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pcernie
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big_D
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The Fog gave me nightmares as a young teen. I think I was 13 when I read it. I'm kind of glad they never filmed it.
Have they filmed any of his books? I can't think of any off the top of my head. Moonstone might make a good film.
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JJW009
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I'd always assumed the John Carpenter film was based on the book. I assumed wrongly... _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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big_D
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Yep, very different story and nowhere near as scary as the book!
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Paul1965
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His earlier work just seemed to be blood and gore for the sake of it (The Rats, The Fog, etc) but books after that were better written and a lot more restrained. According to Wikipedia very few of his books have been adapted for the big screen.
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belchingmatt
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I enjoyed the Rats trilogy as a kid, great nightmares. I think there have been two adaptions to film, both crap iirc.
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