Jun 2017 *
Two prolific horror writers whose work has been adapted into hundreds of feature, short & small screen productions.
Pick you top three from each author & pit them head to head - who wins?
score to be updated periodically - also there's now a poll, so you can vote here>>>
Stephen King - 4
HP Lovecraft - 3
Pick you top three from each author & pit them head to head - who wins?
score to be updated periodically - also there's now a poll, so you can vote here>>>
Stephen King - 4
HP Lovecraft - 3
Carrie (1976) vs. Re-Animator
'Salem's Lot (1979) - vs. From Beyond
Creepshow vs. The Call of Cthulhu (2005)
It's a sweep for King. I think the same thing that makes him a better writer (better characters and plotting) makes his stories better films as well. Lovecraft has great concepts and some truly creepy bits that make your skin crawl. It's interesting that almost all the succesful Lovecraft films have a great deal of black humour that doesn't come through when reading him.
Who's next? Poe vs. Barker?