Stephen King Movies, Ranked from Worst to Best
by
Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor
and Joal Ryan, for Metacritic – August 2, 2017
and Joal Ryan, for Metacritic – August 2, 2017
Last updated May 2023 to add The Boogeyman
Recent releases It and The Dark Tower have been erected on the most fertile, if haunted, of Hollywood grounds: Stephen King territory.
While conventional wisdom says King's horror tales "don't translate well to film," a Metacritic look at his theatrical releases shows that the vast majority of them received, at worst, mixed-to-average critical notices. Nine films, or about one-quarter of the titles, are in the green.
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photo by Lionsgate Films Home Entertainment
The 2004 big-screen take on the hitchhiking short story of the same name grossed less than $135,000 domestically, and failed critics who found it "flat-footed" and "incoherent."
“Falls short of its source.” —Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
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