Book To Film?

[ghia71]

Hey, I haven't started a new topic. So here's a thought...I was reading an old thread "please dont leave" and a thought occurred when I came upon the mention of the movie "The Mist" ...There is a Dean Koontz book called "The Taking". I'd like to see that made into a movie.
Does anyone else have fave books they'd like to see on the big screen?
And on the other side of that, are there any horror novels they have made movies of that should never have been attempted...or maybe ones they did that you'd like to see redone with modern fx and what not?
Sound off, People!!!

[Luv2BScared]

Pet Semetery...LOVED the book, great stuff. The movie version was horrendous and I'm being kind. What a waste of film!!
Another one that comes to mind is Red Dragon. Brilliant book, poorly done film..

[Shade]

There was a book called "Cabinet of Curiosities" that I read a few years back, and I remember thinking that it would be a fun book to make into a freaky movie.

[Luv2BScared]

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There was a book called "Cabinet of Curiosities" that I read a few years back, and I remember thinking that it would be a fun book to make into a freaky movie.[/b]

What&#39;s it about?? Scary?

[Skelterbet]

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Pet Semetery...LOVED the book, great stuff. The movie version was horrendous and I&#39;m being kind. What a waste of film!!
Another one that comes to mind is Red Dragon. Brilliant book, poorly done film..[/b]

Have you seen the opposite? Where the Movie is far better than the book?

Jaws comes to mind - great movie, bad book.

[Luv2BScared]

Yes! "Jaws" was one of the worst books I have ever read, but the movie was great!
"It" by Stephen King was also a better movie.

[ghia71]

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There was a book called "Cabinet of Curiosities" that I read a few years back, and I remember thinking that it would be a fun book to make into a freaky movie.[/b]

Gonna have to read this book. Just the title gives me many interesting ideas as to what the story is like! I am imagining a cabinet filled with items that have bizzare tales attached.....
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Yes! "Jaws" was one of the worst books I have ever read, but the movie was great!
"It" by Stephen King was also a better movie.[/b]
Got to agree with both Skelter and Luv2B on those points!! I wasn&#39;t ever scared of clowns before "It" and it was the movie that did it! As for "Jaws", I dream of shark encounters and it&#39;s always all solw-mo and I try to punch the sharks in the nose and it&#39;s reallllyyyy scary!!!!

There are 2 others that I would really like to see on the big screen...The Tallisman by Straub/King , and Swansong by Robert Mccammon...Fricken AWESOME epic stories...and totally engaging characters in some freaky, scary situations...done well by the right people they could be amazing.

[Luv2BScared]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mistressghia @ Mar 3 2008, 11:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=3672)</div>
Gonna have to read this book. Just the title gives me many interesting ideas as to what the story is like! I am imagining a cabinet filled with items that have bizzare tales attached.....

Got to agree with both Skelter and Luv2B on those points!! I wasn&#39;t ever scared of clowns before "It" and it was the movie that did it! As for "Jaws", I dream of shark encounters and it&#39;s always all solw-mo and I try to punch the sharks in the nose and it&#39;s reallllyyyy scary!!!!

There are 2 others that I would really like to see on the big screen...The Tallisman by Straub/King , and Swansong by Robert Mccammon...Fricken AWESOME epic stories...and totally engaging characters in some freaky, scary situations...done well by the right people they could be amazing.[/b]

The Talisman would be awesome if it was done well!!

[ghia71]

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The Talisman would be awesome if it was done well!![/b]
I know, huh?!!! That would be a dream come true for me....I swear I have read the book at least 7 times....no lie!!! Everytime I read it it is like visiting old friends and thier terror/elation is mine. It would take an exceptional team to pull it off and do it justice, for sure!

[Shade]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Luv2BScared @ Mar 1 2008, 11:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=3656)</div>
What&#39;s it about?? Scary?[/b]

Yeah, it was creepy, but would probably make more of a thriller movie than a horror flick.

A few centuries ago, the word "cabinet" referred to a room rather than a piece of furniture. A cabinet of curiosities was sort of the macabre predecessor to the museum. It was a collection of the bizarre, a 1600s version of Ripley&#39;s Believe It or Not, if you will, a freak show before there were circuses with sideshow entertainment.

If I remember right, the book involves a construction site in New York that accidentally uncovers an old tunnel filled with human bodies. They turn out to have been the victims of a serial killer in the late 1800s, a crazed doctor who maintained an especially morbid cabinet of curiosities, and secretly experimented on live subjects in his quest for longevity. In the wake of the discovery, a new wave of copycat murders begins, and it appears that someone may be slowly bringing back the doctor&#39;s cabinet of curiosities.

Or something like that, I think.

[ghia71]

OMG, Shade!!! That does sound like an awsome book that would make an equally awesome movie!!! Holy crap, I&#39;m going to the Library to check it out this week!

[Shade]

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OMG, Shade!!! That does sound like an awsome book that would make an equally awesome movie!!! Holy crap, I&#39;m going to the Library to check it out this week![/b]

I hope it&#39;s as good as I remembered. Otherwise, I&#39;ll feel dumb! http://www.octoberlounge.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif

[ghia71]

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I hope it&#39;s as good as I remembered. Otherwise, I&#39;ll feel dumb![/b]
No worries!! I won&#39;t call ya out like a fool if I think it&#39;s lame!! LMAO! Honestly it sounds like an awsome story, I think I&#39;ll like it!

[Luv2BScared]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Shade @ Mar 5 2008, 10:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=3702)</div>
Yeah, it was creepy, but would probably make more of a thriller movie than a horror flick.

A few centuries ago, the word "cabinet" referred to a room rather than a piece of furniture. A cabinet of curiosities was sort of the macabre predecessor to the museum. It was a collection of the bizarre, a 1600s version of Ripley&#39;s Believe It or Not, if you will, a freak show before there were circuses with sideshow entertainment.

If I remember right, the book involves a construction site in New York that accidentally uncovers an old tunnel filled with human bodies. They turn out to have been the victims of a serial killer in the late 1800s, a crazed doctor who maintained an especially morbid cabinet of curiosities, and secretly experimented on live subjects in his quest for longevity. In the wake of the discovery, a new wave of copycat murders begins, and it appears that someone may be slowly bringing back the doctor&#39;s cabinet of curiosities.

Or something like that, I think.[/b]

Sounds like a good read! Gonna get a copy of that myself to read it!!!

[Hellraiser15]

I saw a movie ive never seen before two nights ago that was supposed to be scary bu sucked. The Blair witch Project. What kind of crappy ending was that?

[WelchWitch]

I agree the ending wasn&#39;t the best, but that movie would be my #11 favorite movie, because to be lost in the woods and have that crap happen would freak me out deep down. No where to run to, no where to hide from it. You just get deeper into the woods.

When I went home for the holidays, I saw a trailer to a movie that I don&#39;t remember the name, but looks promising. It is where police find hundreds of tapes in a home I believe and when they watch it, they find they are video recordings made by the killer of each of his victims and the torture and such he put them through. Kinda like the Blair Witch only because the film is somewhat made and shown through a Camcorder. Looked awesome, scary and real. It looks like it could really happen so I am on the look out for it and will watch it for sure. Has anyone else seen the previews of it and remember the name?

[ghia71]

i havent seen that preview yet...but i have seen some for The Ruins...that looks good...and Trick R Treat...oooo...and Doomsday....

[WelchWitch]

I haven&#39;t seen the one for Trick R Treat yet. How does that one look?

[ghia71]

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I haven&#39;t seen the one for Trick R Treat yet. How does that one look?[/b]
Looks pretty good to me...it&#39;s like 4 stories all intertwined...looks like some good old fashioned Hallow&#39;s Eve fun!! I saw it on the dvd of 300. Seems to be a Vampire, a High School Principal gone mad, and a schoolbus of dead childrens ghost&#39;s...not sure how they blend them all together but I am excited to find out.

[mr-scary]

1 book I always thought would have been a great disturbing movie was "The Girl Next Door" well just recently I found the dvd and umm yeah...it did NOT translate well to a movie. Sure I understand why the made the main female character as old as she was but that took soooo mcuh away from what really happened, that it was almost to creepy on the flip side with her liking the boy.


I don&#39;t know...maybe they cold have handled the torture scenes differetnly but used a younger girl to gove better effect.

[ghia71]

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"The Girl Next Door"[/b]
Hmmmm...there&#39;s one I havent heard of...have to check it out. I think I&#39;ll go for the book first tho, based on your opinion of the movie.

Here&#39;s one Id like to see the horror genre explore in more depth..the Brothers Grimm Faerie tales... A few attempts have been made to capture the true darkness of the original stories...I&#39;d say the best I have come across is the version of Snow White with Sigourney Weaver as the Stepmonster...

[Luv2BScared]

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Hmmmm...there&#39;s one I havent heard of...have to check it out. I think I&#39;ll go for the book first tho, based on your opinion of the movie.

Here&#39;s one Id like to see the horror genre explore in more depth..the Brothers Grimm Faerie tales... A few attempts have been made to capture the true darkness of the original stories...I&#39;d say the best I have come across is the version of Snow White with Sigourney Weaver as the Stepmonster...[/b]

I&#39;m reading a Stephen King book right now that intertwines Shawshank Redemption with a couple of other horror stories....good book. Right now I&#39;m in a part that is focused on the Nazi&#39;s...very groos read and if done wel would make a great movie!

[Skelterbet]

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I saw a movie ive never seen before two nights ago that was supposed to be scary bu sucked. The Blair witch Project. What kind of crappy ending was that?[/b]

This probably sounds weird, but The Blair Witch Project was one of the coolest movie experiences that I have ever had.

Is it a great movie? No.
Is it scary? No, not anymore.

In the spring of 1999 we first heard of this movie. They did not advertise it; there were no trailers in the theaters, no tv or radio ads, no articles in the papers or magazines. It had two things: word of mouth from people that frequented independent films, and a website. The independent film fans had heard about it, checked out the website and then told their friends about this movie. The website talked about these college kids who set out to make a documentary about the the Blair Witch, and how they disappeared. No one ever found them, but a couple years later they found the film footage of their project. The film was to show that footage.

The best thing about this: Most people thought it was absolutely real.

I saw this movie the day after it opened. It was only playing at one theater in Colorado, and that was the Mayan on Broadway. The line to see the movie stretched all the way around the block. When we saw it, the theater was jam-packed with around 300 people-people who had all heard of it the same way, and knew the back-story. Over the course of a couple hours, I was part of a collective of people who all experienced the same emotions: we got to know those kids, we liked them, and we watched as their world began collapsing and they desperately tried to get away - AND we knew they&#39;d fail. We liked those kids, and we knew they were doomed, yet we rooted for them anyway. The ending? I loved it. While they were running through the house, the collective tension in the theater was palpable. When it ended in the cellar, with the one kid standing in the corner, the tension was at its most extreme.

At the end of the movie, the entire theater applauded. I have seldom had a movie experience where the audience collectively became one like we did during this film.



Sad to say, word of The Blair Witch Project got out, and the mainstream theaters picked it up. Now there were trailers and advertisements all over the place. And it didn&#39;t take long for everyone to figure out that this was not real, that it was a few actors and rookie filmmakers who made it. After that, everyone hated it. I&#39;ve seen it since and don&#39;t care to see it again. The experience on DVD or VHS is not comparable.



Crappy ending? I must disagree with you there. It fit in with the earlier interviews about the little kids in the house, it was creepy and intense. That said, you clearly didn&#39;t get into the movie the way I did, so the ending probably didn&#39;t mean anything to you.

It&#39;s too bad that you didn&#39;t get to see The Blair Witch Project when it came out, before all of the hype. You might have enjoyed it more.

[Luv2BScared]

I liked the Blair Witch Project....I liked it because it was believeable....college students could very easily set out to make a documentary in the woods and come across some lunatic and be killed. In this case, it was unknown exactly what was after them all the way to the end. We never get to really find out if it was the Blair Witch, some maniac, or even one of the kids themselves, but that was great! I left feeling like the mystery had not been completey revealed leaving me to ponder the possible outcomes....

I agree that the hush-hush word of mouth was the best!! It really changed the way I felt going to see it and then all the trailers of course ruined the illusion...sigh, such is life.
I like the way it was done...when she&#39;s in the tent, you can see her breath, snot&#39;s running down her nose because she&#39;s crying and saying goodbye to her loved ones...stellar performance!! I was sold on it...she rocked that scene and they all played very believeable roles.

I heard a rumor once, and I am sure it is all it is, that the kids in the film really did believe that they were doing a documentary in the woods..the producer and crew were hiding in the woods and did everything they could to scare these kids to get the most realistic performances....I didn&#39;t believe the rumor then, and don&#39;t now, but think about the possibilities of doing that in film making??

[Skelterbet]

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I heard a rumor once, and I am sure it is all it is, that the kids in the film really did believe that they were doing a documentary in the woods..the producer and crew were hiding in the woods and did everything they could to scare these kids to get the most realistic performances....I didn&#39;t believe the rumor then, and don&#39;t now, but think about the possibilities of doing that in film making??[/b]

I&#39;m glad I&#39;m not the only one who liked it. The kids knew they were doing the movie and what it was about, but they didn&#39;t know what they were doing from day-to-day. They really were out camping in the woods. The filmmakers (Directors?) would leave them a note with GPS coordinates and they would go to those coordinates not knowing what to expect. I think you are dead on - this is why their performances were so real. The filmmakers would also leave things by their tent (like the stacked rocks) at night. The kids knew the overall premise and improvised pretty much everything else. I think the end at the house was the only bit they rehearsed.

[Big Perm]

Richard Matheson did some awesome horror and to the best of my knowledge all of the resulting movies have been horrendous (anyone seen I Am Legend?)

I think that if there was a decent remake of Hell House with modern technology it could be a winner. I don&#39;t know if anyone&#39;s been to Hearst Castle, or if I&#39;m the only nerd that does stuff like that, but reading the book it&#39;s impossible to not think of that place.

That and I&#39;m mostly illiterate so I tend to avoid things much beyond an 8 year olds reading level unless it has few pages and large print. Hell House falls under both.

As far as BWP goes, I had an awesome time! The first time I saw it... after that it was abysmal. I saw it within the first week with a group of friends, back when the rumor was still that it was an actual documentary, before it got out that it was just a movie. Top that off with going to the Mayan to see it. When I got home I woke up the whole night thinking that my fish tank in the corner of my room was somebody standing in the corner.

[Luv2BScared]

That&#39;s funny Perm!! I loved the BWP for too many reasons to count.....even once the truth was out, there&#39;s just lot&#39;s of things I liked about it.
So, are you still scared of the fishtank??? http://www.octoberlounge.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

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I&#39;m glad I&#39;m not the only one who liked it. The kids knew they were doing the movie and what it was about, but they didn&#39;t know what they were doing from day-to-day. They really were out camping in the woods. The filmmakers (Directors?) would leave them a note with GPS coordinates and they would go to those coordinates not knowing what to expect. I think you are dead on - this is why their performances were so real. The filmmakers would also leave things by their tent (like the stacked rocks) at night. The kids knew the overall premise and improvised pretty much everything else. I think the end at the house was the only bit they rehearsed.[/b]

I really bought those performances! They were still to date some of the most authentic performances I have ever seen in horror.

I did the rocks thing to a friend while camping...she&#39;s never gone camping with me since...hahhaha

[Skelterbet]

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I did the rocks thing to a friend while camping...she&#39;s never gone camping with me since...hahhaha[/b]

That is evil. Hilarious, but evil. I love it!

[Luv2BScared]

It is evil...pure evil, bu yes a great time for me! She won&#39;t even go to the mountains with me because of it let alone camping. She&#39;s a chicken!!