Panda, you made me think of another movie: "Shut Up & Shoot Me". A film about a guy who hires someone to kill him but the would be assassin keeps foiling the attempts. It's a dark comedy.
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I like a lot of different kinds of movies. Some would not be to most people's taste. So, I only recommend films that I think are relevant to a person's predisposition. I saw the aforementioned movie a few years ago. I found it entertaining.
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I'm a big fan of horror films. Horror encapsulates the human condition better than any other, IMO. The "monsters" are metaphors for the life threatening conditions we all find ourselves in. Frankenstein (1931) & Bride of Frankenstein (1935) are masterpieces
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There's a B rated movie called "It's Alive" (1974) in which parents have a child who turns out to be a hideous mutant killer. But their love for the thing enables it to stay alive and wreak havoc upon society. A great AN film, in my opinion. Bizarre.
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I'm not very much into horror films, but I did love reading several Stephen King horror NOVELs once. It's not that his plots are horrific. It's his linguistic style (the phrasing and wording he uses) that is terrifying. It's as though the typeset printed on the pages terrifies me
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I don't know if Stephen King is horrific in his translations. At least his original English version is terrifying. It's not exactly that he uses particularly terrifying words. I can't explain why and how his phrasing terrifies me. He's a strangely skillful writer.
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The horror novels written by Stephen King that I loved are: Carrie, Pet Sematary (not "Cemetery"), Shining, and Christine.
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The Shining is a damn good film featuring the inimitable Jack Nicholson, among others. Pet Sematary, the original version, with Fred Gwynne, is also fairly decent. &, Carrie, with Sissy Spacek, is awesome. Piper Laurie, Carrie's mom, should've gotten an Oscar
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Yes, I saw all those films. And still, somehow, I loved the novel versions far more. I don't know why. The phrases the author uses on the pages are mysteriously horrific.
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I must confess that I have never read Stephen King. But he is a world renowned author and I am sure he is skilled in the art of prose. Film makers sure like him, too.