Usually movie novelizations end up the equivalent of prom dresses, of transitory interest, but some of note:
Funhouse: written by Dean Koontz-stayed in print for years
Study in Terror: features Ellery Queen who did not appear in the movie
Rambo II-III: written by David Morrell, who wrote the novel First Blood-in which Rambo died
Dick Tracy: written by Max Allan Collins, successor to Chester Gould, who wrote further novels with DT
Tarzan: City of Gold: written by Fritz Lieber
Total Recall: reveals that Hauser actually did reform, but when through with the memory erasure/sting operation to protect Melina (since the conspiracy depended on her as his contact in the underground, he knew that Cohagen would not have her imprisoned; also, Hauser received a delayed psychic communique from Nu'oi aliens about the secret of the reactor, which he needed to keep secret from Cohagen, but since Cohagen had his men routinely mindscanned, the sting operation presented the only way to both protect Melina and the secret; when the scientists restored the Hauser memories and personality, that would have also given them a scan of the Nu'oi communique, adding to the need for Quaid to free himself at the end; implanting a new personality resembles taping over a videotape, but reconstructing memory requires scans of the subconcsious)
Darkman: Randall Boyll fills in a little on how Darkman acquired disguise materials, and he also wrote sequel novels
Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous: until recently, the only apocryphal Destroyer novel
Modesty Blaise: first novel done as a novelization, but only one line made it into the final film
Conan the Barbarian: written by de Camp and Carter
CTD: based on novel or vice versa?
Crow sequel with Emanneulle Chriqui: based on Somtow novel or vice versa?
Return of the Swamp Thing: Peter David expanded this novel so much from the film that a faithful adaptation of his additions would have pushed the films budget to $53 million; he wrote many later novelizations
Swamp Thing: written by Len Wein, co-creator of the Swamp Thing
The Shadow: James Luceno included references to other Shadow adventures in this one, including Voodoo Master and Black Tiger
Constantine by John Shirley: included references to other of Constantine's adventures; wrote later prose novels more closely based on the graphic novels
Brian Garfield and William Petter Blatty blocked the publication of novelizations of sequels to films based on their works, while Mario Puzo blocked novelizations of his Superman films (though the Superman Returns comic book adaptation adapts scene from the first film)
Funhouse: written by Dean Koontz-stayed in print for years
Study in Terror: features Ellery Queen who did not appear in the movie
Rambo II-III: written by David Morrell, who wrote the novel First Blood-in which Rambo died
Dick Tracy: written by Max Allan Collins, successor to Chester Gould, who wrote further novels with DT
Tarzan: City of Gold: written by Fritz Lieber
Total Recall: reveals that Hauser actually did reform, but when through with the memory erasure/sting operation to protect Melina (since the conspiracy depended on her as his contact in the underground, he knew that Cohagen would not have her imprisoned; also, Hauser received a delayed psychic communique from Nu'oi aliens about the secret of the reactor, which he needed to keep secret from Cohagen, but since Cohagen had his men routinely mindscanned, the sting operation presented the only way to both protect Melina and the secret; when the scientists restored the Hauser memories and personality, that would have also given them a scan of the Nu'oi communique, adding to the need for Quaid to free himself at the end; implanting a new personality resembles taping over a videotape, but reconstructing memory requires scans of the subconcsious)
Darkman: Randall Boyll fills in a little on how Darkman acquired disguise materials, and he also wrote sequel novels
Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous: until recently, the only apocryphal Destroyer novel
Modesty Blaise: first novel done as a novelization, but only one line made it into the final film
Conan the Barbarian: written by de Camp and Carter
CTD: based on novel or vice versa?
Crow sequel with Emanneulle Chriqui: based on Somtow novel or vice versa?
Return of the Swamp Thing: Peter David expanded this novel so much from the film that a faithful adaptation of his additions would have pushed the films budget to $53 million; he wrote many later novelizations
Swamp Thing: written by Len Wein, co-creator of the Swamp Thing
The Shadow: James Luceno included references to other Shadow adventures in this one, including Voodoo Master and Black Tiger
Constantine by John Shirley: included references to other of Constantine's adventures; wrote later prose novels more closely based on the graphic novels
Brian Garfield and William Petter Blatty blocked the publication of novelizations of sequels to films based on their works, while Mario Puzo blocked novelizations of his Superman films (though the Superman Returns comic book adaptation adapts scene from the first film)
