Every Stephen King adaptation, ranked

Stephen King and Mike Flanagan, who has adapted four of King's stories.

Mathew Tsang/Getty Images Stephen King is one of the most prolific authors of all time in any genre, but especially horror.

His novels, short stories, and novellas have been adapted for TV and movies over 75 times.

The latest adaptation of one of his works, a new version of "Carrie," has dropped on Prime Video.

Spooky season is just beginning, but any true horror fan can tell you: Stephen King is terrifying all year round.

Across a 50-year career, King has written 69 novels and over 200 short stories, giving directors, screenwriters, and actors plenty of material to work with.

And they have — King's works have been adapted a whopping 79 times, with more on the way.

The latest adaptation of King's work to hit our screens is yet another version of "Carrie," this time as an eight-episode TV season available to binge on Prime Video.

It was developed by Mike Flanagan and stars Summer H.

Howell as telekinetic teen Carrie, Samantha Sloyan as her overprotective (at best) mom, Margaret, Siena Agudong as one of Carrie's classmates, Sue, and Alison Thornton as Carrie's nemesis, Chris.

We've used Rotten Tomatoes to rank every single King adaptation — or at least, all the ones with critics' scores — to determine the classics from the forgettables.

Here's how every King adaptation stacks up.

79.

"Children of the Corn" (2009) "Children of the Corn." Syfy Rotten Tomatoes score : 0% The third adaptation of King's 1977 short story has been ruled the worst.