News culture This horror thriller will make your blood run cold in 2024: even Stephen King recommends you watch it!
This m onth of October there are numerous productions designed to brighten up your Halloween evenings. But others are more so than others, like this new series by James Wan: it has even been endorsed by Stephen King, the man considered the master of horror in literature.
The master of horror confirms this new series
The one who is considered the master of horror has spoken. Last week, author Stephen King took to the social network X to recommend the television series Teacup, which began airing on October 10th.
TEACUP: If you like FROM or LOST, I think you’ll like this. It’s strange, creepy, claustrophobic and frightening. Beware of the gas mask man. Short episodes. All killer, no filler. (Peacock – bows on October 10th)
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 1, 2024
TEACUP: If you like FROM or LOST, I think you’ll like this film. It’s strange, frightening, claustrophobic and frightening. Watch out for the man in the gas mask. Short episodes. Just killing, no filler.
Stephen King believes that “Teacup” shines through its rhythm and the density of its episodes. He suggests that something is always going on. Something that the series owes to its format, which is far from the usual 60 minutes. In fact, there are eight episodes of 30 minutes each.
The Conjuring director on the project
Teacup is a television adaptation directed by Ian McCulloch and starring Yvonne Strahovski (Dexter, feed, The Handmaid’s Tale or even Miranda Lawson in Mass effect) and Scott Speedman (bliss, You, Grey’s Anatomy). We also find James Wan as executive producer, known for his involvement in the franchise Seen et The incantation. In a press release he stated the following:
After reading the short story “Stinger” by Robert McCammon, the entire Atomic Monster team had a spark. The story has all the ingredients to make the series something captivating (…)
In fact, Teacup is an adaptation of the short story Stinger by Robert McCammon. It follows the lives of several people across Texas and how they must stick together in the face of a new foreign threat.