The Thriller Author Whose Books Are Overdue For An Adaptation
Riley Sager is one of the most talented authors working in the thriller genre today. Each book is filled with well-drawn characters, perfectly creepy settings, and best of all, huge twists that lead to awe-inspiring endings. Sager broke onto the scene with his 2017 debut novel Final Girls, followed by The Last Time I Lied in 2018, Lock Every Door in 2019, Home Before Dark in 2020, Survive The Night in 2021, and his latest book, The House Across The Lake, which was published in June 2022.
Sager is as prolific as he is a master at his craft, which begs the question: will his books be adapted for film or TV?
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There are some underrated Stephen King adaptations and if Riley Sager's work made it onto the big or small screen, horror and thriller fans would definitely find a lot to love. The author has had two books optioned for film, but so far, fans are still waiting. In 2017, Final Girls was optioned by Universal Pictures, according to Deadline. And in 2020, Sony & 21 Laps optioned Home Before Dark, as Deadline reported. But there hasn't been news since then, leaving fans of Sager's work to still cross their fingers that they will get to see these incredible characters and scary stories in movie form one day.
Sager's debut Final Girls definitely feels like it would lend itself well to a film. The main character, Quincy Carpenter, is a literal horror final girl as she survived a massacre that killed her friends. As Quincy wonders if she is being targeted again, she works through many emotions, and it's a stunning and well-told story. Sager's second novel, The Last Time I Lied, tells a story in two alternate timelines about one young woman's time at summer camp. This
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