To adapt a Stephen King book is to set yourself on one of two paths: Eternal adulation or crushing ridicule. For an author as prolific and beloved as King, whose work is, for the most part, pretty cinematic even in its written form, there are tons of terrible movies based on his oeuvre of short stories and novels that almost make you wonder if the source material is bad, too. And then there are the good ones, even great ones, that remind you that not only is King a master of his craft, but when a director and their crew of actors really get it, they get it.

There are few things in life better than a great King adaptation, and there’s probably a reason why so many great directors have tried their hand at his work. His writing style, while firmly his own, lends itself to unique cinemati

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