What is the worst movie you've ever seen at the cinema?

@Piper The worst King adaptation has to be Running Man...it ignored every interesting element of the book and gave us a camp romp with men in spandex. On it's own merits it OK...as an adaptation, the worst ever

@Piper I actually liked that movie. The Stephen King movie I didn’t like was The Shining. I hated what Kubrick did to the novel.

@romper69 Thinner was pretty atrocious too

@bijouxbroussard It was long ago (1984), that I saw that movie in a theater/cinema. I have long since stopped expecting a screen adaption of a book I've read and liked, to be as good as or true to the the book. That way, it's just a great thing when a screen adaption is just as good or even better. :)

I don't much like the screen adaptation of The Shining, either.

@romper69 I've never seen it, but I know Stephen King didn't like it...either.

@Piper they are talking about doing a reboot of firestarter. Why??

@geoam1 I thought the acting was cringe-worthy, from some actors that are most often very good at their chosen profession. Maybe it was the director of the film, at fault for that. I don't know, but it's nice to know I'm not the only person who was disappointed in it. :)

@SW-User I don't know, but perhaps it will be better (to me) than the first one.

@Piper probably!! I'm a horror nerd. Did you see the remake of Pet Sematery??

@SW-User Just read that recently. I've mostly outgrown King but I wanted to check that out

@SW-User it's a different twist on the film.

@Piper I like King and I was really disappointed by the Under the Dome mini-series.

TBH though, The Stand is still pretty good. It was a very literal adaptation and it was so well done that it is still a decent watch even now.

@Burnley123 I wasn't, so much. There are quite a few screen adaptions of Stephen King's novels and short stories that I didn't think were very good, but I did not see them at a cinema.
Then there are the screen adaptions of his novella and serial novel, that I think are at least as good as the works they were based on.

@SW-User I did.