The Best Stephen King Movies: 12-Inch Poll

It’s Stephen King‘s 75th birthday, so let’s celebrate by revisiting the best Stephen King movies and crowning a king.

 

King was born in Portland, Maine on September 21, 1947. I’d love to say he’s been terrifying us for three-quarters of a century, but it’s really more like 55 years: he sold his first professional short story, “The Glass Floor” in 1967. And yes, his nickname the “King of Horror” is a play on is actual name, but it’s also the truth: he’s been the greatest living horror writer for my entire life, and probably for the bulk of yours, too.

 

I’ve read so many King books in my life I can’t quite recall what the first one was. I remember pulling The Bachman Books out of the attic bookshelf as a kid, and I remember reading all 1,138 pages of It when I was probably too young to be reading horror of any sort. No matter; I was hooked and hooked early. I’m what King refers to as a “Constant Reader” and, like so many other King fans, I’ve read so many of his stories that I see connections between them that may or may not be there. Eerie, I know.

 

The Best Stephen King Movies: 12-Inch Poll

I’ve also watched my lion’s share of King films, too. And that’s what we’re diving into for this week’s 12-Inch Poll. I’ve sliced up a cross-section of 24 of what I believe to be the biggest, best Stephen King movies. Most of them are big-screen affairs, but I threw a few TV adaptations into the mix, too. Scroll through, watch a trailer or two or three or four, then vote for your favorite King flick. And if your fave didn’t make my list, hit the ROCK 92.9 Facebook page or

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• Carrie (1976)

  

• Children of the Corn (1984)

  

• Christine (1983)

  

• Creepshow (1982)

  

• Creepshow 2 (1982)

  

• Cujo (1983)

  

• The Dead Zone (1983)

  

• Doctor Sleep (2019)

  

• Firestarter (1984)

  

• Gerald's Game (2017)

  

• The Green Mile (1999)

  

• It (1990)

  

• It (Part 1 & 2) (2017 & 2019)

  

• Misery (1990)

  

• The Mist (2007)

  

• Needful Things (1993)

  

• Pet Sematary (1989)

  

• The Running Man (1987)

  

• Salem's Lot (1979)

  

• The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

  

• The Shining (1980)

  

• The Stand (1994)

  

• Stand By Me (1986)

  

• Thinner (1996)