5 Underrated Horror Movies Based On Short Stories
Adaptation can be a difficult art form, often leaving creators walking a tightrope between staying faithful to the material and updating it to fit a new medium. Adapting a shorter story into a longer medium, however, requires the artist to expand upon a beloved existing work and find what people enjoyed in it.
From The Thing to The Fly, from Candyman to The Black Phone, many of the biggest names in horror were adapted from short stories, novellas, or novelettes. A lower word count can often make for the perfect source material when creating a horror film with some imagination. Building something new from good bones can create a fantastic piece of art.
5 Underrated Stephen King Adaptations
Stephen King's comically prolific body of work contains something for everyone. Most movies based on short stories come from a handful of writers, the most consistent of which is Stephen King. Though the massive outpouring of cinema based on his work doesn't necessarily always follow the source material, they do come in a variety of tones, presentations, and levels of quality. 1408 is based on King's short story of the same name from 1999, and it's a strong adaptation. It follows John Cusack as Mike Enslin, an unhappy author who descends into madness in a haunted hotel room. Of course, King wrote another story with that basic premise that is substantially better than 1408, but the 2008 adaptation deserves more than being overshadowed. The film is hanging on Cusack's performance like a «Do not disturb» sign, and he's more than willing to carry it. Among King's catalog, 1408 isn't the most famous, but it is a solid adaptation and a great creepy tale.
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