“This is what the house really looks like, a devil sick with sin, and it only shows that face when the kids turn their backs.”

Stephen King is well-known for creating memorable villains like It and Randall Flagg, but he has also written many compelling protagonists.

Stephen King entered the zeitgeist of American storytelling a half-century ago, and he has not left it since. Decade after decade, Hollywood has returned to the well that King created and continues to fill it with stories that tap into the fears all around us.