob scene I’ll never forget.

[@nathanielbacon2661]

12: Needful Things 11: Thinner 10: The Dead Zone 9: Christine 8: Firestarter 7: The Dark Half 6: Carrie 5: Misery 4: Cujo 3: The Shining 2: Silver Bullet 1: Pet Sematary

[@george1313311ify]

This is a good 👍 ranking 👏 👍 👌 🙌 ...

[@Adam-qv2bd]

Saw dark half in the theater. Loved it then and still do today.

[@caladamson7281]

Another great episode. I really enjoy this ranking show you're doing, and I notice little improvements every time such as with editing, etc. I'm hoping to get involved with the voting in the next one!

[@movietimelines]

i'm going to announce the time frame for the next list of rankings very soon on the patreon page, so get ready!

[@joshuanelson6795]

Misery, The Mist and IT (2017) are all tied for my favorite Stephen King adaptation.

[@CeeJayThe13th]

I think The Mist is probably my all time favorite

[@joshuanelson6795]

@@CeeJayThe13th For real. The ending of that movie is unbelievable.

[@AAWinnerMichaelCaine]

@@CeeJayThe13th Have you ever seen the black and white cut? I think it was only with the original 2-disc DVD set. Slightly different intro and the black and white hides the uglier CG.

[@CeeJayThe13th]

@@AAWinnerMichaelCaine no 😔. I had the opportunity but I just let it slip by and have kinda regretted it since.

[@Frumpnuts]

Replace IT with 1408 and you got yourself a list.

[@xBloodxFangx]

I too felt bad for Cujo, cause yea he is the villain but he also was a loving family pet who got bit by a rabid bat. In reality that dog had to of been hurting so bad and so painfully miserable with rabies. Yeah he is attacking and killing people but its the rabies making him do so and animals who have rabies suffer so much more then just becoming mindless killers. So I just kept imagining what terrible pain this dog must be in the entire time.

[@deanolium]

My main problem with Pet Semetary is it missing out the Wendigo stuff which is such an important and interesting part of the novel. Also it very much feels like a TV Movie, not just because of the actors (particularly the lead) but also the general look and pacing. That said, they did a great job of the effects, and Fred Gwynne is iconic in it. Reading the book over the Summer, it amazed me that the famous line of "Sometimes, dead is bettuh" is like only mention once in passing, yet it's the main quote anyone has from the film.

[@Mafon2]

21:00 - he's supposed to be, like, a guy who's 1/32 "native american" and enormously proud of it ))))

[@kang6914]

Stephen King is the greatest mind in horror history. Also 1408 is the most underrated horror film.

[@derekedwards5390]

Definitely I love Room 1408!!

[@kang6914]

@@derekedwards5390 it's one of my all time favorites.

[@kylearmstrong295]

What is the movie Mike brings up that pumpkin is in the title? I tried to find where he mentioned it and failed

[@movietimelines]

hmm. at what part in the video does he mention it?

[@dylanjamieson4300]

If you need a few suggestions for Dead Last rankings: - James Bond franchise - Wes Craven movies - View Askewniverse movies - Tarantino movies - Adam Sandler movies - Films based on SNL sketches/characters

[@jazcc]

Dear Josh aren’t you up and early posting this today. Nice to see this so early in the day. 😁👍🏻

[@JayDouglas01]

I honestly don't understand not feeling for Carrie, but other than that wild anomaly, I thought this list was pretty much spot-on.

[@Stuart267]

There is something like 80 Stephen King adaptions from Movies to Miniseries. Not counting the sequels, I have over 100 on Blu Ray & DVD

[@wvu9787]

My List would be 1. Pet Semetary 2. The Shining 3. Carrie 4. Silver Bullet 5. Christine 6. Thinner 7. The Dead Zone 8. Needful Things 9. The Dark Half 10. Cujo 11. Misery 12. Firestarter I know a lot of people love Misery (film and book) but I just couldn’t get into it or firestarter, also I know The Shining is a better movie but I like Pet Semetery better mainly cause I loved it as a kid.

[@AAWinnerMichaelCaine]

I enjoyed Doctor Sleep a lot more than I expected. But the Director's Cut is the way to go for that one. I cannot believe how they removed that ending scene in the theatrical.

[@movietimelines]

the bit with the caretaker in the bathroom?

[@AAWinnerMichaelCaine]

@@movietimelines Yes, I feel like that and the added runtime to the scenes with Dick gave better closure to Danny's trauma.

[@movietimelines]

i loved the extra halloran stuff, but i have to admit i liked the theatrical jack scene better. ending with the whole “are you gonna take your medicine” thing was a stronger end to that whole bit and felt like the scene’s “climax.” the bathroom stuff was cool but i can see why they cut that in the long run.

[@RichterTheRat]

And to nobody's surprise, The Shining is number 1.

[@movietimelines]

it was surprising to me how close it was! I expected it to be the Shining by a mile, but it literally snuck into first with the last list.

[@thechosenones4375]

1 Christine 2 The Mist 3 Silver Bullet 4 Cujo I have not seen Misery, and I only saw The Shining a few years ago.

[@RodericPerez]

The ending of fire starter was so great because it was a shot for shot rendition of how King wrote it even up to the fire splitting 3 ways to catch the runners. I enjoyed this movie and I agree with the George C Scott talking points. They really should have dropped the Native American angle but the smile on his face with the karate chop was awesome.

[@MikeD974]

12. Dark half. 11. Thinner 10. Dead zone 9. Fire starter 8. Carrie 7. Silver Bullet 6. Christine 5. Needful things 4. Cujo 3. Misery 2. Pet Semetary 1. Shinning

[@jacketman420]

When’s pt2? I’m curious on the It rankings lol.

[@Dantheman-de5vr]

7:39 ironically he did play robocop in robocop 3 or was that the joke 🙈😂 I’m either being smart or stupid

[@movietimelines]

definitely was the joke. i only know him from robocop 3 and thinner.

[@kang6914]

You should do a second part for some of the one's after 2000 because there are a lot of good ones. 1408, Gerald's Game, 1922, IT are some that come to mind.

[@thegillmanedits]

Didn't he start the video by literally saying he was going to do that?

[@alchemypotato]

I mean he can do a new volume every year and never run out of Stephen King adaptations.

[@kang6914]

@@thegillmanedits you're right I missed that part

[@kang6914]

@@alchemypotato true there are a lot of them

[@movietimelines]

yeah, i'm thinking an episode of post 2000's novels, and another episode focusing on short story adaptations...there's so many options.

[@Sweetestsadist]

I think these would be more interesting if the list were presented in the reverse order. First, doing so would set it apart from the millions of "Top Whatever" lists on KZbin. Second, the segment is titled "Dead Last". Starting with the worst kind of removes the anticipation of which item hits that mark.

[@alchemypotato]

I think it depends. I know there's some coming where dead last will be more interesting but there's been some like Friday the 13th where the top picks (imo) were more interesting.

[@cistric317]

This is one that would have probably of been hard for me to rank so instead of trying I'll just make a few comments here and there. Haha. Thinner. I have seen this movie and I always remember the cover but during you showing clips from it I didn't even recognize pretty much all of it. I guess it just leave that much of an impression with me. Needful Things: It probably wasn't that great of a movie. However. I do love Max Von Sydow though he didn't pull me much into the movie. What I do get behind the movie in is Ed Harris and J.T. Walsh. I can always seem to emotionally connect with Ed Harris and J.T. Walsh I feel pity for him and love his Insanity. The Dark Half: Meh. Don't really have a comment on this one. Haha. Firestarter: The connection between father and daughter was great. The middle did drag. The ending was great and except I just didn't like the look and feel of the fireballs themselves. Cujo: Movie is fine. Really good acting. Just a movie I don't ever want to watch again. Silver Bullet: I love the movie. I really do. The look of the werewolf might be the only thing I dislike about the movie, everything else is really fun and entertaining. I do agree about the dream sequence. Though I don't want it to be gone from the movie. Just where to point it in the film I'm lost at. It needs to be after the reveal, but from the reveal onwards he is pretty much gone to the dark side and no longer having an inner conflict. So I'll just admit how to make it work I'm lost at. Pet Semetary: Fred Gwynne. I love the actor. It is probably the first movie I think of when I think of a Stephan King adaptation. Probably the main character is the weakest link. Don't hate him or anything but just don't real the entire weight of emotion. However I don't hate the actor in it. He just does okay. Dead Zone: I actually need to re-watch it. I can remember many of the scenes of the movie but it is weird in I can't just remember what they made me feel. Misery: Kind of the same deal as Cujo. Except maybe even better acting. Yet. I just don't ever want to watch the movie again, However I think it is a lot more entertaining than Cujo. I could actually see me at one point feeling like watching it again and be fine with it. Christine: Haha. Like my brother I do have a love for classic cars and apparently Stephen King does too. The movie pulls me in, the effects are great, the directing is great, and the acting is fine. I just think Arnie's change isn't as subtle as thought. I mean the directing of the subtlety is great but the actor still always makes me feel too much of his douche qualities since almost the beginning. Carrie: This is a weird one for me. My feelings for everything is a love/hate relationship. Who knows how long I could spent trying to explain how I love and hate each thing of the movie. The Shining: Well it is The Shining. It is sad that King didn't like it that much but understandable. We just need more Jack's face on tornados. My apologies for who ever takes the time to read all of these long comments I leave on these Dead Last videos.

[@movietimelines]

no apologies needed! i love comments like this.

[@cistric317]

@@movietimelines Thanks. That means something. Though pretty sure you're the only one who does. :P That occasional comment and like from you. Wish I could be a patreon but I bought some merc. and send a new viewer your way occasionally. I read the other comments on your video and I'm glad that you and it looks like some of your friends read them too. You and yours take care and have fun.

[@subhumanfusion]

Hey what games you forgot Night Flyer and graveyard shift to put on the list

[@movietimelines]

this volume included only adaptations of novels, and not short stories, but there’s going to be a second volume of king adaptations coming up, which WILL include shorts!

[@creatureslim]

Neediful things is my favorite king story. Movie suuuuccckkks.

[@AAWinnerMichaelCaine]

Try the TV cut. It was released for the first time earlier this year.

[@tammy6610]

I prefer the shinning book and Dr sleep sequal book too. The movie shinny from the book is just so different

[@BANNEDFROMTVPODCAST]

Loved this one!!!

[@Guiltyconscience83]

One of the things that made needful things do bad was that the book was so great, they had so much potential in the book to make a great film, could've brought back ace from stand by me. And they just fucked it off.

[@sabrinaloizides-merideth9874]

Pet Semetary: the Stephen King film where the entire plot could have been derailed by a locked fence.

[@turculescurares5095]

Wait i my be wrong but wasant Children of the Corner a Stephan King Novel. Also great list in my opion

[@movietimelines]

Children of the Corn was a short story. it'll be included when we do the episode on movies based on King short stories!

[@turculescurares5095]

@@movietimelines okay i was just curios and one more think when are going to make volum 2

[@movietimelines]

Rares Turculescu not sure yet. I don’t quite have it on the schedule right now, but i really like a lot of the movies that a volume 2 would cover, so i imagine it won’t be too long.

[@thefourmoodgroups2589]

Love these Dead Last videos. Sorry for the late comment, and I'm repeating what others say, but the different perspectives are great! Mikey on special effects, all day. Derek will think about music a lot like Tangerine Dream 👍 in Firestarter and the Ramones in Pet Sematary. Matt brings in great Stephen King insight, like the bold opinion about staying true to the Cujo book ending and the comment about King's own wife hating the story of Pet Sematary. Josh often focuses on story and editing with well-grounded observations. And Christy has a lot of insight that I enjoy... Not everyone is a horror fan, but neither is my wife, and it helps to understand it from the viewpoint of someone who didn't grow up with horror as many Movie Timelines fans did. I could watch these Dead Lasts all day. And some days, I do!

[@gavvo-7640]

Now I would have placed Carrie as my NUMBER 1!!! One of the finest adaptions EVER!!!!

[@alchemypotato]

Novels? Cycle of the Werewolf was a CALENDAR, Josh! :P For the most part these movies are all fine and I don't have a ton of thoughts about them. My dead last is the only one I really wouldn't want to rewatch. My rankings in parentheses: Thinner (11): Meh. It has some good parts but most films on the list are better. Needful Things (10): It was ok. Kinda fell apart in the back half. The Dark Half (7): Pretty decent. Firestarter (8): It's Fine. Cujo (4): Like Josh, I remember really not liking Cujo but I was really into it this time. Dee Wallace is amazing. Silver Bullet (9): Pretty good. Everett McGill is actually creepy in it. Pet Sematary (3): A mix of highs and lows but the highs for me redeem it. The Dead Zone (1): Such a great film. Good distillation of what is a hard novel to adapt. Misery (5): I read the novel and watched the movie for the first time last year and I was honestly disappointed in this movie. The novel was so good and it was hard for me to emotionally separate from the changes made to Annie and the loss of most of my favorite scenes. It's a good movie though and Kathy Bates is incredible, despite the changes to Annie. Christine (Dead Last): I don't care about car stuff and I don't like the characters. A really miserable experience for me to watch. Feel the same about the novel. Carrie (2): Love this film. I can't think of a single aspect of it that I don't love. The Shining (6): The Shining is fine. Visually stunning but empty. The script I feel has issues from adaptational cuts. You could almost just cut the shining entirely from the film and it would barely matter. Oh, you say you need it because of Dick? Well, you can also cut Dick because his role in the film is superfluous and just taking up time that could be spent on character development. Also, why did they even include a version of Tony then cut the role Tony plays? It's just weird. But whatever. It's a beautiful film. I don't find it scary. It's a shame because the novel makes me cry and the movie makes me think "oh, that looks nice."

[@alchemypotato]

@Gary Hall It's a joke because it was originally going to be released as a calendar.

[@alchemypotato]

Oh as a bonus tidbit re: Christine: I'm actually terrified of cars in real life. Fell out of a moving car at 3, hit by a truck at 11, and been in numerous wrecks as an adult, including one that killed the driver but alas fictional cars do not scare me. Just real ones.

[@turculescurares5095]

Wait so there is going to be a Stephen king Volume 2, minisiries and Short story

[@movietimelines]

definitely at some point

[@AntoinettexKitten]

I think Carrie hits harder for girls who actually went through abuse from both authority figures and schoolmates. Even worse is when it's someone of the same gender who you would expect to be understanding.

[@WilAdams]

Carrie is still the best adapted King novel. The writer took what could have been 'normal' and run of the mill teen drama with a 'supernatural' element and transformed it into a classic drilling down into peer pressure, and misunderstanding. None of the girls understood Carrie's homelife, Carrie's mom refused to understand the world outside her home beyond her beliefs. Director De Palma also should be commended because like the screenwriter, he understood Carrie and her situation. It should also be pointed out that whereas, Misery had the outstanding performance of Kathy Bates, Carrie has the outstanding (and Oscar nominated performances) of both Piper Laurie and Sissy Spacek. The fireworks between the pair are compelling and grip the viewer every second they share the screen. Meanwhile, the supporting cast--especially William Katt--elevate the scenes they share with Carrie. The one weakness was the mother of Sue Snell. Her part was a bit underwritten, but it was not helped by the actress's performance. Sorry, but the Shining is a good film, but it is NOT as good as either Carrie, Misery, or even the Dead Zone. The reason Firestarter failed was the script, sure, but the casting was wrong. George C. Scott should have played the Martin Sheen role. Martin Sheen should have played the father, and Heather O'Rorke should have played the Firestarter. I would even cast Ted Cassidy or Richard Kiel as Rainbird. Neither Drew nor David Keith should have been in this film.

[@rxtsec1]

I was about to ask about sleepwalkers but it wasn't a novel & it was a movie he adapted from screenplay. If it was thought of as a good movie I'm sure it would have been added but it really isn't except for the theme

[@deandradale980]

The extended version of Needful Things that originally aired on TNT was so much better with the additional scenes. Wish they would release that version instead of the watered down one we have

[@anibalabad3869]

You guys are awesome

[@briesthoughts2261]

Great video!!!

[@rnw2739]

The film adaptation of 'Carrie' was released in 1976....not 1978.

[@sweetpeachbellini8245]

As a teenager of the 70s, I was fortunate enough to read the books first before the movies came out on the big screen and Salem's Lot, The Stand, and the remake of The Shining on the small screen. I'm probably one of the very few people on earth who can't stand Kubrick's vision. Not because Stephen King hates it, but because it was so promising when it started out, then fell away from the book. Plus Kubrick was a real prick to certain cast members and I've never liked anything he did. Can you imagine calling the author at 3 a.m. Maine time asking for the author's point of view on a certain part, letting the author ramble on and on and then concluding it by saying "No, we're not going to do that. That's not how I see it." The only reason most people love it is Jack Nicholson's over-the-top portrayal of Jack Torrance, "here's Johnny" and going after his wife. Only the music was awesome and really captured the terror of being stuck in the Overlook with loony tunes alcoholic. What about "The Stand"?? The TV version (first one) was amazing. I can't believe it never even placed a spot on your list.

[@Guiltyconscience83]

Best line in pet semetary " I'm bustin you out son" when he's digging up his kid. Hahaha

[@darkstrike1987]

Man the last 5 in of this video was hard to watch for me, cause I absolutely hate The Shining

[@rickbase6587]

THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!.... I was starting to think I was the only one who thought that movie was a P.O.S.... Just a terrible movie..... SO over rated..

[@salwashabazz7329]

I don’t hate it but I feel it’s hugely overrated! I just don’t get what it is that’s so great...

[@john_blues]

Would've like for you to include the TV movies. At least Tommyknockers, Langoliers and IT.

[@chrislooney9906]

I am so disappointed that I knew The Shinning would be number one. I was expecting to see the best interpretations of King's work in cinema. I got the best made movie that kept in just enough to call it a King adaptation while making a slightly related movie. The Shinning is one of the best movies ever made, but it did not "adapt" a Stephen King novel. It used a title and a setting....

[@chrislooney9906]

P.S. No disrespect intended. I love your channel and I'm happy that I'm not the only continuity nitpicker whose like, "That's not the actor from the first movie...".....

[@movietimelines]

i get what you're saying. i was torn myself between rating the movies based on their own merit, and which ones were a great adaptation of king's own work. ultimately, i was stuck since i had only read the source material for about half of the entries and felt it wouldn't be fair for me to rank them that way, so i went with my gut.

[@kmaru80]

"Kari Wuher" was in everything says a man who watched a lot of Cinemax

[@peterdanior4538]

Although the lead sucks, Herman Munster & Tasha Yar are amazing in Pet Semetary. And since it is filled with crazy WTF moments, it doesn't have that boring middle part you see in a lot of other King movies.

[@movietimelines]

pet semetary was by far the most interesting thing about doing this ranking. every single list that i was sent had it somewhere different. it was cool to see how varied people's opinions could be of the same film. usually a film gets consistent ratings, and once or twice someone will rank it wildly different, but pet semetary....every ranking was wildly different.

[@peterdanior4538]

Pet Semetary is truly a wild card. Most movies can be summed up as either top, middle, or bottom of the list, with an occasional outlier. Semetary definitely effects everyone differently,

[@Guiltyconscience83]

Stand by me is the best adaptation

[@lucianoguidini5275]

You guys are rocking these and of course Shinning is at the top May I respectfully say that even though Creepshow is not a novel it is arguably one of the greatest horror King movies made with King writing the screenplay and George Romero directing But that’s not what makes it awesome. It’s just a fun weird film I’m just saying it should’ve snuck in there! Looking forward to the next one! 🎃

[@stephenmartin1982]

So, 6th place had 66 points. Was that score also painted on a red Orinoco truck by chance?

[@rxtsec1]

After you do volume 2 of steven king can you do his non horror movies

[@mellybelli8267]

Pet Sematary(2019) fixes a lot of stupid things about the original, with more plausible situations, and smarter characters. Plus Salem's Lot(1979) was very freaky!

[@TheGoodLad89]

I always liked Sometimes They Come Back as a Stephen King film

[@Thomwade0072]

I guess I need to sit down and watch these so I can make a proper list...as I told you Josh, I have not seen Needful Things in almost 20 years and I had fond memories of the film and did not realize it was disliked by people. Just need to get Cujo and Silver Bullet so I can watch and compile my ranking.

[@brandonpage7087]

You & me both have to check Needful Things out again.

[@CapoFisk]

After you do a bunch more of these you should do one of all the Dead Last entries and call it the Best of Last.

[@movietimelines]

haha! have you been looking at my notes! this is actually the plan for the one year anniversary!

[@CapoFisk]

Movie Timelines Wait really?! I’m sitting here watching this one after the first two and it just came to me and I had to comment it. That’s awesome.

[@scrivosphereplus6228]

Where's it

[@mikeforshaw8966]

Another great movie ranking episode guys! For absolute certain The Shining takes 1st place (cheers Mikey!) as it bloody should...I would place the likes of Silver Bullet and Cujo higher as King horror adaptations (hence no Shawshank or Stand By Me) but what about the likes of It, Apt Pupil or even Salem's Lot (all of which are better than fucking Thinner, c'mon)...I get why no The Tommyknockers (cuz it's shite, or was it because, like the original It, they were essentially TV movies?)...anyways awesome 3rd episode and as a joining patreon I'd love to be able to vote in upcoming episodes!

[@movietimelines]

When I was setting up the credentials I decided to not include TV movies, which eliminated a few, and apt pupil I decided to lump in the drama category but that’s debatable. I’m sure all the others will get included at some point.

[@mikeforshaw8966]

@@movietimelines Hey man! Yeah I totally get it (as you indicated at the beginning of the episode) the T.V movies don't get included (It, The Tommyknockers, The Stand, etc) and non-horrors don't either. I agree with Apt Pupil - not quite a horror; more thriller/drama. The title of the episode states Vol 1, so hopefully there will be a Vol 2 to include the likes of Cat's Eye, Salem's Lot, Creepshow, Children of the Corn, Graveyard Shift, Maximum Overdrive, The Boogeyman, The Mangler, Lawnmower Man, Tales From the Darkside: The Movie, Sometimes They Come Back and (ugh) Sleepwalkers to name some. Would you include sequels (Return to Salem's Lot, Creepshow 2, etc) or no? In any case, looking forward to many more and very honored to be part of it as a patreon - keep up the amazing work man and thanks!

[@kawaiikawaiianimegirl4144]

Very cool love stephen king stories and movies very fun lol

[@ericnorth4517]

How is IT not on this? Utter blasphemy!

[@movietimelines]

i stuck with theatrical releases before 2000 for this list. other adaptations will be in other volumes in the future.

[@rxtsec1]

I'm gonna have to watch shining again. It was just okay to me. Dead zone & misery are my 2 favorite king movies

[@AAWinnerMichaelCaine]

The TV cut of Needful Things is much better and got its first commercial release (and a remaster) earlier this year. Before that, it was only available as VCR-ripped bootlegs.

[@mattdiehl1836]

5 Mysery 4 Dead Zone 3 Carrie. 2 for me is Christine. 1 is The Shining

[@GaOutlawVinyl]

I would consider all of these novels as they were each released by themselves & not attached to any novella or short story collection.

[@davidabbott7270]

I have no problem with this list except for one thing I think silver bullet should been a little bit higher. Other than that one two or three nail it

[@XeniasWorld]

I'm 36 & still very afraid of the shining 😖

[@rickbase6587]

The Shining is an Overrated P.O.S. of a movie.... The story is about a good man's slow descent into madness... Nicholson (probably the most overrated actor of our lifetime) acts batshit crazy when he's driving up there. Because that's his whole career... He acts the same way in every movie he's in... Nuthin new here OR EVER with Nicholson..... You're supposed to think this movie is great because of critics and internet opinions...Gimme a break... The movie sucks start to finish

[@rnw2739]

100% agree mate. This film is good but no way the 'classic' it is hailed as. As for Nicholson, yes he is mad from the very start and his feeble jokes "Wendy, I'm home!" at a time we are supposed to be terrified of him, simply turn him fully into the cartoon character he is trying to be from the start. Those stupid grimaces into camera couldn't be any more forced and it is astonishing how anyone can find this in the least bit frightening.

[@Will-nq3fo]

Glad to see someone posted what I've been thinking for years. BRAVO! Couldn't agree more

[@gray8885]

Yo to the guests please don't take KZbin comment hate seriously people are just dicks, I approve of all opinions

[@theoretic7856]

This failed to actually list the best adaptation. This list isn't that it's a best movies list. I say this simply due to the shining not actually being a very good adaptation of the king story. It's a great movie lowsy adaptation.

[@frankvizen5480]

Oh man. Silver Bullet is werewolf and 80s gold. How did it get ranked so low? Hahaha

[@IsraelBenitez-ev7mj]

When Gage gets killed it's ROUGH

[@jazcc]

Fun fact Alexandra Paul has an identical twin and in doing Christine they pranked John Carpenter on the set. Her twin actually acted in a scene and John couldn’t understand what was going on with her in that scene. I wished they had recorded that just so I could see the confusion in his face. In regards to number one The Shinning. It is a great film and it does deserve the spot. However, I can never again admire a man who berated and verbally abused his actress and actually encourage the other actors to do the same just to get an emotional pain for the scene. This obviously doesn’t fly today but also let’s admit the misogyny and abuse that Shelley Duvall went through as a female because Kubrick didn’t treat the other actors like shit to get a shot right. She is scarred for life and never got the fame she deserved because of this director. I’ll be respectful here and not call him something else. I can’t help to be relieved that this man is dead because I’m sure he has verbally abused plenty of other actors in his lifetime. I just think she paid a price too high just to please audiences. But that’s just my opinion.

[@matthewmastrella6635]

Yeah man, he really abused her no doubt about it. Hard to watch some scenes now knowing what happened

[@jazcc]

Matthew Mastrella Yes exactly. I mean every time the scene with the bat comes up, I can’t help but imagine Kubrick yelling, Cut! Again. Over and over again.

[@matthewmastrella6635]

Yeah you can see the nervous breakdown happen. Also the amount of coke on that set definitely didn’t help

[@Bratty-Bonnie]

So I’m guessing mini series don’t count? The Stand, IT, Langoliers, etc. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@peterdanior4538]

That would be a cool list of its own

[@alchemypotato]

​@@peterdanior4538 The miniseries would definitely be a race for dead last haha. And I say that as someone who thinks some of them aren't as bad as people say.

[@peterdanior4538]

Steven Bell when it likes to Dead Last Langoliers has a HUGE head start over Stand & It

[@movietimelines]

yeah, for this list, it's just movies. i'm sure that tv miniseries and movies will be included at some point in the future.

[@alchemypotato]

@@peterdanior4538 I'd agree. I'd put good money on Tommyknockers being dead last if included. That's some real deep hurting.

[@GaOutlawVinyl]

Thinner wasn’t a great movie but it wasn’t as bad as you’re making it out to be. I considered Needful Things as one of the best King adaptations until I read the book. I still love the movie but nowhere near as much as I did. The Dark Half fell flat for me. It would be my dead last pick. In The Book Firestarter the kid is a sympathetic character. In the movie she’s a bratt who you can’t help but think she’s in more control then she wants you to think. I love Cujo. Dee Walice should have won an Oscar. Silver Bullet is the most underrated King movies of all time. Pet Sematary isn’t one of my favorite King movies but it’s 1000% better then the remake. The Dead Zone is Christopher Walken’s greatest role. It does feel like 3 different movies though. Misery is a great movie I just couldn’t get into. I have the same problem with the book. Christine was great but once again once you read the book you realize how bad the movie is. I read this book in a waiting room while my mom was getting cemo Sissy Spacic (sorry for the spelling) is the only good part of this movie but the changes of her character from the book makes it even worse. The Shining was a great movie but the worst Stephen King adaptation. Thankfully Doctor Sleep righted many of the wrongs.

[@thegillmanedits]

The movie is horribly incompetent but the main character in Thinner is supposed to be a selfish and unlikable prick. Even as the sickness ravages him his repentance is not real but more based on regret. Anyway, the movie totally sucked balls and the actor was horrid at communicating the character motivations.

[@eddiebranden1]

Cycle of the Werewolf is ok but Stand by me and Shawshank don't qualify? How about a non novel Steven King ranking?

[@movietimelines]

i focused on horror entries only, although i imagine both shawshank and stand by me would be ranked pretty high. look for a non-novel ranking at some point in the future, so i can get some of the short story inspired flicks in there.

[@eddiebranden1]

@@movietimelines Awesome. Thanks for the reply. Love the channel.

[@brandonpage7087]

I completely disagree with the low rankings of Cujo & Firestarter, & to me, there's nothing wrong with those movies. I do agree with the Shining being No.1, though.

[@movietimelines]

the crazy thing about this list is that so many of them are great. i know i ranked cujo kinda further down, but i still really enjoyed it. this was a case of some movies being a little better than others, instead of ranking which one is worse like we usual have to.

[@brandonpage7087]

Hey Josh. Oh it's cool, man. I love these Dead Last videos. Just was expressing my opinion. Keep up the good work. I love your channel.

[@HidesOurFace]

The running man movie was horror. The horror was how much they fucked the original material.

[@pagliacci2942]

Pretty much agree, although Misery is far better than Christine.

[@george1313311ify]

Duh Fuck, where is Shawshank Redemption, IT, Standby Me, Green Mile, etc 😒 🤔 ??? Also 1st should be Pet Sematary or Shawshank Redemption ...

[@agenticmark]

Only Pet Semetary, Stand by Me, and the Green mile are good. Maybe the old Stand TV show. Maybe the IT tv show. Those are super iffy. Most of his adaptations are garbage. Most of his novels are too. But some are priceless.

[@Cat-47]

😳

[@RobbDorn]

For me, Misery & Carrie flip/flop. Otherwise, excellent ranking. The Shining IS amazing & Doctor Sleep was a pleasant surprise as well.

[@movietimelines]

man, i liked doctor sleep way more than i thought i would. it was great.

[@jorn3432]

The dark half was a good book.

[@gameboysleepyd4277]

When i saw the list i thought CUJO would be DEAD LAST and #1 THE SHINNING lol 1 out of 2 not bad lol

[@lostinthemasses]

Maximum Overdrive should have been on here, it's campy AF but it's still a horror movie.

[@jazcc]

Also Hi Christy ✋🏻

[@christymele1158]

Hi 👋

[@Rando1975]

Thinner and Needful Things are two of my favorite King novels, but 2 really bad movies.

[@Guiltyconscience83]

Pet semetary is miles better than Christine. Maybe the only things I'd rank it lower than is misery and the shining

[@cameroneasley1146]

I liked all these movies lol

[@rebeccaduarte3543]

As soon as I saw the movies on this list, I knew The Shining was going to be first! It is THAT good!

[@ryanfleming4665]

I have to watch Cell in a bit and I remember it being a big pile of shite.

[@movietimelines]

it really is.

[@ryanfleming4665]

@@movietimelines I just finished watching it for the first time since it came out and it wasn't as awful as I remembered it to be. It certainly started strong enough but it kinds devolved into a Stephen King TV movie halfway through. I think it could've done with a bit more dollar spent on it.

[@oscarobrien]

31:55 I rank as the grossest moment on your channel

[@danlang1978]

you,re take on Silver Bullet is weird.

[@mitchbacca]

First thing. The name of the main actor in "Pet Semetary" is Dale Midkiff. Not a great actor in general, very bland. Why Weren't "It" " Salems Lot", "The Tommyknockers" " The Langoliers", or "The Stand" not on the list" At least three of them are great.

[@Rando1975]

Could be because they were all TV movies?