Stephen King

Writing

Stephen King

Born 1947-09-21 · Portland, Maine, USA

Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. He is widely known for his horror novels and has been crowned the "King of Horror". He has also explored other genres: suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. Though known primarily for his novels, he has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections. His debut, Carrie (1974), established him in horror. Different Seasons (1982), a collection of four novellas, was his first major departure from the genre. Among the films adapted from King's fiction are Carrie (1976), The Shining (1980), The Dead Zone and Christine (both 1983), Stand by Me(1986), Misery (1990), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Green Mile (1999), The Mist (2007), and It (2017). He has also published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman and has co-written works with other authors, notably his friend Peter Straub and sons Joe Hill and  Owen King. He has also written nonfiction, notably Danse Macabre (1981) and On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000). Among other awards, he has won the O. Henry Award for "The Man in the Black Suit" (1994) and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller for 11/22/63 (2011). He has also won honours for his overall contributions to literature, including the 2003 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the 2014 National Medal of Arts. Joyce Carol Oates called King "a brilliantly rooted, psychologically 'realistic' writer for whom the American scene has been a continuous source of inspiration, and American popular culture a vast cornucopia of possibilities." Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

It Chapter Two poster
6.8

27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.

It Chapter Two

2019

Pet Sematary poster
6.7

After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.

Pet Sematary

1989

Creepshow poster
6.9

Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.

Creepshow

1982

Sleepwalkers poster
6.1

Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only by feeding on the life-force of the innocent, but destined to roam the earth, avoiding discovery while searching for their next victim. That search takes them to the sleepy little town of Travis, Indiana, where beautiful teenager Tanya Robertson is about to become an unwilling pawn in their nightmarish fight for survival.

Sleepwalkers

1992

Stuck in Love poster
7.4

An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.

Stuck in Love

2013

Maximum Overdrive poster
5.8

When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of murderous 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines…Or be killed by them.

Maximum Overdrive

1986

Thinner poster
5.9

An obese lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old Romani man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the old man to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate lawyer as he draws closer to his own death, and grows ever thinner.

Thinner

1996

Diary of the Dead poster
5.5

A group of young filmmakers encounter real zombies while filming a horror movie of their own.

Diary of the Dead

2007

Creepshow 2 poster
6.2

Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.

Creepshow 2

1987

Fever Pitch poster
6.2

Lindsay is stuck in the middle of her relationship with Ben and his passion for the Boston Red Sox.

Fever Pitch

2005

Walking the Mile poster
5.0

Full-length documentary about the making of Frank Darabont's drama, The Green Mile, based on Stephen King's novel.

Walking the Mile

2014

My Father, the BTK Killer poster
6.6

Raised by a man leading a monstrous double life, the daughter of the BTK serial killer shares her chilling story.

My Father, the BTK Killer

2025

Stephen King: Shining in the Dark poster
6.8

A documentary looking at the life and work of Stephen King.

Stephen King: Shining in the Dark

1999

Knightriders poster
6.2

A medieval reenactment troupe struggles to maintain its family-like dynamic amid pressure from local authorities, interest from talent agents, and their so-called king's delusions of grandeur.

Knightriders

1981

The Timekeepers of Eternity poster
7.1

In this mesmerizing experimental film, Stephen King television mini-series The Langoliers is compressed and transformed through hypnotic black and white collage animation that meticulously reconstructs and reshapes its supernatural drama to an eerie and profound effect.

The Timekeepers of Eternity

2021

King on Screen poster
7.0

1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since, more than 50 directors adapted the master of horror's books, in more than 80 films and series, making him now, the most adapted author still alive in the world.

King on Screen

2023

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' poster
8.2

Behind the scenes documentary on the making of the film.

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

2008

Chain Reactions poster
6.0

Fifty years after Tobe Hooper’s THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE shocked the world and forever changed the face of global cinema and popular culture, CHAIN REACTIONS charts the film’s profound impact and lasting influence on five great artists through early memories, sensory experiences, and childhood trauma.

Chain Reactions

2025

Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me poster
7.6

A unique look at the making of Stand by Me including interviews from Stephen King, Rob Reiner, Kiefer Sutherland, Richard Dreyfuss, Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell.

Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

2000

No artwork available
7.2

Frank Darabont explains how this new project was introduced thru a phone call from Stephen King as "another prison tale" if he was interested to make it, the answer was not, King expose his concept idea in few words, however Frank asking to Stephen send the script to him firstly, when the first tale was finished and sent to Darabont, after reading such odd story, asking for more, so King replied "You must wait as anybody else", receiving later all other tales Frank wrote a screenplay on 8 weeks, so come up "the Green Mile"

Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

2000

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends poster
7.1

This documentary focuses on the actors and their journey over two summers to create the remake to the original IT, by Stephen King. The documentary originally released as bonus material, bundled with IT: Chapter Two.

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

2019

Golden Years poster
5.8

When an explosion at a top-secret government lab injures an elderly janitor, no one could have expected the terrifying results. Exposure to mysterious chemicals causes him to undergo a bizarre transformation. He is slowly... incredibly... growing younger every day. Now, a ruthless CIA assassin will stop at nothing to take him prisoner and turn him into a government guinea pig. With his future on the line, the janitor goes on the run with his wife and a feisty female agent. All the while, he continues to transform... into a being with powers that are as deadly as they are unimaginable.

Golden Years

1991

The King: Stephen King's America poster
6.7

Ghost nation? Violent home? Traumatised country? What does the horror of one of the most famous writers of our time hide? What does his fictional America expose? To what extent does cinema feed itself off his unique vision and expression of fear? In other words: what kind of America is Stephen King telling us about?

The King: Stephen King's America

2019

George Romero's Golden Tales 2 poster
NR

Compilation of five horror stories from Tales from the Darkside (1983) that takes the viewer into the dark world of vampires, cursed objects and sinister humor. Despite the title, only the final story is by Stephen King.

George Romero's Golden Tales 2

1995

Behind the camera

Pet Sematary poster
6.7

After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.

Pet Sematary

1989

Creepshow poster
6.9

Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.

Creepshow

1982

Sleepwalkers poster
6.1

Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only by feeding on the life-force of the innocent, but destined to roam the earth, avoiding discovery while searching for their next victim. That search takes them to the sleepy little town of Travis, Indiana, where beautiful teenager Tanya Robertson is about to become an unwilling pawn in their nightmarish fight for survival.

Sleepwalkers

1992

Maximum Overdrive poster
5.8

When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of murderous 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines…Or be killed by them.

Maximum Overdrive

1986

Maximum Overdrive poster
5.8

When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of murderous 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines…Or be killed by them.

Maximum Overdrive

1986

Silver Bullet poster
6.7

The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside…

Silver Bullet

1985

Cell poster
4.7

When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.

Cell

2016

Cat's Eye poster
6.7

Three short stories linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next, in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an adulterous man who's forced by his lover's husband onto a building's hazardous ledge. Finally, Amanda is threatened by an evil gnome who throws suspicion on the family cat.

Cat's Eye

1985

A Good Marriage poster
5.3

After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?

A Good Marriage

2014

Garrish poster
NR

Garrish acts as both a prequel and revised version of A.J. Gribble's short film 'Cain Rose Up', based on the Stephen King story of the same name. It is Kate’s first year of college and she thinks everything is going to be perfect, until she decides to go on a sniping rampage from her dorm room window.

Garrish

2020

Children of the Corn poster
4.5

A traveling couple end up in an abandoned Nebraska town inhabited by a cult of murderous children who worship a demon that lives in the local cornfields.

Children of the Corn

2009

Tales from the Darkside poster
5.9

A compilation of episodes from the classic '80s horror anthology TV series "Tales From The Darkside" for the VHS market.

Tales from the Darkside

1990

Golden Years poster
5.8

When an explosion at a top-secret government lab injures an elderly janitor, no one could have expected the terrifying results. Exposure to mysterious chemicals causes him to undergo a bizarre transformation. He is slowly... incredibly... growing younger every day. Now, a ruthless CIA assassin will stop at nothing to take him prisoner and turn him into a government guinea pig. With his future on the line, the janitor goes on the run with his wife and a feisty female agent. All the while, he continues to transform... into a being with powers that are as deadly as they are unimaginable.

Golden Years

1991

Kingdom Hospital poster
6.4

Stephen King's take on the masterpiece series by Lars von Trier. The story takes place in a hospital in Lewiston, Maine, built on the site of a Civil War-era mill fire in which many children died.

Kingdom Hospital

2004

Suffer poster
NR

An ageing teacher confined to a hospital for the criminally insane reveals the sinister plot that provoked her violent actions.

Suffer

2016

Lily poster
NR

A third-grader discovers a tiger lurking in his school bathroom.

Lily

2025

Suffer the Little Children poster
5.0

Miss Sidley, an experienced, no-nonsense teacher starts to lose her bearings when she suspects one of her students, Robert, is not quite human. In a momentary reflection in her eyeglasses she thinks she may have seen Robert changing into a monster. She soon discovers that not only does Robert change, but he may not be the only one of his kind. Sidley must get rid of them before it's too late.

Suffer the Little Children

2006

Delver Glass poster
NR

A man attempts, in vain, to prevent another from suffering the consequences of a sinister curse associated with the Delver Mirror. He presents a dire warning, in the broadest possible terms, to the ill-fated central character as to the fantastical legend and insidious nature of the mirror. Slowly they advance upward through the labyrinth of sticky corridors until the attic door approaches.

Delver Glass

2013

Suffer the Little Children poster
5.5

A strict elderly teacher suddenly begins to seem (or not to appear?) That the students in her class are no longer children, but terrible monsters, pursuing their mysterious goals.

Suffer the Little Children

2017

Nightshift Collection poster
7.7

Stephen King's "dollar baby" double bill consisting of Frank Darabont's The Woman in the Room (1984) and Jeff Schiro's The Boogeyman (1982).

Nightshift Collection

1994

Cain Rose Up poster
NR

Who has the final say when it comes to morality? Curt Garrish believes his twisted view on life trumps even God's guiding light.

Cain Rose Up

2010

Cain Rose Up poster
NR

After a lifetime of enduring his father's brutal religious indoctrination, a college student becomes so tortured by the vision of who he is "supposed" to be that he takes a radical and irrevocable action to quell his internal turmoil.

Cain Rose Up

2021

No artwork available
4.0

Young Roland Deschain investigates a treacherous plot in the town of Mejis, far from his hometown of Gilead. Here he finds love and learns of his true destiny.

The Dark Tower

2020

The Boogeyman poster
1.0

Based upon a short story by Stephen King, the Boogeyman is a film about Lester Billings as he struggles to hold on to his sanity as he copes with the mysterious death of his three children. For Stephen King or Darabont fans, this is an official 'Dollar Baby.'

The Boogeyman

2013