Scary Movie Book Club

The Vampire Lestat (1985/2026) Part 1

It's finally here! The Vampire Lestat, written by Anne Rice and published in 1985 adapted for the streaming screen in 2026 by AMC starring Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, Eric Bogosian and Assad Zaman with new cast member Jennifer Ehle as Lestat's mother Gabriella.

S03E05 Congo (1980/1995)

Michael Crighton's 1980 novel, Congo, adapted to the screen in 1995 by John Patrick Shanley and directed by Frank Marshall. The movie stars a boatload of people including Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Tim Curry, and Ernie Hudson.
 

S03E04 American Psycho (1991/2000)

Content Warning: The novel was super graphic in both violence and sexual content. We don't discuss the graphic events in depth, but wanted to put this warning out there just in case.
 
Bret Easton Ellis' controversial 1991 novel brought to life in 2000 by director Mary Harron who co-wrote the screenplay with Guinevere Turner. It stars Christian Bale, Reese Witherspoon, and Willem Dafoe.

S03E04 The Mist (1980/2007)

We're coming for the King dynasty once again, this time with our friend Travis in tow. Stephen King's 1980 novella The Mist was turned into a movie in 2007 with Frank Darabont at the helm writing and directing. It stars a phenomenal ensemble cast including Thomas Jane as our protagonist David Drayton, Marcia Gay Harden as Mrs. Carmody, and Laurie Holden as Amanda Dumfries. (Seriously, there were soooo many faces we recognized from other movies and TV shows in roles that stand out just as much, but that's what IMDB and Wikipedia are for, right?)

S03E03 Revival (2012/2025)

Super late on this one (sorry about that). For March we read Revival by Tim Seely and Mike Norton. It was adapted into a TV series by SyFy in 2025, starring Melanie Scrofano, Romy Weltman, and complete cast of many others too numerous to list (Including CM Punk, which is what originally caught Kristine's eye).

Bonus: Black Phone 2 (2025)

Because sometimes you just gotta talk about a sequel based on a movie based on a book... we have 2025's The Black Phone 2, once again starring Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, and Ethan Hawke and directed by Scott Derrickson with a script by Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill (concept for a sequel pitched by Joe Hill).

S03E02 The Dead Zone (1979/1983)

Stephen King's 1979 Novel about a man who can see the future and has to make a very serious decision about whether he can change that future he sees. Adapted to the screen in 1983 with a screenplay by Jeffrey Boam and directed by David Cronenberg it stars Christopher Walken and Martin Sheen.

S03E01 The Black Phone (2004/2021)

With the short story published in 2004 by Joe Hill it was adapted for the screen in 2021 by Scott Derrrickson (who also directed) and C. Robert Cargill. It stars Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw and Ethan Hawke.

S02E12 Second Annual Scary Awards

It's that time of year where we take a step back and talk about the season as a whole. The best, the worst, the scariest.
 
Fact Check: Francis Ford Coppola is Nicholas Cage's uncle. Sometimes famous family trees are hard to remember.

Pet Sematary (1983/2019)

Stephen King's 1983 novel is once again adapted for the screen, this time directed by Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer with a screenplay by Jeff Buhler. It stars Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, and John Lithgow.