Episode 93: The Best and Worst Horror Adaptations

Surprise! It’s a bonus episode and a listener episode. I was joined by Jocelyn and Danielle to talk about which horror books were adapted into sub-par properties and which adaptations exceeded their source material. Thank you to all of you who submitted your answers, we had a lot of fun putting this together. Links listed are affiliate links.

Books Mentioned:

• The Ruins by Scott Smith
• Sharp Obejcts by Gillian Flynn
• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
• Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
• Pet Sematary by Stephen King
• A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman
• World War Z by Max Brooks
• Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
• The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
• The Fly (story) by George Langelaan
• The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
• The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
• It by Stephen King
• A Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson
• You by Caroline Kepnes
• Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
• The Shining by Stephen King
• The Books of Blood by Clive Barker
• Jaws by Peter Benchley

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