I have. It's from his collection, Full Dark, No Stars.
Ever since I read it I have been hoping it would become a film adaptation.
I have read that King has seen a rough cut of this. He found it to be very creepy.
While I look forward to seeing Gerald's Game tomorrow on Netflix, This is the one I really look forward to seeing next month. Just in time for Halloween!
I find these are the sort of story that King writes best... the small, personal horror stories that involve only one or maybe a handful of people.
Coincidentally, they also tend to be the ones that translate best to the big screen. Aside from the excellent The Mist, big scale horror movies like The Dark Tower, The Stand, Maximum Overdrive, etc tend to be underwhelming. The Shining, Misery, Carrie, this movie, the recent Gerald's Game get better reviews and reception because they focus on a human scale we can better relate to.
I agree. Most of his short stories or the novellas have been successful film adaptations.
I wasn't overly fond of Gerald's Game. There was no need to bring her and her husband in on her "thoughts". It didn't feel as though she was alone. I never felt that isolation while watching that movie.
IMO, the story is basically the same as an earlier Stephen King story called "Uncle Otto's Truck".
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Hmmmmm..... It's been quite a few years since I have read that one. I may have to take that collection of stories off the bookshelf, blow off the dust and read it again. I've forgotten that one.
I read it and i was looking forward to the adaption.
Unfortunately i found the narrator really unnecessary, it was used for things that could easily been told through dialog or just scenes.
It took away any sublety.
Note: Haven´t finished the movie yet because it wasn´t really engaging.
I actually found the Netflix adaptation easier to emotionally digest than the written story. The description of the murder was too graphic in the book. It was brutal to read and heart-rending for obvious reasons. Seeing it acted out did not bother me as much. Maybe it's because the book prepared me for it.
As for the NF movie, the tone was brooding and churning up to the end. It was balanced well between the main character's admission and the moments of creeping horror. Good performances all around!
You make a good point... one that I didn't really think about. Now, I also wonder if the murder in the movie would have seemed more brutal if I hadn't read the gruesome detailed version in the written story.
I'm not saying that the murder in the movie wasn't gruesome, but I do know what you mean about the book. Part of the horror was that we were given the thoughts that went through the husband's mind. That increased the the suspense and the horror.
All that you get from the movie is the visuals.