Originally Posted By: thedoctor
Holy shit! You're right! You just described Needful Things, The Shining,


I can't remember the specifics of Needful Things or how it was translated to film. But The Shining follows the formula presactly albeit with fewer characters.

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Misery, and The Shawshank Redemption.


Granted. Those are exceptions.

I gotta wonder though how much the writing in those films departed from the books.