Rebecca. Poster of the 1979 TV series and cover of the 1938 book
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Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier, 1938
TV series vs book
Simon Langton, 1979

A young English girl in Monte Carlo falls in love with a rude, handsome stranger who proposes to her and rescues her from the drudgery of being a hired companion. But when he takes her to his country estate, Manderly, all her confidence disappears, especially in the face of Maxim’s dour and mysterious housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, and as odd rumors reach her, the second Mrs. de Winter decides to find out everything she can about her predecessor, Rebecca.


Love's Long Journey. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1982 book
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Love's Long Journey
Janette Oke, 1982
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Michael Landon Jr., 2005

After lots of planning and dreaming, young couple Willie LaHaye and Missie LaHaye have headed West on the Wagon Trail, leaving behind the hometown of Missie’s parents. Missie is caught between the excitement of the new adventure and the pain of not knowing when she’ll see her family again. Willie and Missie leave the Wagon Train and travel further West to Tettsford Junction. When they get there, they meet a boy called Jeff and his older brother Sonny who they see riding into town with two other outlaws.


Wild at Heart. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1990 book
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Wild at Heart
Barry Gifford, 1990
movie vs book
David Lynch, 1990

Lovers Lula and Sailor are separated after he is jailed for killing a man who attacked him with a knife; the assailant, Bobby Ray Lemon, was hired by Lula’s mother, Marietta Fortune. They go to a hotel where she reserved a room, make love and go to see the speed metal band Powermad.


Love's Abiding Joy. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1983 book
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Love's Abiding Joy
Janette Oke, 1983
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Michael Landon Jr., 2006

Between drought and a cattle plague, Missie LaHaye takes up a teaching position to help support her husband Willie and their two children. They have a young son Mattie, and a baby daughter Kathy. They also have a teenage boy called Jeff who they took in when he was eleven-years-old, when his older brother Sonny had been shot dead in the previous film, Love’s Long Journey, and Jeff didn’t have any other family.


Needful Things. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1991 book
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Needful Things
Stephen King, 1991
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Fraser C. Heston, 1993

A mysterious proprietor named Leland Gaunt, claiming to be from Akron, Ohio, arrives in the small town of Castle Rock, Maine in a sinister-looking black car and opens a new antique store called Needful Things. To help Keeton with his problems, Gaunt sells him a toy race-horse that predicts the outcome of any horse-race.


The Keep. Poster of the 1983 movie and cover of the 1981 book
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The Keep
F. Paul Wilson, 1981
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Michael Mann, 1983

Ahead of the invasion of Russia, a German battalion sets up a crucial outpost within an ancient Romanian castle. However, the soldiers’ concerns extend beyond the imminent arrival of Soviet forces. Unwittingly disturbing ancient runes within the stronghold, they unleash a formidable and seemingly unstoppable mystical force that becomes a source of terror.


Sometimes They Come Back... Again. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1974 book, Sometimes They Come Back
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Sometimes They Come Back
Stephen King, 1974
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Adam Grossman, 1996

Psychologist Jon Porter learns that his mother has just mysteriously fallen to her death. Jon and his teenage daughter Michelle return to Jon’s hometown of Glenrock for his mother’s funeral. Once there, painful memories return. Thirty years earlier, when Jon was a child, he witnessed the brutal murder of his older sister Lisa, who was stabbed to death in a cave by a thug named Tony Reno and his two friends Vinnie and Sean.


Mysterious Island. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 1865 book, The Mysterious Island
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The Mysterious Island
Jules Verne, 1865
movie vs book
Mark Sheppard, 2010

In March 1865, a former Confederate captor accompanies a group of Union soldiers as they escape from Confederate captivity in a balloon. However, the balloon crashes onto a mysterious island, where they encounter a variety of strange and perilous situations.