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.
This 1980 Stanley Kubrick "horror classic" with Jack Nicholson yielded more Razzie nominations (two) than Oscar nods (zero). And while some critics raved, others found it "disappointing." King is in the latter camp.
“Half the time you have to guess what the hell is going on, and if you're not familiar with Kubrick's narrative style you’ll be completely lost.” —Jeremy Knox, Film Threat
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