Underrated

Stephen King is perhaps the most prolific author who has ever lived. Interesting that his home base is the horror genre—something often derided for its offensive, controversial, or corny subject matter. There’s no arguing the man has given one generation after another unending nightmares about clowns hiding in sewers, corpses in hotel room bathtubs, and recently resurrected childhood pets. He’s written tales of utter fear married to genuine quality, and he, like many of his colleagues, hands his work to filmmakers on a silver platter, hoping they will achieve a same result. Unfortunately, that is hardly the case. In general, nine times out of ten the book will always be better than the film it inspired, but with King, it sometimes seems as if there’s some cosmic force willing to do anything to prove it, for the chances of a successful King novel to screen transition is generally 50/50. And that’s just when it comes to novels: http://www.cutprintfilm.com/features/night-flier/