I got caught by the sequence where Louis is breaking into the cemetery, and ended up reading several pages. Today marks the VOD release of the film adaptation of Stephen King’s Cell, a book that stands out as the writer’s first and only novel-length zombie story to date. Why can't they ever do justice to a Stephen King book?

Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Ask Question Asked 3 years, 3 months ago. Couple this confusion with an unsatisfying, ambiguous ending, and one can see why, despite featuring A-list stars, “Cell” sat on the shelf for two years before getting a limited release. His recent work includes The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and an AT&T Audience Network original television series). The movie, clocking in at 97 minutes, just felt too rushed. I just watched the movie Cell. I just finished reading "Cell" by Stephen King, and was startled by the abrupt ending, which I couldn't make any sense of. Can someone explain to me the ending to Stephen King's Cell.

Maybe Stephen King wanted his readers to think about what would happen next on their own. Why can't they ever do justice to a Stephen King book? The ending - well, it was for the reader to decide. There seems to be three endings, walking down a trail, blown up good, and/or joining the flock. There have been many who have compared Stephen King's Cell with his earlier Apocalypse-Now effort, The Stand. Viewed 33k times 2. The settings weren't over the top, the characters were good, the plot was solid, and it kept me entertained. I just watched the movie Cell.
Why can't they ever do justice to a Stephen King book? ... a dangerous game with Stephen King! I've never read Cell, so I'm not sure if this is an accurate adaptation of a bad Stephen King book, or just another inaccurate adaptation of a Stephen King book. Film Review: Cell A Stephen King adaptation that starts promising and devolves into nonsense ... the trio venture out into the end times to find Clay’s wife … His joy at finally hitting it big is shattered by an event called The Pulse which causes all those who were using their cell phones at the time of The Pulse to become zombies attacking and killing anyone in their way. I thought of Cell. But either way, it's bad. Who has read Stephen King's "Cell", and what does the ending mean? So, I knew his son was dead before reading the book. Anyone know what I'm talking about? We find out that he was unable to destroy the tower and was not happily reunited with his son. Stephen King is the king of the horror writers. Hulu did it right when they made King's 11.22.63 into an 8-parter, and as good as some of Cell was, it could have been excellent had it been handled the same way. But either way, it's bad. At the end of the movie Cell we see that Clay has turned into a phone zombie and has become part of the zombie flock around the cell tower.

Fortunately for Clay, he does not own a cell phone.

16. I remember when I read this book thinking it could be an exceptional movie.

... Archived. When I read Stephen King’s Cell ten years ago (2006), like many of his books, I thought it would make a great movie. Active 3 years ago. When did Clay become a phoner? Update: at the ending, Clay puts the cell phone to his son's ear.

I remember when I read this book thinking it could be an exceptional movie. And there are some good reasons, End-of-the-World setting, the survivors polarized into two camps, one camp, arguably no longer even human, a big bang ending in an arena like setting, etc. Why can't they ever do justice to a Stephen King book? Here’s every single Stephen King movie and TV series currently on Netflix across the world. Obvious spoiler below.

After reading King’s book, Cell, I thought it was a great modern take on what Romero had done nearly forty years ago and I couldn’t wait to see what the movie would do with this. This movie, like many of Stephen King's stories, would have worked way better as a mini-series. Then the last thing written is two dates and a town: I enjoyed reading Cell by Stephen King.

I'm glad for you, but don't be scornful and say that Stephen King writes books that are mostly too long and boring until you think about this: ... and he makes you think, as in Cell. Close. The prolific writer, who has 58 novels to his name has had many of them adapted into movies or TV series.
Perfectly, even. I've never read Cell, so I'm not sure if this is an accurate adaptation of a bad Stephen King book, or just another inaccurate adaptation of a Stephen King book. What happened? Yes the ending was left open as in there may be a possible continuation with another novel.