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In response to "Funny Pet Cemetary story: at University it was #2 of our "skip class to watch for the 15th time" movies (Tremors being the #1)." by Beaker

Did not like that movie one bit. LOVED the book though. Scariest book I've ever read. -- nm

Posted by Jim (aka Jim) Apr 8 '11, 11:58

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As I have said, I named my kitty Pascow because of it. - Spawn Apr 8, 12:04
that's the thing with a lot of King's works .... great on paper, but loses something in translation to the big sreen -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 8, 12:01 7
- Yep. There's a small handful that have been good. nm - Jim Apr 8, 12:02 6
  - and most of those tend to be short stories, not novels. i think the interior dialogue in the books provides most of the tension and a lot of - Andie Apr 8, 12:05 5
    - I can get on board with that. Some of the decisions they make with the movies boggle the mind though. I mean, Running Man? - Jim Apr 8, 12:06 4
      - Give the movie producers credit. Very much accurately predicted the Reality Show Contest as cultural touchstone. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 8, 12:17 1
        
        So did the book...they didn't have to butcher the book to have the same message. -- nm - Jim Apr 8, 12:19
      - and furthermore ... some of his works, when put into film, suddenly become campy and farsicle... - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 8, 12:17
      - awesome! -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 12:07
Shining was my scariest (and the movie wasn't good, just cracked us up for some reason :) ) -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 12:00

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