What is this Stephen King book/movie?

Question

It was a book first, then made into a movie. It saw it the other day on the TV. The main character (don't know his name on the movie or in real life, sorry) was in college. It looked like he was an art student...he kept drawing pictures about death. Well, it was his birthday and he was in the tub. He was stoned and a "vision" of death came and urged him slice his wrists. He did. He survived though.

Then, he gets a call that his mom had a stroke (I think) and is in the hospital. He hitchhikes to see her. Along the way, he runs into some interesting characters....scary characters. One of them is David Arquette. In the movie, Arquette is already dead and is making the main character choose between his own life and his moms.

To me, it was a freaky movie. But it did have a good message behind it...to value life.

Any idea of what it is called? Thanks for the help!

Sorry, I meant "I saw it the other day...", not "It saw it the other day..."

Christine is the car? Right? I don't exactly get that though...

Answer 1

"Riding the Bullet" (2004) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355954/

Answer 2

Stephen King's "The Shining." Years in the past while stephen King and his spouse lives in colorado. They have been searching for a place for a "get-away. somebody instructed them a pair of inn that replaced into final for the wintry climate. as quickly as they talked to the owner. It grew to become the placing for a desirable promoting novel besides as a action picture.(real). <}:-})

Answer 3

It was a short story called riding the bullet. The book it was in is called Everythigs Eventual.

Answer 4

as others have said, it's Riding the Bullet, just thought I'd add random bit of trivia "Christine" can be going by in the background a few times :)