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Castle Rock

Castle Rock

Strange things happen in Stephen King’s spooky town in this eerie mystery horror series

7.6

TV Show

United States of America
English, Italian
Drama, Mystery
2018
Barkhad Abdi, Elsie Fisher, Lizzy Caplan
60 min

TLDR

Maybe it’s just Hulu making a multiverse cash grab, but it’s quite interesting and has a bit of the unique horror Stephen King is known for.

What it's about

After his adoptive father’s death, death-row attorney Henry Matthew Deaver has left the wintry town of Castle Rock in Maine, though an unusual request from an enigmatic inmate pulls him to return to his strange hometown.

The take

Fans of Stephen King would likely know how long the fictional town of Castle Rock stood in his novels. Hulu’s Castle Rock weaves two original tales based on what is known about this strange, strange town, with the first season centered on a mysterious inmate and the second centered on a mentally ill nurse. While it does get confusing at times, the series is able to weave in a taste of King’s mystery horror elements, with the terrifying abuses of America’s modern day institutions. While Hulu’s attempt at a multiverse can occasionally get a bit shaky, Castle Rock nonetheless creates an interesting reinterpretation of the King of Horror’s Maine town.

What stands out

The performances. Even as the writing gets into confusing territory, the performances are so compelling to watch, and the leads of their respective seasons, André Holland and Lizzy Kaplan, carry their stories with ease.

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