Hap and Leonard. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 1990 book, Savage Season
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Savage Season
Joe R. Lansdale, 1990
TV series vs book
Nick Damici, Jim Mickle, 2016

A darkly comic swamp noir story of two best friends set in the late 1980s. Based on the novels by Joe R. Lansdale, the series follows Hap Collins, an East Texas white boy with a weakness for Southern women, and Leonard Pine, a gay, black Vietnam vet with a hot temper.


Bubba Ho-Tep. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1994 book
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Bubba Ho-Tep
Joe R. Lansdale, 1994
movie vs book
Don Coscarelli, 2002

An elderly man at The Shady Rest Retirement Home in East Texas is known to the staff as Sebastian Haff, but claims to be the real Elvis Presley. He explains that during the 1970s, he grew tired of the demands of his fame and switched places with an Elvis impersonator named Sebastian Haff.


Cold in July. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1990 book
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Cold in July
Joe R. Lansdale, 1990
movie vs book
Jim Mickle, 2014

Richard Dane awakens to find an intruder in his home and has to kill in self-defense. The problem is the intruder’s father, Ben Russel, is a murderous ex-con bent on avenging his son’s death. Richard, a small-time businessman, is in way over his head. Soon the two find out they’re both being misled and manipulated and find themselves drawn into a web of psychopathic sex, violence, and corruption.