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All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Jeffrey Ballard, ranked

Jeffrey Ballard appears in several titles adapted from the pages of books and comic books to the screen, such as Perfect Sisters or Riding the Bullet.
Here, we offer a ranked list, from best to worst, of 3 movies and TV series based on existing source material where Jeffrey Ballard appears. Revisit old favorites or discover hidden gems, whether books or film productions. We invite you to watch, read, and vote for any title, joining the debate of whether the book or the movie is better.
Perfect Sisters. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2008 book, The Class Project: How To Kill a Mother
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The Class Project: How To Kill a Mother
Bob Mitchell, 2008
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Perfect Sisters
Stanley M. Brooks, 2014

Two teenage sisters, Sandra and Beth, live with their alcoholic mother and her abusive boyfriend. Tired of their miserable home life, they plot and carry out a plan to murder their mother in hopes of achieving a better life. They make the murder look like an accident, but when the police start investigating, they become suspicious of the sisters. The movie explores the events leading up to the murder and the sisters’ attempts to cover their tracks.

Riding the Bullet. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 2000 book
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Riding the Bullet
Stephen King, 2000
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Riding the Bullet
Mick Garris, 2004

Set in 1969, Alan Parker is a young artist, studying at the University of Maine, where his professor believes he is obsessed with death. The next day, when Alan is released from the hospital, Jessica tells him that he has a wall around him, and Alan realizes that Jessica really was going to leave him.

Children of the Corn: Revelation. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1977 book, Children of the Corn
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Children of the Corn
Stephen King, 1977
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Children of the Corn: Revelation
Guy Magar, 2001

When a girl named Jamie repeatedly tries to contact her grandmother to no avail, she investigates by going to her apartment in Omaha Nebraska….only to find that it’s been condemned and overtaken by possessed children! As she digs deeper, she discovers a dark secret about her grandmother & awakens a dark, demonic force that wants Jamie dead and will stop at nothing.