Actress Brooke Adams (1949)

Based on the 1974 short story by Stephen King, Sometimes They Come Back (1991) is a made-for-television horror film about Jim Norman’s return to his old hometown of Liberty, Missouri. Along with his wife Sally and son Scott, Jim moves back to accept a teaching job. As a child, Jim witnessed his brother Wayne’s murder by a group of greasers during a train tunnel mugging in 1963. His family then moved away from the small town, but now they are returning. However, old wounds resurface as Jim begins to have nightmares about his brother’s death. To his horror, he soon realizes that the ghosts of ...

The Dead Zone (1983), an American sci-fi thriller directed by David Cronenberg, is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King and written by Jeffrey Boam. After experiencing a headache from a roller coaster ride in Castle Rock, Maine, Johnny Smith, a schoolteacher, declines his girlfriend Sarah’s offer to spend the night. However, after getting into a car accident on his way home in stormy weather, he ends up in a coma. When he wakes up under the care of neurologist Dr. Sam Weizak, he learns that five years ...

Days of Heaven (1978) is a romantic period drama film directed and written by Terrence Malick. Set in 1916, the story follows Bill, a laborer from Chicago who accidentally kills his boss at a steel mill and flees with his girlfriend Abby and sister Linda to the Texas Panhandle. In order to avoid gossip, Bill and Abby pretend to be siblings when they are hired by a shy wealthy farmer as seasonal workers. The farmer’s doctor reveals he only has one year left to live but doesn’t specify the illness. As the farmer falls for Abby, Bill convinces her to marry him so they can inherit his wealth. However, their ...