The Only 2 Stephen King Movies With 0% Rotten Tomatoes Scores
© Provided by ScreenRantAdaptations of Stephen King 's works can be bad, but only two movies based on his stories have a 0% trash rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Just as it's hard to get a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it's even rarer for movies to not have positive reviews on the site. Unfortunately, two adaptations of horror author Stephen King's work have such a disappointing title, joining Adam Sandler's Ridiculous 6 , the John Travolta biopic The Zone and Jaws. The rematch has a 0% Rotten Tomatoes rating.
Horror movies, especially adaptations, tend to struggle to gain popularity on Rotten Tomatoes. However, Stephen King's stories have inspired some of the greatest films of all time, be they horror, drama, science fiction or suspense. For example, Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining has an 82% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, while Frank Darabont 's The Shawshank Redemption has a 91% positive rating. The highest-rated Stephen King film on Rotten Tomatoes is Brian De Palma's 1976 adaptation of Carrie , which has a certified freshness rating of 93%. Given Carrey 's ratings and horror legacy, the bar for King adaptations is set high, which is why two of them have 0% ratings.
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Graveyard Shift and Children Of The Corn (2009) have 0% on RT
The only two films inspired by Stephen King stories to receive a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes are Graveyard Shift (1990) and Children of the Corn (2009). Both films are based on the author's short stories of the same name, which have been filmed several times with varying degrees of success. Graveyard Shift is a horror movie about a monster who finds a scary monster while working the night shift in a textile factory. Children of the Corn , a remake of the 1984 film, is about a couple who stumble upon a ghost town where a bloody cult of religious children worship a god in their cornfield.
Stephen King told Deadline that Graveyard Shift was one of his least favorite adaptations, as the writer thought The Bat was " pathetic... just kind of a quick exploitation movie ." Graveyard Shift 's 0% Rotten Tomatoes rating is a collection of reviews from seven critics who consider the film to be a particularly poor adaptation of King, full of unnecessary and unpleasant flavor. Six 2009 Rotten Tomatoes reviews of the Children of the Corn adaptation described the film as " lazy ", lacking tension and compelling acting.
Why are Stephen King's stories so hard to get right?
The popularity of books and novels by Stephen King contributes to their adaptation in the film, although few people can really understand the success and nature of the author's work. The Shawshank Redemption , Stay with Me , Doctor Sleep , Carrie and Cujo are among the adaptations King himself approved of, while he disliked the interpretations of the stories in The Tommyknockers (1993), The Shining and critical films. - Panoramic shift of the cemetery (1990). Frank Darabont, Mike Flanagan, and Rob Reiner have a masterful grasp of balancing horror with King's character arcs and story themes, which has allowed their films to become classics not only in King adaptations, but in the larger tradition. wide of the film.
The failures of Stephen King adaptations usually occur when the horror and shock elements take over the main plot and character development. As a side note, King's horror film is often psychologically terrifying and places much higher stakes in the main stories, requiring a keen eye and deep understanding of King's themes to portray them well. Grave Shift (1990) and Children of the Corn (2009) rely heavily on horror tropes and shock elements unnecessary to the true horror underlying these stories, so their 0% Rotten Tomatoes scores have sense compared to Stephen Pantheon. Customizing the King's Screen .
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