Underrated Stephen King Movies You Need To Watch 

Sleepwalkers is my favorite King movie. I watch it all the time

Loved Storm of the Century. It's a bit of a funny story. My mom thought she was buying The Perfect Storm (she loved that movie, idk). She bought this instead. Thank God for similar titles. She watched the first five minutes, turned it off and came knocked on my bedroom door. I opened the door and she handed it to me saying "I can't even buy myself a tape anymore without it being something you would like." She smiled and walked away. She passed away in 2004, that memory has always stuck with me.

storm of the century is like the best mini series ever made

The Night Flyer is awesome! Richard Deez Nuts!

I would up this video 30 more times just for mentioning Ted Levine's detective performance in The Mangler. That movie is a certified blue ribbon, chefs kiss B movie. if you wanted movie this Halloween that really isn't scary so much as gory, that you can have enough emotional distance from to have a good time, or to watch at 420 with a friend.... this is a real treat.

I’m gonna watch the Mangler. I saw that Storm movie back in the day. It was fine, BUT there was so much King being cranked out that it had no chance to be judged on its own. -- I always thought the “mother and son” weren’t really mother and son. I thought they were just playing roles for their goals. As stupid as this movie is I like how they were able to make them feel they were lonely and maybe even a little bored.

The Dark Half is underrated.

Yes It's Officially October And As Long As Stephen King Is Concerned He'll Keep Scaring Us Out Of Our Pants For Years To Come.

Though I didn't quite realize it then, I was lucky enough to have one of the coolest childhood/teenage experiences ever. Born in 1980, I grew up in an apartment above our local video store and started working there by the time I was 12. The Stephen King movie/mini-series renaissance was such a huge thing. People planned their lives around some of this stuff, especially the really big ones like IT or The Stand. The home video releases were always crazy times as well. We would often get in screener copies of stuff in advance and I loved being able to take them home and invite friends over to watch stuff before anyone else could see it. This era was such a memorable part of my life, I only wish I had appreciated it a bit more at the time- I certainly wouldn't have taken as many things for granted.

Sleepwalkers was my favorite as a kid, I now have my own cat named Clovis although she's more of a cuddler than an attack cat

Storm of the century and rose red are easily my favorite of kings. I watch them every October along with the highly underrated Phantoms by Dean Koontz

I watch Storm of the Century at least once every single winter - it's a perfect flick for a snowstorm.🌬️🌨️❄️

I loveTim Daley in this role. What a performance to play this genuinely good guy with some complexity that’s revealed by this huge dilemma that he faces all on his own.

For my money, Needful Things is THE all-time underrated S.K. gem.

Thank you for realizing that Andre Linoge is NOT truly evil. You got it right there -- how much do we really care about the life of an insect? I love how he calls them all Mayflies when telling them in the Town Hall that, even though he is "old and sick", he will still be alive long after all but the youngest of the kids -- maybe the teenager, if he's lucky -- has long since died. But, he also shows them a level of compassion and remorse. Colm Feore plays him as an entity that honestly is doing what he does not because he enjoys it (however, I think he really does enjoy telling Mike and the town about the truly deplorable humans they live with, like the pedophile priest), but because he has to to make sure what he is survives past him. I've always thought that it's an entity vital to the survival of the Multiverse. Some kind of being akin to The Watcher in Marvel Comics -- a chronicler of our particular universe that must exist. It's not really evil, it's not really good. It just is, and has to be, regardless of how it's maintained. I've also always thought that he let's Mike see Ralphey at the end as a means of reward or compassion. Mike was the one person in the entire town that stood up to him, and fought him tooth and nail, even though it was futile. He probably earned Linoge's eternal respect. Linoge saw the inherent goodness of him, and wanted to reward him with one last visit to his son. To let him know that he was alive, and would be so for millennia. However, because Linoge is not human, he ended up causing a ton of pain without considering it, because again -- how much do we really value the life of an insect?

Thanks for giving "The Mangler" it's dues. Love that film!

Silver Bullet, Graveyard Shift, Night Flier, Sometimes They Come Back, The Mangler and Skinwalkers...are some of personal favourites, and in my opinion they are far more enjoyable than the recent CGI heavy "IT" films that were very successful, but for me, you can't beat earlier films, they have a charm that (most) modern horror films lack.

Madchen is such a babe, no wonder she was one of Lynch's muses. Sleepwalkers is highly underrated.

My thoughts on the Storm of the Century was that Linoge didn't have power over the weather but had a kind of omniscience so he could see when the storm would end. He was pressuring the townspeople to choose not because he had control, but because he was bluffing. If the storm ended before he got the child then the townspeople would never have chosen and he would have nothing at the end.

Great review! I remember watching Skeepwalkers on the big screen. The second half just ramps it up to 11. Madchen Amick was my big crush from the get go. I believe she is The litmus test of whether a dude’s straight or belongs in Nightmare on Elm Street 2 in the BDSM dungeon with that gym coach and the not-so straight protagonist. Quote of the day: ‘….people should keep their hands to themselves, here’s yours…..’

Secret Window is one of my favourite Stephen King adaptations and it doesn't get the recognition it deserves. I know it's really predictable and cliché but it's still pretty entertaining and I never get tired of watching it. Dolores Claiborne is also super underrated and it’s actually Kathy Bates's favourite role. Doctor Sleep is the best SK adaptation since The Mist. It perfectly reconciles King's novels and Kubrick's adaptation. Dolan's Cadillac is not your typical SK story but it's still a great slow paced revenge thriller. Christian Slater was amazing.

Storm of the Century was an amazing mini-series, I remember watching when it was released and it's held up well. Sleepwalkers is also a really fun movie, but then again anything with Machen Amick is watchable.

Night Shift is really cheesy fun. Stephen Macht chews the scenery and the movie has a great vibe with the cotton mill and the crazy summer heat. Also Colm Feore in Storm of the Century is one of my favorite villains of all time. Really chilling.

I know it's not quite "horror" (it's more of a psychological-thriller family drama), or if you covered it in another video, but Dolores Claiborne is another underrated King film from the 90's. Kathy Bates knocks it outta the park once again. Just thought I'd mention & recommend 👍.

Storm of the Century! Definitely underrated

Stephen lives right down the road from me here in Bangor, Maine. I played basketball against his son well over 30 years ago in a grade school all star game. Stephen shows up looking the part dressed down and wearing them old school colored converse. He's a strange dude but interesting for sure. About every time I pass by his place there are people camped in front of his house taking pictures. Pretty funny

The ending of the storm of the century hits me really hard, still today sometimes I think abouit it.

Great choice on thumbnail, I'm always clicking on Madchen Amick. Also, my friends and I still say "Give me what I want and I will go away" all the time.

I really liked sleepwalkers... And honestly I still remember it, like I saw it yesterday... ❤

Storm of the century is easily his best miniseries. It’s also one of the best overall adaptations. It’s excellent. Sleepwalkers is fun and campy. The Mangler sucks. I couldn’t even get through it.

I love Sleepwalkers, it’s cheesy, but very enjoyable and rewatchable

I love Sleepwalkers beyond sanity. Alice Krige is magnificent and Ron Perlman, and God I love the cop and his cat Clovis🤗🥰😍Edit and l LOVE the cats! Not the dead aspect, the spooky star aspect. And Enya’s Boadicea’s music as well. The cats are such a defining aspect of this film, together with Alice dancing with Brian Krause. I think it’s interesting how the special effects make up resembles the look they gave Ron Perlman in Beauty and The Beast, the 1980’s tv series.

I love the cats being the sleepwalkers kryptonite! One, because I love cats and two, Clovis! I love that cat

Definitely agree about the need for a bluray release of Storm of the Century, really frustrating it's never had a decent release. The one thing I really wanted, though: Linoge's wolf head cane. I've done searches over the years and not managed to find one that matches it, I even tried emailing the production company but they thought I was trying to get my hands on the animatronic version and told me to go away...

Colm Feore portrayal of Linoge gives me Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter vibes.

Need I add the episodes of tales from the darkside and monsters, sorry right number and the moving finger respectfully. And for underrated miniseries I like storm of the century, rose red and kingdom hospital

When that opening theme hits in storm of the century I get instant goosebumps

SILVER BULLET. No doubt.

I would love to see a film adaption of ROSE MADDER.

Wow I forgot about this mini series thank you for this video I'm going to watch it again.

I love Delores Claiborne

I love storm of the century, and i love how ridiculous sleepwalkers is lol

I would’ve loved to have seen Storm of the Century as the final King entry on laserdisc. Almost every adaptation of his exists on the format (except Quicksilver Highway), it could’ve made for one amazing final boxset…😊

The Mangler. Maximum Overdrive. Graveyard Shift. The Night Flyer. Needful Things. Other King adaptations may be "better" but none were as much fun.

I've always liked Sleepwalkers.

wow I'm letting RU-vid push me through your backlog and wasn't expecting the mangler. As a young child i saw the trailer for this movie and pushed the memory so far back that it literally gave me frequent nightmares until i decided to look up the movie in my early 30's

Maybe I’m in the minority but some of my faves were Cats Eye, Thinner, and Secret Window. But my list can go on and on. Pet Sematary, Dolores Claiborne and Silver Bullet. Thanks dad for giving me the Night Shift short story collection when I was 8, and starting my intense love of horror.

I've got my copies of Storm of the Century, Kingdom Hospital, It, and The Stand. I'm still tracking down the rest!

Sometimes They Come Back and Night Flier are my favs. Tommy Lee Wallace’s IT two-parter is a damn masterpiece too, though.

I've watched the Storm SO many times, I feel like I know those people and lived on that island.

How come no one ever talks about The Langoliers? It’s such a fantastic movie and I’m not sure a lot of people know about this tv movie adaptation

Always loved this film! Great episode 👍

Storm of the century was my yearly winter snow storm movie with my family growing up. I still have it on vhs. Love it!

Great mini series movie. Saw it when it came out on T.V. Storm of the century.

Storm of the Century is my favorite Stephen King Made for TV Movie! It just sends you back in time. I live in New England and every year I wish for a snow storm so I can watch this and The Thing 😂 perfect mood setter.

As an avid King's consumer (both books and films/series) I need to say that I've seen all of this jewels, being my faves in this order 1- Sleepwalkers Because is more of solitude and survival and how toxic a relationship can became on those circumstances (on the sleepwalkers side) and need to be seen by their peers no matter if she's already accepted by them (on the final girl side) Is a conplete study on those characters 2- Storm pf the century It's all about how it only take a vulnerable thing to someone take the power and lead you to a path of despair, and it will be all about will and moral. 3- The mangler Is all about ambition and doubtful morals. How much are people holding onto something that make them suffer to achieve a goal. Either way, this one is not bad, and is a fun watch. Need more of adapted King's work videos!!

Some of my favorite King movie are Storm of the Century, The Boogeyman, 90's It, It Chapter One, Secret Window, 1408, Apt Pupil, Needful Things, Sleepwalkers, Maximum Overdrive, Dark Half, Silver Bullet and Graveyard Shift.

to go from playing Jesus to Leland Gaunt is some real range

Such a good movie. It's free here on youtube.

The dark half is another amazing story

Corn on the cop. I loved sleepwalkers as a kid

King didn’t write Pet Sematary 2

Sleepwalkers is a fine film. Cheers

I dont like remakes, bur I think The Langoliers would be a good one to try. The Tommyknockers too.

I will always prefer the novel version. For example "The Running Man", the movie is so horrible.

The dark half was a great film highly underrated

“The Stand”

Okay so I remember when this came on TV, it was so scary to me! I live in Maine and the year before we had a massive Ice storm that knocked out power. Road and isolated people from weeks to a few months.

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Sometimes you pay a little. Mostly it's a lot. Sometimes, it's everything you have.

Guess it must be a “generation” thing….. I was a teenager in the 90s…. When we got cable in the early 90s, we got the monthly TVGuide and would just highlight any movie labeled as horror/Thriller/Suspense/Sci-Fi and tape it on VHS…. So I watched all these…. I particularly loved Sleepwalkers….

Any movie with Mädchen Amick in it gets an automatic extra point on the dice from me. Since the first time I saw her in Twin Peaks, I had a crush on her and I don't think it ever went away. That smile could break the strongest of men🙂

stephen king probably thought, being eaten by a folding machine is so horrible, it's basically a horror story

Good vid BUT PLEASE CLEAN UP YOUR AUDIO. Sounds like you are spitting on your mic

Stephen King is cringe and his stories are boring and not scary. The scariest thing he ever did was Salem's Lot and only because they ripped off the vampire's look from Nosferatu.

Unpopular opinion no doubt but I didn't like this one. Great atmosphere and build up, sure. But the one sided nature of the whole thing just didn't appeal to me. There is no defence, nothing can be done. Just accept the demands of the all powerful being or you all die. Not my cup of tea.

Have to say all of theses movie and miniseries are really great. Amazing how well kings stories translated to films

Love storm of the century own it on dvd too . Love the Mangler too even the 3rd is good the 2nd is horrible . Now Sleepwalkers i never liked and i like most of King's movies but it was 1 i just never could get into

I've always been ashamed of liking Sleepwalkers. I can't believe I'm not the only one.

i stopped being able to read king as an adult because his writing is poor but i love his storytelling and i love "bad" movies so the king adaptations are some of my fav repeat watch horrors, sleepwalkers was a fav growing up.

I never watched this. I have to change that.

Why does the thumbnail say stephen kingin?

The Night Flyer is underrated

🤘everything's eventual🤘

Lol I still use that give me what I want line lol

Thinner was not that bad

He is dead to me at this point...

The Running Man was his best 😅

Desperation needs more love

thank you ❤

Great job Lance.

The Mangler, such a Good and Fun movie. A Low Budget Underrated GEM in my opinion. Agreed, the Basic Premise is indeed Outlandish and even Seemingly Silly. But its really the Characters that make this movie what it is and that i think is because Tobe Hooper wanted to have Fun with this. A Silly idea but Figured out and Taken Seriously. And that's the point of Opportunity for the Suspension of DISBELIEF to kick in where the Story and Characters get to shine. Here's what i remember about the film Then vs Now and why i think it would perform Better today. Not by a whole lot but it Could get a more Cult following if given a chance. The Core part of the Story is twofold, Corruption and Redemption. One character "falls to the dark side" by the end and our Detective gets a form of Redemption by Facing his own Demons by facing the Evil of Corruption and the Mangler itself. Yes, by the end the Mangler is back operating like nothing happened to stop it but...the Detective is able to Leave the town, escape the Corruption and essentially save his soul. The dialogue was Fantastic throughout and you really felt the connection between hardigan and his only 2 friends. Anything will a sequel to this is to be Avoided, pure waste of time.

Madchen Amick FTW. ❤

Love the old movies man every1 enjoyed what they did even if they were high af all the time I wouldn't want to live any other way high on life and doin what u love and enjoying yourself all while minding their business 😂

Madchen Amick ❤❤❤

Shelly! ❤

I love this channel. One minute ago this came out. Man, im blessed

My husband and I really loved this one. I was completely devastated when I found out what he actually wanted. Feore was amazing as the villain. It really made me think what I would do if in that position.

Sleepwalkers is terrible, underrated for good reasons. 👎

Love this one wach it every time its on