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 New Line Cinema
This 2017 horror film tells the tale of seven children—known as the "Losers Club"—who are terrorized by an evil clown named Pennywise.
According to The A.V. Club, "Pennywise is legitimately terrifying, overall, It is more intense than it is chilling"
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