Soon to be a major motion picture from Paramount Pictures starring John Lithgow, Jason Clarke, and Amy Seimetz! King`s iconic, beloved classic is `so beautifully paced that you cannot help but be pulled in` Guardian `SOMETIMES...DEAD IS BETTER` The house looked right, felt right to Dr Louis Creed. Rambling, old, unsmart and comfortable. A place where the family could settle, the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine seemed a world away from the fume-choked dangers of Chicago. Only the occasional big truck out on the two-lane highway, grinding up through the gears, hammering down the long gradients, growled out an intrusive threat. But behind the house and far away from the road: that was safe. Just a carefully cleared path up into the woods where generations of local children have processed with the solemn innocence of the young, taking with them their dear departed pets for burial. A sad place maybe, but safe. Surely a safe place. Not a place to seep into your dreams, to wake you, sweating with fear and foreboding. `King can make the flesh creep half a world away` - The Times `So beautifully paced that you cannot help but be pulled in` - Guardian `The most frightening novel Stephen King has ever written` - Publisher`s Weekly `Wild, powerful, disturbing` - Washington Post Book Review