Reply #5: Yes ...

[RoyGBiv]

It's good, not one of his best, but still good.

I hated the movie, mostly because I read the book. Like most King horror novels translated to the screen, something significant gets lost.

I can't figure it out. Movies like _It_, _The Stand_, etc. were frankly horrible movies when compared to the books, in many ways not even the same story.

Then there are movies like _Shawshank Redemption_, Stand By Me_, and many others that are adaptations of King novels or shorter stories not so horror driven. These are excellent, in some ways better than the books.