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Salem's Lot (1979)

Writer Ben Mears (David Soul) returns to Salem's Lot, the small Maine community where he grew up, in order to pen a book about the Marsten House, a supposedly haunted hilltop property. Ben soon finds the townspeople have been threatened by a sinister, undead presence: a vampire (Reggie Nalder) who has claimed the town as his own. Tobe Hooper directs this two-part miniseries based on Stephen King's novel, co-starring Bonnie Bedelia, Lance Kerwin, Lew Ayres, and James Mason. 183 min. C/Rtg: PG

The Shining (1980)

From writer Stephen King and director Stanley Kubrick comes a classic tale of madness and terror that has climbed the list of greatest horror films since its initial release. Struggling writer Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and their psychic son Danny (Danny Lloyd) spend the winter overseeing the deserted and isolated Overlook hotel, where the ghosts of the site's shocking and bloody past plague Jack’s sanity. With Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson. 142 min. C/Rtg: R

Cat's Eye (1985)

This trio of horror tales laced with laughs from monster maven Stephen King is based on his short stories "Quitters, Inc." and "The Ledge," and a story written expressly for this film, "General." An unusual "aversion therapy" for smokers, a nighttime stroll atop a 30-story building and a child's toy troll that becomes real are the ingredients for scares. James Woods, Alan King, Robert Hays, and Drew Barrymore star. 94 min. C/Rtg: PG-13

Stephen King's It (1990)

Seven childhood friends return to the New England town where they grew up in order to stop an evil force that threatened them years earlier and has returned to renew its murderous ways. Terrifying adaptation of Stephen King's best-selling shocker stars Harry Anderson, John Ritter, Richard Thomas, Annette O'Toole, and Tim Curry as Pennywise the clown. 187 min. C/Rtg: NR

Standard/Widescreen; Soundtracks: English DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio, Spanish, French; Subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish, French; audio commentary; theatrical trailers; "making of" documentary ("The Shining"); featurettes.