Films adapted from Stephen King's works or based on his original screenplays
Stand by Me by
Based on Stephen King's novella "The Body," four boys set out from their small town on a two-day search for a missing teenager's body, a search that turns into an odyssey of self-discovery.
Call Number: DVD VIDEO 11252Publication Date: 1986
The Shawshank Redemption by
Based on Stephen King's novella "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption." "Red" Redding is a lifer who knows the ropes at Maine's Shawshank State Prison. New inmate Andy Dufresne is a quiet banker, unjustly convicted of murder. Andy's indomitable will earns Red's friendship and his resourcefulness brings hope and change to the entire prison. Andy is full of surprises--and he saves his best surprise for last.
Call Number: DVD VIDEO 13276Publication Date: 1994
Carrie by
The first film adaptation of one of Stephen King's works. Carrie White is a girl brought up, almost in isolation, by her psychotically religious mother Margaret. After an embarrassing incident in the showers causes her fellow pupils to tease Carrie ruthlessly, her teacher disciplines them severely. Determined to have revenge, the other students hatch a plot against Carrie, which turns horribly wrong when Carrie's strange mental powers are unleashed during the school prom.
Call Number: DVD VIDEO 1207Publication Date: 1976
The Shining by
After Jack Torrance, a frustrated writer, takes a job as the off-season caretaker of a remote, mountain-locked hotel in Colorado, strange and ominous things begin to happen to Jack, his wife, and their psychic son Danny.
Call Number: DVD VIDEO 506Publication Date: 1980
Creepshow by
An anthology film directed by George Romero from an original screenplay by Stephen King - and featuring the author in a leading role.
Contains five shocking yarns, each a virtuoso exercise in the ghouls-and-gags style of classic '50s horror comics. The first deals with a demented old man returning from the grave to get the Father's Day cake his murdering daughter never gave him. The second is about a not-too-bright farmer discovering a meteor that turns everything into plant-life. The third is about a vengeful husband burying his wife and her lover up to their necks on the beach. The fourth is about a creature that resides in a crate under the steps of a college. The final story is about an ultra-rich businessman who gets his comeuppance from cockroaches.
Call Number: DVD VIDEO 9798Publication Date: 1982
Misery by
After an almost fatal car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon finds himself being nursed by a deranged fan who holds him captive.
Call Number: DVD VIDEO 4895Publication Date: 1990
The Dead Zone by
School teacher Johnny Smith had a beautiful fiancée, rewarding career and a fortunate life. Until one tragic accident changed everything. After slamming into an 18-wheeler, Johnny is plunged into a five-year coma. When he awakens, he finds he has the remarkable gift, or curse, of seeing into the future.
Call Number: DVD VIDEO 4891Publication Date: 1983
Pet Sematary by
After moving to an idyllic home in the countryside, life seems perfect for the Creed family. Louis and Rachel Creed and their two young children settle into a house that sits next door to a pet cemetery built on an ancient Indian burial ground. Their mysterious new neighbor, Jud Crandall, hides the cemetery's darkest secret until a family tragedy brings the secret to life. Now, an unthinkable evil is about to be resurrected.
Call Number: DVD VIDEO 4893Publication Date: 1989
The Mist by
When Dave Drayton notices a strange mist on the lake, he does not think much of it. When his son, Billy, his neighbor Brent Norton, and himself travel to the grocery store, strange things begin to happen. On their way to the market, they see the army, the local firefighters and police, heading toward the mist. When he sees this, Brent mentions something about "Project Arrowhead," a secret military plan that no one knows about. The store's shoppers have no clue as to what is going on until an elderly man runs into the market with a bloody nose, declaring that something is in the mist. When the bag-boy volunteers to go outside and check things out, he is taken by a creature with large squid-like tentacles.
Call Number: DVD VIDEO 6133Publication Date: 2007
