There's never been a shortage of Stephen King stories to adapt into movies and TV shows. In fact, the latest—last year's It—was a record breaking blockbuster horror. But the latest project from King, the new Hulu series Castle Rock, covers pieces from his entire bibliography. It's a small-town horror series set in the familiar King setting from executive producer J.J. Abrams. As the show synopsis reads:
A psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse, Castle Rock combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King’s best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland. The fictional Maine town of Castle Rock has figured prominently in King’s literary career: Cujo, The Dark Half, IT and Needful Things, as well as novella The Body and numerous short stories such as Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption are either set there or contain references to Castle Rock. Castle Rock is an original suspense/thriller — a first-of-its-kind reimagining that explores the themes and worlds uniting the entire King canon, while brushing up against some of his most iconic and beloved stories.
This will certainly be fun for King buffs to watch for all the clever Easter Eggs, but by the looks of the first trailer, it will also be an engaging mystery that delves into the strange happenings in this town.
Matt Miller is a Brooklyn-based culture/lifestyle writer and music critic whose work has appeared in Esquire, Forbes, The Denver Post, and documentaries.
