The X Files. Poster of the 1993 TV series and cover of the book novelization
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The X Files
Les Martin, Ellen Steiber, 1997
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Chris Carter, 1993-2018

The X-Files follows the careers and personal lives of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson). She is partnered with Mulder initially so that she can debunk Mulder’s nonconforming theories, often supplying logical, scientific explanations for the cases’ apparently unexplainable phenomena.


The Fall of the House of Usher. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 1839 book
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The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe, 1839
TV series vs book
Mike Flanagan, 2023

The story is narrated by a man who has been invited to visit his childhood friend Roderick Usher. Little by little, Usher makes it clear that his twin sister Madeline has been placed in the family crypt not quite dead. When she reappears in her bloody shroud, the visitor hastens to flee as the house collapses and plunges into a lake.


Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches. Poster of the 2023 TV series and cover of the 1990 book, The Witching Hour
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The Witching Hour
Anne Rice, 1990
TV series vs book
Michael Uppendahl, Haifaa Al-Mansour, Axelle Carolyn, 2023-

A perceptive young neurosurgeon learns that she is the improbable heir of a witch lineage. She must battle with a terrible force that has followed her family for many generations as she wrestles with her newly discovered skills.


Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches. Poster of the 2023 TV series and cover of the 1993 book, Lasher
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Lasher
Anne Rice, 1993
TV series vs book
Michael Uppendahl, Haifaa Al-Mansour, Axelle Carolyn, 2023-

A perceptive young neurosurgeon learns that she is the improbable heir of a witch lineage. She must battle with a terrible force that has followed her family for many generations as she wrestles with her newly discovered skills.


Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches. Poster of the 2023 TV series and cover of the 1994 book, Taltos
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Taltos
Anne Rice, 1994
TV series vs book
Michael Uppendahl, Haifaa Al-Mansour, Axelle Carolyn, 2023-

A perceptive young neurosurgeon learns that she is the improbable heir of a witch lineage. She must battle with a terrible force that has followed her family for many generations as she wrestles with her newly discovered skills.


Bag of Bones. Poster of the 2011 TV series and cover of the 1998 book
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Bag of Bones
Stephen King, 1998
TV series vs book
Mick Garris, 2011

Best-selling novelist Mike Noonan and his wife, Jo, are unable to conceive children; Mike conceals that he has a low sperm count. During his stay at the lake, Mike learns about Dark Score Crazy, an apparent form of madness that caused several men in the town to murder their daughters by drowning them.


Butter's Final Meal. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 2012 book, Butter
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Butter
Erin Jade Lange, 2012
movie vs book
Paul A. Kaufman, 2020

Butter, a witty and clever high school junior, faces the challenge of being overweight. Secretly, he connects with the most attractive girl in school through social media, assuming the persona of a popular athlete from a different school. Amidst struggles with bullying and self-esteem, Butter devises a daring social media stunt that could garner him attention and popularity, albeit at the risk of his own life.


Desperation. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1996 book
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Desperation
Stephen King, 1996
movie vs book
Mick Garris, 2006

In the Nevada desert, a couple, Peter and Mary Jackson are driving just as they are stopped by a sheriff, Collie Entragian. After they enter the police station, they see a little girl, dead, on the floor and Entragian shoots and kills Peter. The little girl is the Carver’s daughter, named Pie.


Pretty Little Liars: Summer School. Poster of the 2023 TV series and cover of the 2006 book, Pretty Little Liars
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Pretty Little Liars
Sara Shepard, 2006
TV series vs book
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Lindsay Calhoon Bring, 2023-

In Season 1, the story unfolds two decades after a series of tragic incidents nearly tore apart the working-class town of Millwood. In the present day, a diverse group of teenage girls, a fresh generation of Little Liars, is haunted by an unidentified Assailant. They are forced to atone for the hidden transgressions of their parents from twenty years ago, as well as their own sins.