Average Stephen King Characters Quiz | 10 Questions | Literature

Answer: 'Salem's Lot

Vampires are afoot in the town of Jerusalem's Lot.

Turned into a movie in 1979 starring, of all people, David Soul as Benjamin 'Ben' Mears.

Answer: Carrie

Carrie White is no ordinary girl, she has a gift - telekinesis. Her dream is to be accepted by her school colleagues. She thinks this has happened when she is invited to the school prom. When her dreams are shattered, then she uses her gift to get retribution.

Made into a movie in 1976 starring Sissy Spacek as Carrie.

Answer: The Shining

When the Torrances take up residence as caretakers for the Overlook Hotel strange visions befall Daniel. Is this due to his high psychic ability? The hotel is supposed to be empty, so who is using the elevator?

Who can forget Jack Nicholson's performance as Jack Torrance in the 1980 movie.

Answer: The Stand

First comes the ma-made plague, Captain Trips some call it, wiping out almost all of America if not the world. The people left start having dreams about two people, Mother Abagail and the Dark Man (Randall Flagg), one good and the other evil. The surviving people must choose their sides for the battle ahead.

Made into a mini series starring Rob Lowe in 1994 where almost everything was spelt M-O-O-N. Good old Tom Cullen.

Answer: The Dead Zone

Johnny had his whole life ahead of him, but then came an encounter with a Dodge Charger which put him in a coma for 5 years. Upon waking he has the ability the evil in men's souls.

Made into a movie in 1983 starring Christopher Walken.

Answer: Pet Sematary

This story proves the point that's it's best to let dead animals lie!

Made into a movie in 1989 starring Denise Crosby.

Answer: The Talisman

The story of a young in to a mythical land called The Territories, where they also need the Talisman to save their dying queen. The mother and queen are linked by a bond across the divide of the two worlds.

At time of composition this has not been made into a movie, but I can but hope that it does.

Answer: Thinner

The story of what happens if you mess with the gypsies! If they could get the curse to work down to a set weight then they would be millionaires!

Made into a movie in 1996 starring Robert John Burke.

Answer: It

There is something evil sleeping in Derry. When It awakes, it needs to feed to sustain itself and what better than children to feed on before once more going back to sleep. It takes a group of children who lived through the horrors of the feeding time to come back to Derry as adults to confront the horror and try to stop It from feeding again.

Made into a mini series in 1990 starring Tim Curry. One of the best adaptations of a King novel onto film.

Answer: Misery

When a writer is in a near-fatal accident and is saved by his 'No 1 fan', is this a blessing or the beginning of the nightmare? All she wanted was for him to write a special book just for her. One catch - her favourite character had been killed off in the writer's last novel.

Made into a movie in 1990 starring James Caan. They wimped out in the film as Annie just broke Paul's ankles, but we had amputation in the book.