10 Stephen King Film Remakes Needed To Erase The Terrible Originals

10. Children Of The Corn

A lot of you are already balking at the whole premise of this article and this entry is probably doing that fact no favors. Especially given this film's seven sequels and ill-fated made-for-T.V. remake no more than five years ago. The 1984 screen version starring Peter Horton and Linda Hamilton delivered a few chills, but remains an ultimately silly, horribly dated affair. Indeed, it is a sad state of affairs when the South Park parody of a movie is more compelling than the movie itself. King's original short story, which first appeared in Penthouse Magazine in 1979, is a much grislier, sinister work than anything that's made it to the screen at this point. The seemingly innocuous opening of a bickering couple driving in a car leads way to some startlingly imagery that has yet to be properly captured on screen without inducing rolling eyes. Throw in some gold old fashioned religious zealotry metaphors and there's the skeleton for what could be an exceptional, thoughtful horror movie. Frank Darabont is probably the type of director who could foster such an idea. He's no stranger to King, having brought three of his works to the screen already, including 2007's The Mist, proving he's comfortable with both horror and religious overtones. Casting two young actors as the leads, such as Miles Teller and Elizabeth Olsen, would give the shaky marriage a different kind of sadness and tension that could help it avoid the dull trappings of other 80's horror remakes, like A Nightmare on Elm Street or Friday the 13th.