The Devil's Gift. Poster of the 1984 movie and cover of the 1980 book, The Monkey
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The Monkey
Stephen King, 1980
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Kenneth J. Berton, 1984

Elmira Johnson, an old widou, patiently tries to contact her departed husband with the help of a ouija board. Her attempt fails, but she mistakenly summons an unwilling demon that comes to inhabit an antique wind-up monkey. The demon withun the toy quickly orchestrates the demise of old Elmira and destroys her house.


Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1975 book, The Lawnmower Man
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The Lawnmower Man
Stephen King, 1975
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Farhad Mann, 1996

The founder of virtual reality, Dr. Benjamin Trace, has lost a legal battle to secure a patent on the most powerful worldwide communications chip ever invented. Enraged, Jobe hacks into the subway’s system computer to send another train crashing into the one Trace and the teenagers are in, but Trace causes the runaway car to crash into a construction site instead.


The Mangler 2. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1972 book, The Mangler
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The Mangler
Stephen King, 1972
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Michael Hamilton-Wright, 2002

Joanne’Jo’ Newton, a girl desperate for attention from her workaholic father, ends up going to an upper class private boarding school after a break in at her dad’s computer company. However, Jo, with her knowledge of computers, has hacked into the school’s mainframe and unleashed a super virus called Mangler 2.0 in the security system.


She Burns in Hell: Chapter 2. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 1974 book, Carrie
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Carrie
Stephen King, 1974
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Ryan Stacy, 2021

Documentarian Edwin Terry takes viewers deeper into the stories and events centered around Carrie White’s telekinetic wrath and the effects it had on the sleepy village of Chamberlain, Maine.


Salem's Lot. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 1975 book, 'Salem's Lot
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'Salem's Lot
Stephen King, 1975
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Gary Dauberman, 2023

Ben Mears is a writer who returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration, only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a vampire, leading him to band together with a ragtag group to fight it.