I'm not into reading fiction these days, but I used to lap up everything that Stephen King wrote. The tv versions of 'The Stand' and 'It' were good, but Salem's Lot was brilliantly chilling for its time. I enjoyed the movie versions of Pet Sematary, The Dead Zone and also The Mist, which has the most downbeat movie ending ever. The Green Mile and Shawshank Redemption are movie classics.
As for comic books, I think the 1978 Superman movie was spot on for acting, story and capturing the whole spirit of the comics