Worst Stephen King Movies

Movies and books -- we all know that movies don't usually live up to the book. I mean, think of all those terrible Bible movies (guys in bath robes -- I'll never forget Orson Wells trying to play King Saul). The Bible isn't the only book that doesn't usually translate well to screen -- Stephen King movies are often a "miss" as much as they're a "hit."

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Sure, there is the occasional wonder movie -- The Mist, The Green Mile, Carrie -- but just as often we are offered up a Children of The Corn.

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Sean Cunningham at Esquire.com has an interesting post titled: The 10 Least Horrifying Horror Movies Ever. Surprisingly, only one S.K. adaptation made the list: Thinner. Cunningham writes, "Stephen King adaptations can't all be The Shining. Writing under his Richard Bachman pseudonym, King penned a novel about a fat-ass scumbag lawyer who just can't keep a diet. Then he runs over an old Gypsy woman. At this point the man has some good luck (he dodges proper justice in a court of law) and some bad (the Gypsy's father — who's one hundred or so and, like most Gypsies, has magic powers — puts a curse on him). Rapid weight loss and not terribly convincing special effects ensue, plus Joe Mantegna's a mobster." http://www.esquire.com/the-side/feature/top-ten-horror-movies-list-102809
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If I may humbly offer the worst of list from the cannon of Stephen King movies. I will do this without commentary. And by the way, I liked ALL these books, so this says nothing at all about Mr. King's writing. This is about how Hollywood struggles to tell a good story. And, I offer these without much real concern for their order -- except #1.

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10. Sleepwalkers

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9. The Langoliers.

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8. Needful Things

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7. Thinner

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6. Graveyard shift

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5. Salem's Lot, new.

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4. Creepshows.

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3. The Runningman

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2. The Lawnmowerman

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1. Children of the Corn. (all of them)