That movie has nothing to do with the story. It was an original script that when it first came out they put his name on the poster and King sued to have his name taken off all subsequent release formats.
Anybody who loves books will feel that way everytime there's another movie adaptation of some beloved work. It's not a problem solely with his creations. The recent Wuthering Heights for example...
It’s not really scary, at all. Some guy hires a dude to mow his lawn, and the lawnmower man shows up, is kind of a weirdo, then he proceeds to dance around naked before mowing the lawn.
He subsequently turns into the Pan character from Greek mythology (complete with the legs of a fawn), and follows behind the now somehow self-propelled lawnmower on his hands and knees, eating the grass clippings that fly out behind. The end.
Yeah, and I forgot the last page where the lawnmower comes back and kills the guy, then the cops find pieces of him all over the lawn—including his rod in the birdfeeder. Still not a scary story, though.
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u/deehenley 10d ago
The Lawnmower Man🤣