horror movies that are as good as or better than the books/films they were based on.
 

I thought 1408 AKA stephen's king red rum(the book)/ the shining(the older movie), was actually as good as the book because it gives off the same creepy atmosphere but,better than the shining because it was more believable and more confusing! Anyone else got a better suggestion?

Actually, 1408 is based of the short story of the same name in the book "Everything's Eventual". Not to mention the movie "The Shining" based on the book of the same name.

I honestly can't think of one example of a movie being better than the book it was based on. IMO most King novels are butchered when translated to screen.

I thought 'Carrie' worked better on the big screen than the book.

The Warriors (though not a horror film) was way better than the shitty book...

Also maybe Whose goes there vs The Thing.

The Godfather.

Children of the Damned is every bit as good as The Midwich Cuckoos..

The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe ---> The Masque of the Red Death(1964) by Roger Corman...Again maybe not better but a great version..

Not read Psycho but I image the films is as good as an adaptation gets.

I thought Straw Dogs was just as good as The Siege of Trencher's Farm. O can say the same for Deliverance too.

Not read Jaws but no way was it better than the film...No way unless its a pop up book and Ben fucking Gardener jumps right into your face on page 211.

You're right, it wasn't. Unless you want to hear details of Hooper and Mrs. Brody getting it on.

http://www.lifeinlegacy.com/2002/090...sburyCraig.jpg

No book can do this justice.....

WOW really..that fucker..

Gawd, the entire book was about whether chickens have pussies or not, and how the young inhabitants of the island would smell like when they were sweating.
Friggin' Salinger much?

That's interesting that you guys all say that - the first thing I thought of when I read the thread title was Jaws. Fairly often I've heard that the novel was more a slapdash tale of an affair than the fantastic descent into madness in the film. From what I can gather, in the book the shark is merely there as a plot device as opposed to the central figure.