CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard Even though Stephen King has nearly always been more than merely a "horror writer," he will forever be linked with the genre, since he's responsible for dozens of the most iconic horror novels in all of literature. Of course, part of the fun in being a King fan is witnessing the endless line of film and TV adaptations inspired by his long list of titles. Not that it's always fun, with more than a few King-based projects sharing very little of what made the source material special in the first place. And arguably the biggest offender on that front in recent years was CBS'