Darabont had been interested in adapting the mist for the big screen since the 1980s. Starring jack nicholson, shelly duvall and danny lloyd, the movie became an instant classic and is still hailed as one of the best horror. Stanley kubricks the shining was released in 1980, and since has been hailed as one of the greatest horror movies ever made. Heres a look at the best movie and tv versions of the the authors work. He starts off with not much personality, which is kind of saved up for later in the story when the house gets in his head and he becomes a clown. The screenplay was written by stanley kubrick and diane johnson.
Film is a column comparing books to the film adaptations they spawn, often discussing them on a plotpointbyplotpoint basis. We enter the mind of stephen king and give you all the scary stuff the movie. Note this was also used for the remake 2007 shining movie, where instead of a bee hive its a different insect nest which fills up that night when it was suppose to be empty. Ive gone through the novel and film multiples times and comprised this list of changes and similarities between. The film, which also serves as a direct sequel to the film adaptation of the shining, directed by stanley kubrick, is set several decades after the events of the original and combines elements of. The movie, the shining, is a cinematic masterpiece directed by stanley kubrick. We all know that the stanley kubrick version of stephen kings book the shining is great, but there was also made for tv movie by the same name that came out few years ago. How doctor sleep is different from stephen kings book looper. The shining 1977 is stephen kings third novel, and according to wikipedia, the one that established him as a popular author. After a thunderstorm, a very thick supernatural fog covers the small town.
The shining s 1980 hedge maze chase is one of the most iconic endings in horror history. He is a true craftsman of sound and light, no doubt. So how is the doctor sleep movie different from the book. Not entirely true to the original stephen king 1980 book plot or the 2007 film, the new 2017 tv show the mist offers a new take on the story, with.
In the movie the motivation of the ghosts is to possess jack torrance to get him to kill danny. The novella the mist ends pretty similar to the movie, with a daring escape being made by david, his son. The one movie king ever directed, and well, you know, stephen king is a. More famously, the supernatural room in the book is room 217, but the stanley hotel, where the film was shot, asked that they use a nonexistent. The mist, a 1980 horror novella by american author stephen king.
Was stephen king right to hate stanley kubricks shining. Doctor sleep marketed as stephen kings doctor sleep is a 2019 american supernatural horror film based on the 20 novel of the same title by stephen king, a sequel to kings 1977 novel the shining. Jack torrance takes a job as a caretaker of the isolated overlook hotel in the colorado mountains. Every stephen king movie, ranked from worst to best vulture. In the movie, not only is there an overlook hotel, but meticulous recreations of the sets from kubricks shining or best guesses at what theyd look like after 40 years of exposure to the. Pdf the shining book by stephen king free download 497. Why is the shining book better than the shining movie. In the movie jack gives danny an empty bee hive as a present, which end up full of bees when it was supposed to be empty.
The tension felt when jack jack nicholson chases danny danny lloyd through the hotel grounds is incredible. Movie, hell be taking a critical look at movie adaptations of horror novels. He moves with his family, son danny and wife winnie, into the hotel for the winter. The film is based on stephen kings 1977 novel of the same name and stars.
Carmody mother carmody as she called herself is a deeply religious woman living in bridgton, maine. The mist also known as stephen kings the mist is a 2007 american science fiction horror film based on the 1980 novella the mist by stephen king. Its impossible to portrait so many charaters character development in a 2hours movie, and most of all, i dont see how they could portait the final chapters of the book in a movie. When stanley kubrick directed his film adaptation of the shining, author stephen king. Whats different between the shining book and movie. When stanley kubrick directed his film adaptation of the shining. Hollywood has always played fast and loose with novels risking the authors wrath by changing plot and characters.
The whole plot mostly takes place inside the supermarket at least the largest horror one. There they discover that the mist contains something frightening and intent on killing humans. Doctor sleep is a 2019 american supernatural horror film based on the 20 novel of the same name by stephen king, a sequel to kings 1977 novel the shining. Stanley kubrick made quite a few changes to the original stephen king storyline, keeping only the bare.
Stephen king has slammed the film adaptations of his stories graveyard shift and the shining, and praised those of cujo, stand by me and the shawshank redemption in a. Obviously, after i finished the book, i went to the movie expecting to be disappointed. Austin collins of vanity fair added doctor sleep is a horror movie, but whats. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 497 pages and is available in paperback format. Stephen kings the shining is a classic piece of literature and stanley kubricks cinematic version shares the same cult status. Stephen kings book the shining and stanley kubricks corresponding adaptation are both staples of the horror genre, but theyre also very different beasts. How does the ending of the shining differ from stephen. Differences between the shining book vs movie page 1. The storm is accompanied by a strange mist the following morning. But if youve read the book and watched the film, its. It is terrorizing audiences, but what was left out from the book.
We all know how intensely a book can be altered when revised from novel to film, but just what exactly gets lost in translation. List of differences between the book and film is just that. For the first time, the shining s producer and cowriter explain in detail why the horror tales ending changed from stephen kings novel and how it evolved again and again during the filming. The book begins with a scary, reallife premise that we all dread. Here are all the major differences between the book and film versions of the shining you need to know before seeing doctor sleep. A novella written in 1980, the material was first adapted to the screen by frank darabont in a 2007 film of the same name. The made for tv movie was more true to the book as it had original book ending and had things like danny being attacked by water hose. She owned an antiques shop, which sold mounted animals and glass objects. Top 10 differences between the shining book and movie. It was first published in an anthology named dark forces in 1980. Carrie, the shining, it, cujo, and more stephen kings books. The film was written and directed by frank darabont. The novella the mist ends pretty similar to the movie.
Whats the difference comes at you this week with one of the most popular viewer suggestions. She got caught in a supermarket with many others when a mysterious mist covered the town. Im joined by clarke wolfe to break down stanley kubricks the shining and the stephen king source material. Starring thomas jane, laurie holden, and marcia gay harden, the film is most famous for a twist ending that has left audiences divided to this day. The movie was better than the book, ergo, the movie. Stephen kings sequel to the shining changed a lot on its way to the big screen. Theres no way they could do justice to a book so epic in a 2 hours movie.
Here are the 10 biggest of those differences between the book and movie. Stanley kubrick took a lot of liberties with the story and characters from stephen kings the shining. Although the movie was done better than other book movie adaptations, i have always preferred the book to many other movies based on books. The first edition of the novel was published in january 28th 1977, and was written by stephen king. It was later published in book skeleton crew in 1985. Watchmojo ranks the top differences between the shining book and movie. She is the main antagonist in the novella the mist and its 2007 film adaptation. People escaped the mist and what is lurking in it and now they either have to wait for it to pass or to do something horrible. A t book readings, stephen king sometimes tells a story about his only preproduction discussion for the 1980 film adaptation of the shining.
Here are the major differences between the doctor sleep book and mike flanagans movie. Doctor sleep movie vs book differences how mike flanagan. With ghosts, visions and psychological horror, the shining by stephen king is a very good horror story, i would say one of his best, right up there with the likes of salems lot which is another sk novel that i recommend if you enjoy horror. The shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by stanley kubrick and cowritten with novelist diane johnson. So many people wonder how much of a difference there is between the film and novel of the shining by stephen king. Differences between the shining book vs movie page 2. David and billy and their neighbour brent norton go into town and find themselves trapped in a grocery store with several other people. A comprehensive list of all differences between the 1977 stephen king novel the shining and the stanley kubrick 1980 film adaptation.
The fact that they are are going to to the overlook is explicitly described as the the last chance for the family to prevent financial disaster. The shining 1977, psychological horror by stephen king. I always felt the shining is scarier for several reasons. How does the ending of the shining differ from stephen kings novel related.
The mist might not be stephen kings best known work, but it has achieved a small degree of fame. Stephen king has also written doctor sleep which is the shining book two. Kings book is a direct sequel to his 1977 novel the shining, and most definitely not a direct sequel to the 1980 film directed by stanley kubrick, which king notoriously hated. King wrote the book early enough 2006 in the age of portable. By the way, i did enjoy the shining as a movie but i read the book first when i was much younger was it the 70s. Check out his first column below, exploring the shining. The amount of changes is one of the reasons why king hated the film so much. The latest adaptation, the sequel doctor sleep, is a big one, continuing the story from stanley kubricks 1980 horror classic the shining. With the movies ambiguities, it is not known how kubrick felt about or if he. The shining, the 1977 novel by stephen king, is widely considered one of. Of the book, the movie and the novella, i prefer the book as king went deeper into the characters.
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