If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. This is the basic premise of Needful Things, one of the strangest Stephen King books I've ever read starring a really well-developed antagonist and a great balance of horror and fantasy. The story seems simple enough, a typical town sheriff pitted against Leland Gaunt, the mysterious and ( Read more... )

#OnMyTripGoCastleRock I called my grandma in Eerie, Indiana. pic.twitter.com/MfQUxHM0f6
- Janet Harrison (@Janet0Harrison) May 18, 2019

@marcbernardin When writing CR, did you guys look at similar shows that didn’t make it like Hemlock Grove, Eerie Indiana, Wayward Pines etc?
- Hamlet Jr. (@Alexpri19570045) October 10, 2018

The thing I’m enjoying most about “Castle Rock” so far is the fact that the show feels like it could easily have been made in 1995. It strikes the same sort of tone that ‘90s cult favorites like “The X-Files,” “Eerie, Indiana,” “The Outer Limits” and “Twin Peaks” all struck: weird, mordantly funny, a touch campy and sometimes actually scary.

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Hulu's supernatural series "Castle Rock," which premiered Wednesday, July 25, puts viewers in the middle of a small Maine town where terror lurks around every dark corner. Indeed, horror is by far the main industry in this fictional community designed by Stephen King as the setting for such novels as "The Dead Zone," "Cujo," "The Dark Half" and " ( Read more... )

There are so many streaming options available these days, and so many conflicting recommendations, that it’s hard to see through all the crap you could be watching. Each Friday, The Verge’s Cut the Crap column simplifies the choice by sorting through the overwhelming multitude of movies and TV shows on subscription services, and recommending a ( Read more... )

New series Castle Rock starts tonight (July 25) on Hulu, taking us to the fictional Maine town that’s home to some of Stephen King‘s most memorable stories, from The Dead Zone and Cujo right up to Doctor Sleep and Revival ( Read more... )

God, I love a mystery box. TV shows built around the idea that there’s something going on, but the explanation is teased out over episodes - over seasons - before the resolution is offered. And everything in that show feeds into that central mystery, before being spat out, hopefully satisfying the viewers who’ve stuck with it ( Read more... )

The latest trailer for Hulu’s psychological thriller series Castle Rock is a lesson in drawing an audience in: startling, enigmatic imagery (a woman walking barefoot through the snow, a man sticking a revolver in his ear) and ample Easter eggs referencing the beloved works of horror maestro Stephen King (The Shining, The Shawshank Redemption), all ( Read more... )

Castle Rock, Hulu's elevated fan-fiction take on the novels of Stephen King, has been shrouded in mystery since it was announced. But now, thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we know it will feel something like the original Twin Peaks when it premieres on Wednesday, July 25 ( Read more... )