Guillermo del Toro Reveals Which Stephen King Novel He Would Have "Killed" To Adapt Into A Film

Guillermo del Toro and Stephen King are renowned the world over for their ability to tell stories, scary stories at that. The award winning director recently detailed what King novel he would have "killed" to adapt.

Del Toro has revealed that he would have loved to adapt Pet Semetary into a film. Considering the fact we have 2 different takes on Pet Semetary already, this probably won’t happen anytime soon but del Toro goes into depth on why he loved the book.

"You know the novel that I would have killed to adapt, and I know there's two versions of it, and I still think maybe in a deranged universe I get to do it again one day is Pet Sematary," del Toro shared with The Kingcast. "Because it not only has the very best final couple of lines, but it scared me when I was a young man. As a father, I now understand it better than I ever would have, and it scares me. A hundred times more."

Del Toro did also mention that there was one key element missing from both the films that he would have added for his take.

"For me, the best scene in that book is when [Louis] opens Gage's coffin, and for a second he thinks the head is gone, because this black fungi from the grave has grown like a fuzz over the kid's face. ... I think you cannot spare those details and think that you're honoring that book," the filmmaker admitted. "One of the things I thought about Pet Sematary that we would do in post is when the dead return, when Gage returns, I'd spend an inordinate amount of money taking out the sheen from his eyes. So that the eyes are dull."

While the most recent Pet Semetary film didn’t do so well in theaters and with fans, Paramount+ is working on a prequel series based on the novel as well. Wonder if we’ll finally get that Wendigo from the novel?