Following the rules as they are written, it would be Writer.

I've got to agree with Johnd.
As far as I remember none of the stories were original for the film, but adapted by King from his own short stories.
I also think the notes in the credits rules are misleading, they are there to guide you to the right role, but they don't override the previous columns which clearly state that if you have a "screenplay" onscreen credit, you use "screenwriter".

According to the rules, which is what we go by...

Writer says "Used for Original Screenplays Only"

If the credit is "Stephen King --- Original Screenplay" he should be credited as Writer until the rules are modified.

I agree, it should be Screenwriter.

Very good question, Sometime in the French country they are exactly the same problem , I will take the same name , but Whe have this problem with many old Movies , sorry Classic French Movies.

1: EX: Scénario original Stephen King , Adaptation Stephen King, ( Translate ) Original screenplay Stephen King, Adapted Stephen King :

2: And an other exemple, Story based on the  novel by Stephen King, Srceenplay Stephen King, Adapted for the Screen Stephen King:

I my mind and folow the rules , That mean, for the first one, Original Material Stephen King, and Writer Stephen King .

Second one : Original Material by Stephen King, Screenplay By Stephen King, Writer stephen King, Of course I can use an other name, But They are many case as this in the french Classic movies.

Do you think that's correct ???

Whe have that many time on open credits, Story from Simenon based on his novel, Sénario Simenon, Adaptation Simenon ,
Original matérial, Srcreenwiter, Writer ????   

Quoting Vega:

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I haven't viewed the credits myself, but is he credited multiple times by chance?  The problem here is 2 of the stories are adapted from previous King short stories, the other 3 stories were original stories King written just for the movie.  They were not adapted from any of his other work, they were completely original.

So if he's only credited once then there is a dilema, but if it's multiple times then perhaps he should be credited both ways.

I only saw the one credit last night.

I must confess that since this was the only difference in the profiles, I didn't bother to check the end credits. I'll check them later today/tonight, but don't recall seeing anything else about writing when I audited the UK 2 disc not long ago. So far I didn't submit anything for this title, as I ended up trying to figure out the even more confusing Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) after starting this thread.

Quoting Erik:

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The "screenplay by" credit without any OMB was approved by Ken in the April 11, 2007 rules revision.

So if he only has the "original screenplay by" credit, screenwriter it is...

"screenplay by" != "original screenplay by"

Quoting hal9g:

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If we were to go by the "comments" only, I would agree with you, however, the allowable roles is the more important column in that table,(...)

"original screenplay by" is not listed in the "allowable roles" column at all. So, should we leave this credit out completely?