Movie vs Book
 

I used to read some horror when I was younger and especially liked to read the books that movies were based on. I haven't read horror in a number of years but am thinking of picking up the genre again. What I'm hoping to accomplish with this thread is a general discussion about which books you believed were better than the movie, worse than the movie, or just as good as the movie.

From what I remember, I really thought that The Exorcist was both a great book and a great movie. I haven't read it in a number of years but I remember the movie staying pretty true to the book, for the most part.

Recently i read A Clockwork Orange.

Now the movie is one of my favorite movie's ever. I enjoyed the book too (which i read after the movie) but couldnt decide which i liked better and that was because i realized that they were essentially different stories. They were the same story in what happened with some exceptions but ultimately the movie was a character study while the book was a morality tale.

I go with the books. If the movie is based on a book, 99.999% of the time the book will be superior. If the other way around, not quite such a sure thing. Joe Millard's novelization of THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, was terrible, the film being one of my all time favorites.

bit of a no brainer really,books are very rearly worse than the movie......maybe hellraiser

Yeah i thought Hellraiser was better then Hellbound Heart.

Pet Semetary the movie is better then the book too.

Can't say I can agree with the pet sematary.

In my oppinion the mist is a perfect example where a flick was actually better then the novel, or in this case short story:

http://www.themysterybox.org/stephen-kings-the-mist/

I preferred the novella to the movie

LOL We obviously disagree mate. I'll respect your oppinion though! :)

i thought pet cemetery was a much better book..my two cents,oh and cujo was a way better film than the book.but the book really did suck!

I'm a King fan but I have to agree with that one, Firestarter was pretty bad too.

King fans, what was your opinion on It?

It is my all-time favorite book EVER!

How do you think the movie stacked up?

The miniseries isn't even close to as good as the novel. Having said that, I loved the miniseries when I was a kid and it still has some nostalgic value to it.

im gutted coz i watched the movie heaps as a kid so now the book would suck coz i know the story,and i just know the book would have been a million times better

No Wiz, you don't know the story at all, not really. You know parts of it, but they gutted the book so bad in the miniseries that it is almost unrecognizable compared to the novel. Read it or don't, that's up to you but you WILL be missing a classic if you don't.

ill definatly read it.was thinking about it and i cant even remember the story that well,it was that long ago that i watched it,and now you have said that.....

I've not read It either and I really should.

I loved BOTH The Shining film and the book both for different reasons therefore I see them as completely seperate entities.

I agree with Villain that Pet Sematary was better as a film and I think Salem's Lot was better as a book.

I also prefer Hellraiser to the Hellbound Heart which I've said before I think to be Barker's weakest book.Closely joined by The Thief Of Always of course.

Wow, I definitely can't get on board with what you said about Pet Semetary, the book is my second favorite of his and I thought the movie was mediocre at best, I do agree with you on Salem's Lot though.

I had seen It before I had read it so when I was reading it I kept thinking to myself, "This wasn't in the movie, this wasn't in the movie, they left this out, too..." There were things that I did and didn't like about the miniseries but it is definitely not my favorite King adaptation. The book was better.

When it comes to Cujo, I hated the movie so I've never been bothered to read the book. From what I read, the book isn't very good either though.

I thought Pet Semetary was really boring and the movie was really creepy. I had to force myself to get through the book. I really hated how the book made the father seem like such an insufferable jackass.

the book did suck ,movie was actually better,and that was partly coz all the bits they left out and changed

I've not read Cujo but heard such bad things about it that I had very low expectations for the movie but actually quite liked it.

Completely agree with you villain about that bloke in the Pet Semetary book

Clive Barkers "midnight meat train" was actually quite a good movie,the short story was good but i think the movie was better

never beat the imagination

I still need to see the film sounds like I've been missing out.