Def enjoyed reading this. ( )

A wonderful collection of some of King's stories made into movies. The stories in the collection include:
"Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" - you realise how good the film adaption was when you read the original
"The Mangler" - I must admit I didn't know was written by King - love the movie - gory and silly
"Children of the Corn" - A far better written story than movie - but I still loved the original movie. You just can't go past evil children
"1408" - I had never read this, so was interested to see the original idea behind the movie.
"Hearts in Atlantis - Low Men in Yellow Coats" - I had forgotten how much I loved this story.
A great read. ( )

I had read all of these short stories before, so I'll be brief (I hope!). This is a short story collection of Stephen King's that have been made into movies! I must admit, I only grabbed it because I really liked the cover! :-) Least favorite story in here, for me, is "1408". Favorite, and one of my favorite of King's all-time, is "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption"! It's funny, after seeing the movie so many times, when I reread this, I couldn't do so without hearing Morgan Freeman's voice in my head! Seriously, he sort of owns this for me! Try it: "There's a guy like me in every state and federal prison in America, I guess - I'm the guy who can get it for you."
Ahh... sweet music to my ears... ( )

The stories are all good, especially "Low Men in Yellow Coats." However they are all reprints, and the only new material is a quick one page intro by King for each story talking about how he liked the movie. I had hoped for a bit more than that.

Still, a good collection if you haven't read the stories already. ( )

I was looking forward to this, but a little disappointed to see that the new sections are very brief. I was interested in reading the commentaries that King had on his movie adaptations. This has those, but only five and they are a page 1/2 or so each. It is still a good read, and the short stories are ones that I hadn't visited in a long time. It was like visiting old friends...I will give this book four stars, grudgingly. In truth, the stories themselves deserve five stars. But what felt like a deception on the part of the publisher and the brevity of King's new introductions bring this down some. I almost dropped it to two or three stars just for that. But honestly, judging the work from cover to cover, it is a great book. Four stars seems a fair middle ground.

It sure had the potential to be so much more.... ( )