Stephen King Movies, Ranked from Worst to Best
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.
Reportedly made for less than $1 million, this "effective" 1984 thriller about killer kids was doomed by "a budget Roger Corman would laugh at." Moviegoers didn't mind: The film grossed a relatively impressive $14.6 million domestically.
“For those who take Mr. King seriously, this is high-proof King corn, which is to say it has a kick to it even though it hasn't much taste.” —Vincent Canby, The New York Times
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