Horror Movies Forum - Books Into Films : Your Opinions

Re: Books Into Films : Your Opinions

dummy@example.com (FuglyStick) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:59:59 +0000

Some books are improved greatly when made into a film, and others suck.

Randall Wallace's "Braveheart" was an awful novel, but made a good film. On the other hand, Michael Crichton's "Congo" was a good novel that made a hideous film.

Re: Books Into Films : Your Opinions

dummy@example.com (jmh314) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:41:16 +0000

For what it's worth I'm thinking it's time to abandon my Disappearing Ink script that I have hit a major block on and begin adapting Dark Harvest by Norman Patridge. It would just be for fun of course but ever since I read the book I thought it could be adapted to make a fun horror/thriller flick.

Re: Books Into Films : Your Opinions

dummy@example.com (alien25) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:19:07 +0000

I would like to see 'Reliquary' by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child made into a movie. The first book 'Relic' was made into a pretty good movie, but I thought that the story in the sequel 'Reliquary' would make a much cooler movie.

Re: Books Into Films : Your Opinions

dummy@example.com (MistressOf Horror) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:17:19 +0000

DrBlood wrote:

I think "The Scarecrows" by Robert Westall could be a shit-yer-pants scary horror movie too.

Scarecrows are scary things !! someone needs to work that angle ! I think the world needs a really great scarecrow movie.. some have come close.. but not many.

Re: Books Into Films : Your Opinions

dummy@example.com (DrBlood) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:10:31 +0000

MistressOf Horror wrote:

I do like Dan Simmons- Summer of Night . Very much like IT.. same concept - children who battle an evil force in town.. only it didnt have the lame ending .

There's another like that called "City of Tomorrow" (I can't think of the author right now though) which came out in the 70s. It would rock! It's like a children's version of Dean Koontz's "Lighning" (so it's unlike the Dan Simmons novel there I grant you) which would also make a great film.

Others I would like to see are just about every James Herbert book being made into a film (The Rats, Fluke and Haunted just weren't good enough).

And I think "The Scarecrows" by Robert Westall could be a shit-yer-pants scary horror movie too.

Re: Books Into Films : Your Opinions

dummy@example.com (MistressOf Horror) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:01:23 +0000

I do like Dan Simmons- Summer of Night . Very much like IT.. same concept - children who battle an evil force in town.. only it didnt have the lame ending .

Re: Books Into Films : Your Opinions

dummy@example.com (ZOMBIE SLASHER) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:31:02 +0000

I would like to see more Shaun Hutson books made into films, the only one i know of or have seen is Slugs from 1987.

Re: Books Into Films : Your Opinions

dummy@example.com (deadhorse13) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:26:52 +0000

Thief Of Always would be great.

I wish they'd bring Barker's Coldheart Canyon to the screen - ghosts, monsters, dead celebrities, orgies and all manner of thrills. Good stuff.

So many more, my brain hurts after just putting a few minutes of thought into this - so very rarely do adaptations carry over the depth of a novel LOL

(I'd love to see a Skipp & Spector treatment)

Re: Books Into Films : Your Opinions

dummy@example.com (thedeadshallrule) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:10:06 +0000

Thief Of Always by Clive Barker would be just yummy on film.

Re: Books Into Films : Your Opinions

dummy@example.com (myersfan72) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:31:07 +0000

Constantce wrote:

Danny Boyle should do Maria Doria Russell's The Sparrow
Hell House can afford to be remade since the original isn't a horror classic (sorry, Lonnie)
and Anne Rice's Blackwood Farm would be nice for it's bayou setting, which is soooo creeepy.

No doubt, if you have not read the Anne Rice books they are a must read! I would love to them hit the big screen!

Re: Books Into Films : Your Opinions

dummy@example.com (ZOMBIE SLASHER) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:42:30 +0000

I love The Beast House stuff. I actually have them as individual books not the all in one that you get now.

Re: Books Into Films : Your Opinions

dummy@example.com (BlackTequilaKiss) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:39:38 +0000

The Beast House Trilogy is my favourite Laymon novel, he is uncompromising in his view, that would be one serious Mind-f*ck! To see that to the big screen would be quite an achievement but it needs to be handled right to work. It would also be utterly insane. In simple context:

The Beast House Trilogy would make Feast look like the Teletubbies! , god I would LOVE to see that go to the big screen!

Re: Books Into Films : Your Opinions

dummy@example.com (ZOMBIE SLASHER) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:32:14 +0000

Suspiria_89 wrote:

I want to see Richard Laymon's Night in the Lonesome October made into a movie, and directed by Rob Zombie because he would be the only one brave enough to do it right.

I'd love to see any Richard Laymon book made into a movie cause correct me if i'm wrong but there hasn't been any. I think The Beast house books would make a good movie trilogy & The Stake would be good too as would the first Laymon book i read - Flesh.

Re: Books Into Films : Your Opinions

dummy@example.com (Tina12312) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:46:26 +0000

I'd love to see some of Brian Keene's, especially his zombie books on the big screen. I have to think about a director, not sure who would do them best.

Re: Books Into Films : Your Opinions

dummy@example.com (RIP) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:09:51 +0000

I would like to see some of John Saul's books made into films someday.

Also, I would like to see the book Evilution by Shaun Jeffrey made into a film.