Saw the movie, Doctor Sleep, on TV the other hand. The original novel was Stephen King's sequel to his novel, The Shining, and follows the now adult Danny Torrance, as he helps a young girl, called Abra Stone, who has the same abilities that he has, fight some vampire like beings called The True Knot.
As it turned out, Abra was Dan's nephew, and her mother, Lucy, is his half-sister (the result of a fling between Jack Torrance and Lucy's now deceased mother, Alessandra). Which helped explain why she has his powers.
The movie makes some changes. For one thing, it's more a sequel to Kubrick's 1980 film adaptation of the The Shining, rather than an adaptation of the book. The final conflict with the main villian takes place in the Overlook Hotel (which had been shut down and boarded up since the events of the Kubrick film).
I found that odd, because Stephen King is known for his disliked of the Kubrick film.
For some reason, the movie makes Abra of mixed race, her father is black, her mother white. Why? It had no bearing on the plot. And it creates a thorny issue, in that, Abra's father is killed off. However, that does not happen in the original novel, in which the character is white. Draw your own conclusions.
All in all, I did enjoy the movie, despite the unnecessary changes.
Witchfinder General:
Released in 1968, Witchfinder General starred Vincent Price as the real-life Matthew Hopkins who during the English Civil War in the 17th century did mass killings of people he said were witches because he says he is the Witchfinder General, a position given to him by Parliament but it is a claim that is completely false.
This film is a heavily fictionalised account of Hopkins’ actions but this definitely what a horrific man Hopkins was and quite a terrifying atmosphere this movie presents and the ending sure rounded things off to reflect Hopkins’ actions.
The Invisible Guardian:
Released in 2017, The Invisible Guardian is a Spanish movie and is the first in a trilogy known as the Baztan Trilogy.
This has a cop Amaia Salazar who used to be a FBI agent in the US being the protaganist.
This starts off with the dead body of a young girl being found and is part of disappearances of girls that have gone missing in the town.
Quite a haunting investigation this ensues and how Amaia's history with her abusive mother comes into it.
Quite an ending of what to expect next in the Baztan narrative.
Never heard of it.
Dracula Reborn:
Released in 2012, this version of Dracula is set in contemporary times.
This stars Jonathan Landis as the protagonist Jonathan Harker who had a great life when he met the monster in question.
Seeing this on Youtube the description that it got was amusement but frankly there was nothing about this movie to laugh about.
I wouldn't say it is bad but it is not spectacularly good either.
With the way this movie was heading I probably shouldn't be surprised on how it ended.
How did it end?
Not too well for the protagonist.
Harker survived in the original novel.
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype:
Released in 1980, Dr Heckyl and Mr Hype is based on Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with the production team expressing their apologies to the late Stevenson in the credits!
This movie is a reversal of that story with the said doctor drinking a potion to become s handsome man but like Mr Hyde, Mr Hype is a violent man.
Starring as the title characters is Oliver Reed
Overall this is not bad and fun retelling of this story being done this way.
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
Allegedly based on a true story (although that remains in dispute).
In the 1980's, Sara Campbell's teenage son, Matt, is suffering from cancer. Problem is that the hospital, were Matt is being treated, is quite far from the Campbell home. They can't move full time, because of Sara's husband, Peter's job.
However, they do decide to rent a house,close to the hospital, and move Sara, Matt, Matt's younger brother, Billy, and Sara's two nieces, Wendy and Mary (who are living it them). Peter will stay at the original family home and visit on weekends.
Sara does find a nice big house that is in her price range. Reason: It used to be a funeral home.
And, to complicate matters further, the family soon realizes that they are not alone. Ghosts of long dead folks live there too. And said ghosts don't seem too thrilled with the Campbell family moving in.
I was actually familiar with this case, before I saw the movie. There had been a Discovery Channel documentary about it, a few years before. The house had been investigated by Ed and Lorraine Warren (of the Conjuring movies). Granted, liberties were taken with the story (which, as I noted, is in dispute), but it is still an enjoyable movie, IMO.