Top Ten Tuesdays

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I think you may have missed the point here Mr B.

Which Dracula / Narnia / Frankenstein / Salems Lot / Jekyll and Hyde . adaptation?

I didn't say in my post, but it would be great if you could specify which film and even better if you could say what you like about the adaptation, especially if there are several different adaptations, so what makes the visual interpretation of the source material good for you.

If there's major changes from the source material that you like, say why. If you like that it's very faithful and keeps large sections of dialogue or the characters are exactly as you imagined them when you were reading, it would be good to read that he has well.

It would be interesting if there's some disagreement and the potential for a debate. I mentioned the Kubrick version of The Shining, something which will probably be on my list, but I like the way Kubrick and Johnson stripped out the core of King's book and turned it into something extremely claustrophobic and open to interpretation so different viewings mean different things and, as the documentary Room 237 showed, people will interpret it in many different ways. In that respect, and this is just my opinion, the film is arguably more interesting than the book.

[Demoncrat]

Literary adaptations is it??

Stalker (1979, Tarkovsky)
The Haunting (1963)
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Great Expectations (1946, Lean)
Behind The Candelabra (2013)
Mommie Dearest (1981)
Wild At Heart (1990)
Angel Heart (1986)
When The Wind Blows (86)
The Call Of Cthulhu (2005)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Horror movies based on literature was the first subject i came up with when i took over this thread in page 38.

Seeing as this includes tv adaptations.

Well you recall those Ghost Stories for Christmas based on MR James stories?

That's my top 10 right there with the Hallmark 2004 mini series of Frankenstein starring Luke Goss, thrown in for good measure.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Horror movies based on literature was the first subject i came up with when i took over this thread in page 38.

Seeing as this includes tv adaptations.

Well you recall those Ghost Stories for Christmas based on MR James stories?

That's my top 10 right there with the Hallmark 2004 mini series of Frankenstein starring Luke Goss, thrown in for good measure.

I know how much you love those Ghost Stories for Christmas so I'm not really that surprised you chose at least one of them!

It doesn't need to be horror and the source material could be comic books or graphic novels I suppose. I thought it would be interesting to have a broad range of lists and opinions about what people like in an adaptation of a literary source.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I know how much you love those Ghost Stories for Christmas so I'm not really that surprised you chose at least one of them!

It doesn't need to be horror and the source material could be comic books or graphic novels I suppose. I thought it would be interesting to have a broad range of lists and opinions about what people like in an adaptation of a literary source.

We've done comic / graphic novel adaptations twice already.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

We've done comic / graphic novel adaptations twice already.

I know, but if someone really likes the adaptation of Ghost World and considers it one of their 10 favourite literary adaptations, I'm not going to argue. (I'm considering it for my list!)

I don't think we've done poetry and I did say poems were eligible, so if someone wants to put the case forward for The Raven (1963), Jabberwocky (1977) or O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), I think that's okay as well.

[WowBobWow]

1.Vertigo
2.The Maltese Falcon
3.The Exorcist
4.Jaws
5.Psycho
6.Carrie
7.Rosemary's Baby
8.Ringu
9.Belle de Jour
10.Trainspotting.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by WowBobWow

1.Vertigo

I haven't read The Living and the Dead (the novel on which Vertigo is based). Is it quite accessible?

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I haven't read The Living and the Dead (the novel on which Vertigo is based). Is it quite accessible?

There is a issue of it on Amazon for £11.34 paperback. Kindle version £3.78 Nos

[WowBobWow]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I haven't read The Living and the Dead (the novel on which Vertigo is based). Is it quite accessible?

It is actually, although it is kind of slow. Apparently the original translator made changes to the text and my French isn't good enough to attempt the original version. I prefer the film by a considerable distance.

I picked the book up from Amazon for less than £4.