Stephen King’s Biggest Horror Franchise Is Also His Worst

While Stephen King has plenty of critically acclaimed screen adaptations, the biggest franchise to come from the author’s back catalog, Children of the Corn, has always been one of his worst reviewed. Since his debut novel Carrie was released in 1974, Stephen King has been a regular fixture on the bestseller list. While Carrie was a massive hit that spawned an equally successful movie adaptation from director Brian De Palma two years later, it would still have been tough for readers to predict just how massive the prolific writer’s output would become in the decades that followed.