![]() ![]() ![]() Will it be the erudite King, who’s capable of crafting dark, textured, adult stories? Or will it be the goofy shockmaster, delivering scenes of gruesome terror and borderline nonsensical plot twists? In TNT’s anthology series, Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, the answer is: both. To borrow a phrase from a film that clobbered Shawshank at the Oscars, King’s work is “like a box of chocolates.” You never now what fresh hell you’re gonna get. The stylistic gap between Carrie and Shawshank highlights the biggest problem with adapting King. ![]() In 1976, Brian De Palma turned King’s debut, Carrie, into iconic cinematic horror 1990’s Misery won Kathy Bates an Oscar and in 1994, the cult status and adoration of the adult and engaging Shawshank Redemption cemented King’s reputation as a critically acclaimed popular storyteller. It’s possible that more film and TV adaptations have been made from the works of Stephen King than any other living author. ![]()
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