King on Screen

Actress-turned-director Daphné Baiwir interviews some of the filmmakers who have brought King to the screen, looking at the movies and shows that have brought King's body of work an entirely new life, both the films that reached the top-tier echelons of pop culture history and the ones that fell by the wayside into obscurity.

Stephen King is not only the master of literary horror, one of the bestselling authors of all time, and a name that has been a formative force (some might say "traumatic," but I am not "some") for more than a generation. He’s also the most adapted living author, with over 80 feature films based on his work, spanning horror classics like Carrie (1976) and The Shining (1980), the original IT (1990) and its recent remake, to dramas like The Shawshank Redemption (1990), to the coming-of-age classic Stand By Me (1986), to last year’s miniseries Lisey's Story.

Actress-turned-director Daphné Baiwir interviews some of the filmmakers who have brought King to the screen, looking at the movies and shows that have brought King's body of work an entirely new life, both the films that reached the top-tier echelons of pop culture history and the ones that fell by the wayside into obscurity. With an ambitious fictional introduction packed with easter eggs, references, and other winks that constant readers will find delightful, this doc is a must-see for any King-head.

—Anna Bogutskaya