15 Most Critically Adored Stephen King Adaptations

4. The Mist (2007)

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MGM

Rating: 73%

With the horror genre overtaken by torture porn and self-conscious rip-offs, Frank Darabont's take on King's 1980 story was a breath of fresh-air and did exactly what everyone actually wanted from a horror movie.

Instead of looking purely to disgust, it was dark and tense and did justice to the original.

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