I haven't read the book, but on a thread dedicated to King's stories am I ok to give a shout-out to John Carpenter's adaptation of Christine?
It's a film that you expect little from beforehand, regardless of how mint both King and Carpenter, but then you're about half way through and staggered at just how good it is.
Great adaptation of a great book. I haven't read it for years, but I think Ramrod and Cadillac Ranch are quoted in the chapter headings, along with a bunch of 50s and 60s car songs.
Nice! I think I've read before that the songs played on the radio are (maybe obviously) used to indicate how Christine is feeling at that particular moment. I like the idea of "Ramrod" and "Caddy" telling us something about 'her'.
"Misery" is another King novel that was a successful film. In a way it's horror, but the horror is in the situation, and there's no supernatural elements.
I'd also recommend his early dystopian novella, "The Long Walk". Again the horror is in the situation.
If you're not already a horror fan, I cannot recommend highly enough that you start with one of his short story collections—Night Shift and Skeleton Crew are his first—or one of his collections of novellas: as mentioned, Different Seasons is the first and three of its four stories have been turned into films, with the only one that did, "The Breathing Method," actually being my favorite.
I haven't read the book, but on a thread dedicated to King's stories am I ok to give a shout-out to John Carpenter's adaptation of Christine?
It's a film that you expect little from beforehand, regardless of how mint both King and Carpenter, but then you're about half way through and staggered at just how good it is.
"Misery" is another King novel that was a successful film. In a way it's horror, but the horror is in the situation, and there's no supernatural elements.
I'd also recommend his early dystopian novella, "The Long Walk". Again the horror is in the situation.
Ok, you have convinced me! I will visit the library and see what they have.