Jump to the 90s, and King fans would be given more than they bargained for. Tobe Hooper's late 70s TV adaptation of ' Salem's Lotproved that the iconic author's more sprawling works could be brought to the screen, they would just have to be brought to the small screen. Both The Stand and It are over 1100 pages, so at the time, proper movie adaptations of these novels were out of the question. King is loved by some and groaned at by others for the fact that many of his novels are generous in their page count, to say the least. Being that these novels were slimmer efforts ranging between 300 and 400 or so pages, these were better suited for movies rather than TV shows. The Dead Zone, Firestarter, and Pet Sematary are just a few of the hugely successful novels from King's 70s and 80s prime era, works that would go on to be adapted into films.
From there, he would go on to write classic after classic, with each selling a ridiculous amount of copies, giving King worldwide popularity. Stephen King got his big break as an author in the mid-70s when his debut novel Carrie first hit shelves.
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