Osgood Perkins (Longlegs) adapts Stephen King with an assist from producer James Wan—and the result is a perfect blend of all three talents.

"Everybody dies, and that's life," Hal and Bill's mother Lois tells them after their babysitter Annie Wilkes (a neat, ...

However, Perkins' screenplay works in a lot more death scenes, a custody battle subplot, and a seething twin. In his version, ...