List of adaptations of works by Stephen King

This is a list of media based on works by American author Stephen King (including the Richard Bachman titles). Note that aside from Creepshow 2 , It Chapter Two , and Doctor Sleep , the sequels are only tangentially related to King's work. King's bibliography also includes works that he has written directly for other formats such as screenplays, teleplays, comics, and audiobooks.

Films

Stephen King's filmography

Year	Title	Writer	Actor	Role	Notes
1981	Knightriders	No	Yes	Hoagie Man	Original work
1982	Creepshow	Yes	Yes	Jordy Verrill	Based on the short stories "Weeds" and "The Crate", the rest is original work for the film.
1985	Cat's Eye	Yes	No	—	Based on the short stories "Quitters, Inc." and "The Ledge", the rest is original work for the film.
	Silver Bullet	Yes	No	—	Based on the novella "Cycle of the Werewolf"
1986	Maximum Overdrive	Yes	Uncredited	Man at Bank ATM	Based on the short story "Trucks" Also director
1987	Creepshow 2	Stories	Yes	The Truck Driver	Based on the short story "The Raft", the rest is original work for the film.
1989	Pet Sematary	Yes	Yes	The Minister	Based on the novel of the same name
1992	Sleepwalkers	Yes	Yes	The Cemetery Caretaker	Original screenplay
1996	Thinner	No	Yes	The Pharmacist	Based on the novel of the same name (published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman).
	Michael Jackson's Ghosts	Yes	No		Original screenplay
2005	Fever Pitch	No	Uncredited	Himself	Cameos in original works
2007	Diary of the Dead	No	Uncredited	The Newsreader
2012	Stuck in Love	No	Yes	Himself (voice)
2014	A Good Marriage	Yes	No	—	Based on the novella of the same name
2016	Cell	Yes	No	—	Based on the novel of the same name.
2019	It Chapter Two	No	Yes	The Shopkeeper	Based on the novel of the same name

Other adaptations

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Distributor	Rotten Tomatoes
1976	Carrie	Brian De Palma	Based on the novel of the same name.	United Artists	93% [1]
1980	The Shining	Stanley Kubrick	Based on the novel of the same name.	Warner Bros. Pictures	83% [2]
1983	Cujo	Lewis Teague	Based on the novel of the same name.		59% [3]
	The Dead Zone	David Cronenberg	Based on the novel of the same name.	Paramount Pictures	89% [4]
	Christine	John Carpenter	Based on the novel of the same name.	Columbia Pictures	70% [5]
1984	Children of the Corn	Fritz Kiersch	Based on the short story of the same name.	New World Pictures	39% [6]
	Firestarter	Mark L. Lester	Based on the novel of the same name.	Universal Studios	38% [7]
1986	Stand by Me	Rob Reiner	Based on the novella "The Body".	Columbia Pictures	92% [8]
1987	The Running Man	Paul Michael Glaser	Based loosely on the novel of the same name (published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman).	TriStar Pictures	67% [9]
1990	Tales from the Darkside: The Movie	John Harrison	Based on the short story "The Cat from Hell", the rest is original work for the film.	Paramount Pictures	46% [10]
	Graveyard Shift	Ralph S. Singleton	Based on the short story of the same name.	Paramount Pictures Columbia Pictures	0% [11]
	Misery	Rob Reiner	Based on the novel of the same name.	Columbia Pictures	91% [12]
1992	The Lawnmower Man	Brett Leonard	Based loosely on the short story of the same name.	New Line Cinema	38% [13]
1993	The Dark Half	George A. Romero	Based on the novel of the same name.	Orion Pictures	62% [14]
	Needful Things	Fraser Clarke Heston	Based on the novel of the same name.	Columbia Pictures	32% [15]
1994	The Shawshank Redemption	Frank Darabont	Based on the novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption".		92% [16]
1995	The Mangler	Tobe Hooper	Based on the short story of the same name.	New Line Cinema	27% [17]
	Dolores Claiborne	Taylor Hackford	Based on the novel of the same name.	Columbia Pictures	85% [18]
1997	The Night Flier	Mark Pavia	Based on the short story of the same name.	New Line Cinema	33% [19]
1998	Apt Pupil	Bryan Singer	Based on the novella of the same name.	TriStar Pictures	54% [20]
1999	The Green Mile	Frank Darabont	Based on the novel of the same name.	Warner Bros. Pictures Universal Studios	79% [21]
2001	Hearts in Atlantis	Scott Hicks	Based on the novella "Low Men in Yellow Coats".	Warner Bros. Pictures	49% [22]
2003	Dreamcatcher	Lawrence Kasdan	Based on the novel of the same name.		28% [23]
2004	Secret Window	David Koepp	Based on the novella "Secret Window, Secret Garden".	Columbia Pictures	45% [24]
	Riding the Bullet	Mick Garris	Based on the novella of the same name.	Innovation Film	23% [25]
2007	1408	Mikael Håfström	Based on the short story of the same name.	Dimension Films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	80% [26]
	The Mist	Frank Darabont	Based on the novella of the same name.		73% [27]
2009	Dolan's Cadillac	Jeff Beesley	Based on the novella of the same name.	G2 Pictures	—
2013	Carrie	Kimberly Peirce	Based on the novel of the same name.	Sony Pictures Releasing	50% [28]
2014	Mercy	Peter Cornwell	Based on the short story "Gramma".	Universal Studios	—
2017	The Dark Tower	Nikolaj Arcel	Based on the series of the same name.	Sony Pictures Releasing	15% [29]
	It	Andy Muschietti	Based on the novel of the same name.	Warner Bros. Pictures	85% [30]
	Gerald's Game	Mike Flanagan	Based on the novel of the same name.	Netflix	91% [31]
	1922	Zak Hilditch	Based on the novella of the same name.		92% [32]
2019	Pet Sematary	Kevin Kölsch Dennis Widmyer	Based on the novel of the same name.	Paramount Pictures	57% [33]
	In the Tall Grass	Vincenzo Natali	Based on the novella of the same name, co-authored with his son, Joe Hill.	Netflix	36% [34]
	Doctor Sleep	Mike Flanagan	Based on the novel of the same name.	Warner Bros. Pictures	78% [35]
2020	Children of the Corn	Kurt Wimmer	Based on the short story of the same name.	RLJE Films	12% [36]
2022	Firestarter [37]	Keith Thomas	Based on the novel of the same name.	Universal Pictures	11% [38]
	Mr. Harrigan's Phone [39]	John Lee Hancock	Based on the novella of the same name.	Netflix	45% [40]
2023	The Boogeyman [41] [42] [43]	Rob Savage	Based on the short story of the same name.	20th Century Studios	60% [44]
Upcoming
2024	Salem's Lot [45]	Gary Dauberman	Based on the novel of the same name.	Warner Bros. Pictures	TBA
2025	The Monkey [46]	Osgood Perkins	Based on the short story of the same name.	Neon
TBA	The Life of Chuck [47]	Mike Flanagan	Based on the novella of the same name.	TBA
In development
TBA	Billy Summers [48]	TBA	Based on the novel of the same name.	Warner Bros. Pictures	TBA
	Christine [49]	Bryan Fuller	Based on the novel of the same name.	Sony Pictures
	Elevation [50]	TBA	Based on the novella of the same name.	TBA
	Fairy Tale [51]	Paul Greengrass	Based on the novel of the same name.	Universal Studios
	From a Buick 8 [52] [53] [54]	Jim Mickle	Based on the novel of the same name.	Renegade Entertainment
	The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon [55]	Lynne Ramsay	Based on the novel of the same name.	Village Roadshow Pictures
	The Little Green God of Agony [56]	TBA	Based on the short story of the same name.	Lionsgate
	The Running Man [57]	Edgar Wright	Based on the novel of the same name.	Paramount Pictures
	Throttle [58]	TBA	Based on the novella of the same name.	HBO Max
	The Long Walk [59]	Francis Lawrence	Based on the novel of the same name.	Lionsgate

Television

Stephen King's television credits

Year	Title	Writer	Actor	Role	Notes
1987	"Sorry, Right Number"	Yes	No		An episode of the anthology series Tales from the Darkside . Original screenplay.
1991	Golden Years	Yes	Yes	The Bus Driver	Original screenplay.
1994	The Stand	Yes	Yes	Teddy Weizak	Based on the novel of the same name.
1995	The Langoliers	No	Yes	Tom Holby	Based on the novella in Four Past Midnight .
1997	The Shining	Yes	Yes	Cage Creed	Based on the novel of the same name.
1998	"Chinga"	Yes	No		An episode of the television series The X-Files . Original screenplay.
1999	Storm of the Century	Yes	Yes	Plaintiff attorney / News reporter	Original screenplay.
2000	"Insane Clown Poppy"	No	Yes	Himself	An episode of the television series The Simpsons .
	"Mary Christmas"	No	Yes	Himself	An episode of the television series Frasier .
2002	Rose Red	Yes	Yes	The Pizza Delivery Man	Original screenplay.
2004	Kingdom Hospital	Yes	Yes	Johnny B. Goode	Original screenplay.
2006	Desperation	Yes	No		Based on the novel of the same name.
2010	"Caregiver"	No	Yes	Bachman	An episode of the television series Sons of Anarchy .
2014	"Heads Will Roll"	Yes	Yes	The Diner Patron	An episode of the television series Under the Dome . Based on the novel of the same name.
2017	"People in the Rain"	No	Yes	The Diner Patron	An episode of the television series Mr. Mercedes . Based on the novel of the same name.
2021	"The House of the Dead"	No	Yes	Man on Hemingford Home poster	Episodes of the 2020 miniseries The Stand . Based on the novel of the same name.
	"The Circle Closes"	Yes	No
	Lisey's Story	Yes	No		Based on the novel of the same name.
	"That Jing You Do"	No	Yes	Himself	An episode of the television series Duncanville .

Other adaptations

Year	Title	Notes	Distributor	Network	Rotten Tomatoes
1979	Salem's Lot	Based on the novel of the same name.	Warner Bros. Television	CBS	89% [60]
1984	"The Word Processor of the Gods"	An episode of the anthology series Tales from the Darkside . Based on the short story of the same name.	CBS Television Distribution	Syndication	—
1986	"Gramma"	An episode of the anthology series The Twilight Zone. Based on the short story of the same name.	CBS Television Distribution	CBS
1990	It	Based on the novel of the same name.	Warner Bros. Television	ABC	68% [61]
1991	"The Moving Finger"	An episode of the anthology series Monsters. Based on the short story of the same name.	Tribune Entertainment	Syndication	—
	Sometimes They Come Back	Based on the short story of the same name.	CBS Television Distribution	CBS	67% [62]
1993	The Tommyknockers	Based on the novel of the same name.	Trimark Pictures	ABC	30% [63]
1997	Trucks	Based on the short story of the same name.	Trimark Pictures	USA Network	—
	Quicksilver Highway	Based on the short story Chattery Teeth .	20th Television
	"The Revelations of 'Becka Paulson"	An episode of the anthology series The Outer Limits. Based on the short story of the same name.	MGM Television	Showtime
1998	Woh	Based loosely on the novel It .	Zee Entertainment Enterprises	Zee TV
2002	Carrie	Based on the novel of the same name.	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	NBC	20% [64]
2002–2007	The Dead Zone	Based on the novel of the same name.	20th Television	USA Network	—
2004	Salem's Lot	Based on the novel of the same name.	Warner Home Video	TNT	68% [65]
2006	Nightmares & Dreamscapes	Based on short stories in collections Nightmares & Dreamscapes , Everything's Eventual , and Night Shift .	TNT		85% [66]
2009	Children of the Corn	Based on the short story of the same name.	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Syfy	0% [67]
2010–2015	Haven	Based loosely on the novel The Colorado Kid .	Entertainment One	Syfy	63% [68]
2011	Bag of Bones	Based on the novel of the same name.	A&E Networks	A&E	25% [69]
2013–2015	Under the Dome	Based on the novel of the same name.	CBS Television Distribution	CBS	68% [70]
2014	Big Driver	Based on the novella of the same name.	Lifetime Movies	Lifetime	50% [71]
2016	11.22.63	Based on the novel of the same name.	Warner Bros. Television	Hulu	83% [72]
2017	The Mist	Based on the novella of the same name.	Dimension Television	Spike	60% [73]
2017–2019	Mr. Mercedes	Based on the novels Mr. Mercedes , Finders Keepers and End of Watch .	WarnerMedia Entertainment	Audience	91% [74]
2019, 2020	Creepshow	Based on the short stories "Gray Matter" and "Survivor Type", the rest is not based on stories by King.	Shudder		97% [75]
2020	The Outsider	Based on the novel of the same name.	Media Rights Capital	HBO	91% [76]
2020–2021	The Stand	Based on the novel of the same name.	CBS Television Distribution	CBS All Access	57% [77]
2021	Chapelwaite	Based on the short story "Jerusalem's Lot".	Epix		60% [78]
TBA	The Jaunt [79]	Based on the short story of the same name.	MRC Television	TBA	TBA
	Revelations [80]	Based on the short story "The Revelations of 'Becka Paulson".	Warner Bros. Television	The CW
	Sleeping Beauties [81] [82]	Based on the novel of the same name, co-authored with his son, Owen King.	Sugar23	AMC
	The Talisman [83]	Based on the novel of the same name, co-authored with Peter Straub.	Netflix
	The Ten O'Clock People [84]	Based on the short story of the same name.	Fabel Entertainment	TBA

Derivative works

Films

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Distributor	Rotten Tomatoes
1987	A Return to Salem's Lot	Larry Cohen	Sequel to the Salem's Lot miniseries.	Warner Bros.	—
1992	Pet Sematary Two	Mary Lambert	Sequel to 1989's Pet Semetary .	Paramount Pictures	21% [85]
	Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice	David Price	Sequel to 1984's Children of the Corn .	Dimension Films	30% [86]
1995	Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest	James D. R. Hickox			—
1996	Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace	Farhad Mann	Sequel to 1992's The Lawnmower Man .	New Line Cinema	10% [87]
	Sometimes They Come Back... Again	Adam Grossman	Based on 1991's Sometimes They Come Back .	Trimark Pictures	—
	Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering	Greg Spence	Sequel to 1984's Children of the Corn.	Dimension Films
1998	Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror	Ethan Wiley			14% [88]
	Sometimes They Come Back... for More	Daniel Zelik Berk	Based on 1991's Sometimes They Come Back.	Trimark Pictures	0% [89]
1999	The Rage: Carrie 2	Katt Shea	Sequel to 1976's Carrie .	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	23% [90]
	Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return	Kari Skogland	Sequel to 1984's Children of the Corn.	Dimension Films	0% [91]
2001	Children of the Corn: Revelation	Guy Magar	Sequel to 1984's Children of the Corn.	Dimension Films	0% [92]
2002	The Mangler 2	Michael Hamilton-Wright	Sequel to 1995's The Mangler .	Artisan Entertainment	—
2003	The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer	Craig R. Baxley	Prequel to 2002's Rose Red , written by King for television.	ABC Studios, Lionsgate	17% [93]
2005	The Mangler Reborn	Erik Gardner and Matt Cunningham	Sequel to 1995's The Mangler .	Lionsgate	—
2006	Creepshow 3	Ana Clavell and James Dudelson	Sequel to 1982's Creepshow and 1987's Creepshow 2 .	HBO Films	0% [94]
2011	Children of the Corn: Genesis	Joel Soisson	Sequels to 1984's Children of the Corn.	Dimension Extreme	—
2018	Children of the Corn: Runaway	John Gulager		Lionsgate Films
2023	Pet Sematary: Bloodlines [95]	Lindsey Beer [96]	Origin story based on Pet Sematary	Paramount+	22% [97]

Television

Year	Title	Notes	Distributor	Network	Rotten Tomatoes
2002	Firestarter: Rekindled	Sequel to 1984's Firestarter.	Sci-Fi Channel		—
2018–19	Castle Rock	Based on the eponymous fictional city and also characters created by King.	Warner Bros. Television	Hulu	88% [98]
2019–present	Creepshow	Following the same anthology formula as the Creepshow films.	Shudder		85% [99]
Upcoming
2025	Welcome to Derry [100]	Prequel series based on It	Warner Bros. Television	Max	TBA
TBA	Overlook [101] [102] [103]	Spin-off series based on The Shining	Warner Bros. Television	Netflix	TBA

Print

Year	Title	Author	Notes	Publisher
2001	The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red	Ridley Pearson	Prequel tie-in novel to King's 2002 television series Rose Red .	Hyperion
2015–16	The Demon Road Trilogy	Derek Landy	Novel trilogy homage to American horror fiction, primarily the works of King and Wes Craven	HarperCollins
2019	Gwendy's Magic Feather	Richard Chizmar	Sequel to the novella co-written with King Gwendy's Button Box	Cemetery Dance

Comic books

Year	Title	Notes	Publisher
1981	The Lawnmower Man in Bizarre Adventures #29	Based on the short story "The Lawnmower Man"	Marvel Comics
1982	Creepshow	Based on the Creepshow film	Plume
2009	The Talisman [104]	Based on the novel The Talisman	Del Rey
2010	N.	Based on the novella N.	Marvel Comics
2012	Road Rage	Based on the novella Throttle , co-authored with his son, Joe Hill	IDW Publishing
	The Little Green God of Agony	Based on the short story of the same name	Free comic on King's official website [105]
2020	Sleeping Beauties	Based on the novel Sleeping Beauties , co-authored with his son, Owen King	IDW Publishing [106]
The Dark Tower
2007	The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born	Spin-offs from the Dark Tower novels	Marvel Comics
2008	The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home
	The Dark Tower: Treachery
2009	The Dark Tower: The Sorcerer
	The Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead
	The Dark Tower: Battle of Jericho Hill
2010	The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – The Journey Begins	Based on the novel The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
	The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – The Little Sisters of Eluria	Based on the short story The Little Sisters of Eluria
2011	The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – The Battle of Tull	Based on the novel The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
	The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – The Way Station
2012	The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – The Man in Black
2013	The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – Sheemie's Tale	Spin-offs from the Dark Tower novels
	The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – Evil Ground
	The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – So Fell Lord Perth
2014	The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three – The Prisoner	Based on the novel The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
2015	The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three – House of Cards
2016	The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three – Lady of Shadows
	The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three - Bitter Medicine
2017	The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three – The Sailor	Based on the novel The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
The Stand
2008	The Stand: Captain Trips	Based on the novel The Stand	Marvel Comics
2009	The Stand: American Nightmares
	The Stand: Soul Survivors [107]
2010	The Stand: Hardcases
2011	The Stand: No Mans Land
	The Stand: Night Has Come

Stage

• 1988: Carrie is notorious for its history as a flop on Broadway, and has gained a cult following in recent years. The musical was revived at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York, directed by Stafford Arima from January until April 2012. On September 25, 2012, the first official cast recording was released. The new production is currently available to license for professional and amateur productions from Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatricals.
• 1990: Ghost Stories was an adaptation of Stephen King's short stories "The Return of Timmy Baterman," about zombies; "Strawberry Spring," about a campus serial killer; "Gray Matter," a black comedy about a hideous mutation caused by a bottle of beer; "Uncle Otto's Truck," and "The Boogeyman," about a distraught father's encounter with a child-killing closet monster, as well as selections from Pet Sematary . Adapted and directed by Robert Pridham, the play premiered at the Arts Center Theatre at Kent Place School in Summit, New Jersey, and toured the United States in the mid-1990s.
• 1992: Misery stage play by Simon Moore based on 1987 novel. ^{[108] [109]} Another adaptation, written by William Goldman (who wrote the 1990 film), premiered on Broadway in 2015 with Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf. This version was also adapted to Polish language. It premiered at the Kwadrat Theatre in Warsaw in 2017. ^[110] A musical version also exists, written by Jeff Hockhauser and Bob Johnson. While it has not been staged, a demo recording has circulated on the internet in recent years. There are also three Finnish-languaged stage adaptations of Misery under the name Piina: the first adaptation was performed in October 2019 by Tampere Theatre in Tampere, ^{[111] [112] [113]} the second adaptation was performed in September of the same year by Kuopio City Theatre in Kuopio, ^{[114] [115] [116]} and third adaptation was performed in November 2022 by Pori Theatre in Pori. ^{[117] [118]}
• 1993: Rage stage play written by Phillip Smith, produced by Shane Black, and directed by Jim Birge. ^[119] It was intended to premiere in Jasper, Indiana, but scheduling and venue issues due to protests over its mature themes forced it to move to the American Legion hall in Santa Claus, Indiana, where it ran from April 23 to May 1. ^[120]
• 2009: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption was dramatized by Dave Johns and Owen O'Neill for the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. A later version, directed by Peter Sheridan, had its world premiere at the Peter Sheridan Theatre in London in September 2010. A production was mounted at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe directed by Lucy Pitman-Wallace in August 2013. ^[121] In April 2019, The Shawshank Redemption made its North American debut at the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri, directed by Bob Paisley. It garnered great reviews from critics during its run. It featured Keenan Ramos as Red, Chris Roady as Andy Defresne, S.E. Perry as Warden Stammas, Tim Ahlenius as Hadley, Chad Burris as Boggs Diamond, Dan Daly as Pinky, Kevin Fewell as Brooksie, Christopher Preyer as Rooster, Larry Goodman as Dawkins, Nick Hazel as Entwhistle, Evan Lovelace as Tommy, Andrew Paredes as Rico, and Alex Paxton as inmate/guard.
• 2012: Ghost Brothers of Darkland County , an original musical with book by Stephen King and music and lyrics by John Mellencamp. After a week of previews, it ran at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre from April 11 to May 13, 2012. A concept album was released the following year.
• 2013: Dolores Claiborne is an American opera composed by Tobias Picker. It premiered at the San Francisco Opera in Fall 2013.
• 2014: The Body (also known as "Stand By Me") was produced by Chellaston Players in Derby, England. Though an amateur staging (produced with Stephen King's permission), it received rave reviews.

There have also been dramatizations of many of King's short stories, including "Nona", "Quitters, Inc.", "In the Deathroom", "Strawberry Spring", "Harvey's Dream", "The Man Who Loved Flowers", "Mute", "The Ten O'Clock People" and King's poem, "Paranoid: A Chant". There have also been alleged stage productions of Rage as well as several parody stage versions of The Shining .

Music

• 1983: "The Stand", recorded and released by Welsh rock band The Alarm, was recorded and released in the United Kingdom as a single. The song's lyrics were inspired by King's novel of the same name.
• 1985: "Lone Justice", recorded and released by American heavy metal band Anthrax, was based on the King novella The Gunslinger .
• 1984: "Horror-Teria: (The Beginning)" from the Twisted Sister album Stay Hungry . The album's liner notes thank King for inspiring the piece.
• 1987: "Among the Living", recorded and released by American heavy metal band Anthrax, was based on the King novel The Stand . "The Walkin' Dude" is Randall Flagg, the main villain in the novel, and the beginning verse: "Disease! Disease! Spreading the disease!\With some help from Captain Trips\He'll bring the world down to its knees" refers to the virus that destroys most of the population in the novel.
• 1987: "A Skeleton in the Closet", recorded and released by American heavy metal band Anthrax, was based on the King novella Apt Pupil from the collection Different Seasons .
• 1987: "Severed Survival", recorded and released by American death metal band Autopsy, was based on the King short story Survivor Type .
• 1988: "Misery Loves Company", recorded and released by American heavy metal band Anthrax, was based on the King novel Misery .
• 1988: Formation of the American punk rock band Pennywise who took the name from the evil clown monster of the same name from King's highly successful epic horror novel It .
• 1989: "Pet Sematary", recorded and released by American punk rock band The Ramones, was a single from their eleventh studio album Brain Drain . The song was originally written for the King movie adaptation of the same name of the novel. The single became one of the band's biggest radio hits and a staple in their concerts during the 1990s.
• 2000: The music video for the song "Spit it Out", recorded and released by American heavy metal band Slipknot, pays homage to Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film adaptation of the King novel The Shining .
• 2002: Formation of the Dutch symphonic metal band Delain who took the name from the Kingdom of Delain from the King novel The Eyes of the Dragon .
• 2006: The music video for the song The Kill, recorded and released by American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, was inspired by Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film adaptation of the King novel The Shining .
• 2006: The song "Carry the Blessed Home", recorded and released by German power metal band Blind Guardian on their eighth studio album A Twist in the Myth . It is about Roland Deschain and Jake Chambers at the end of The Dark Tower series .
• 2007: "Dull Boy", recorded and released by American heavy metal band Mudvayne, was a single for both the band's fourth studio album The New Game and the band's compilation album By the People, for the People . The "Dull Boy" song was based on both the King novel and the Stanley Kubrick movie of The Shining.
• 2010: King provided the voice of Will 'o the Wisp for Shooter Jennings's "Black Ribbons" music video.
• 2014: The music video for the song "Animals", recorded and released by American pop rock band Maroon 5, was inspired by a blood drop scene from the 1976 film adaptation of the King novel Carrie .
• 2015: American heavy metal and metallic hardcore band Ice Nine Kills recorded and released the song "Hell in the Hallways" (which was based on King's first horror novel Carrie ) on their fourth studio album Every Trick in the Book . A number of months later, the band created, recorded and released the single "Enjoy Your Slay" (based on Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film adaptation of the King novel The Shining ) from their fifth studio album The Silver Scream .
• 2016: The song "Breathing Lightning", recorded and released by American heavy metal band Anthrax, was based on The Dark Tower series .
• 2016: Boston, Massachusetts-formed and based musical band Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys included a song, titled "Dull Boy", on their 2016 album Come Black Magic with lyrics inspired by The Shining . The song is otherwise unrelated to the Mudvayne track listed above.
• 2019: American heavy metal and metallic hardcore band Ice Nine Kills recorded and released their fifth studio album The Silver Scream , featuring their song "It Is the End" which is based upon and inspired by the 2017 theatrical film adaptation of King's highly successful epic horror novel It .

See also

• Dollar Babies, short film adaptations of King material made by students and aspiring filmmakers
• Stephen King bibliography

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• "Little Green God of Agony – The Free Online eComic". StephenKing.com. 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2015.