You know how people always say the book was better whenever you tell them you just saw a film based on a book? And you know how you just want to bitch-slap them in their haughty self-righteous face every time? Well, here's a case where the book is NOT better than the movie. With this film, maestro Stanley Kubrick took an average book by horror-hack Stephen King and turned it into a moody, disturbing, and thought-provoking masterpiece. Take that, book snobs!