Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge; Books I Love That Became Films or TV Shows


It's Wednesday and perhaps it's time for another Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge post courtesy of Long and Short Reviews and today's theme is books I love that became films or TV shows.


As I'm mainly focusing on horror and paranormal on this blog, it's obvious I'll mention some spooky and spine chilling books and movies, but that's not to say there's book to movie adaptions of books in other genres I dislike (yeah, I'm team Colin Firth when it comes to Pride and Prejudice).

When it comes to spooky stuff, some book to movie adaptions includes Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist, Ring by Koji Suzuki, My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix, The Woman in Black by Susan Hill, Dracula by Bram Stoker, Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (the only movie I enjoyed Tom Cruise as I find the bloke creepy AF), and of course The Exorcist by Wiliam Peter Blatty.

Speaking of The Exorcist, if anyone else is into spooky stuff and alleged curses, feel free to watch this video that Don't Scare Claire made on the Exorcist movie curse. Claire has made lots of other great videos on various spooky topics, so her channel is worth checking out in general.

Comments

  1. George14 May 2025 at 14:44

    Some great picks here.

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  2. Lydia14 May 2025 at 15:26

    I liked the film version of The Woman in Black!

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  3. Cheryl Malandrinos14 May 2025 at 16:15

    I can't read or watch creepy these days, but I've wanted to read The Woman in Black. Thanks for sharing, Kristin.

    https://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2025/05/wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge_0463455205.html

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  4. Aymee14 May 2025 at 18:14

    Oh man, a friend of mine rec'd the Colin Firth version of P&P and it's soooo good.

    Also, which version of The Woman in Black do you prefer? It's one of my favorite books and the original movie is so dang creepy! Although, I love Daniel Radcliffe, so I do enjoy that version, too.

    Here is my post.

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  5. Kathy15 May 2025 at 23:45

    Ooh, I have a feeling I haven't seen yours because I don't do well with scary or horror books. I seem to have gotten worse at it as I've gotten older. Maybe too much of it got to be reality :) Great post

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