Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 6.2 |
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"Stephen King's short fiction, one uneven fright at a time"
An anthology series adapting eight of Stephen King's short stories into standalone hour-long episodes, each with its own cast, setting, and flavor of dread. One week it's a cursed typewriter, another a small-town nightmare, another something stranger still. There's no ongoing plot to follow, just self-contained doses of King's imagination ranging from genuinely creepy to campy. Quality swings hard from episode to episode, but the better installments deliver real unease, and the guest performances often elevate thin material. It's a grab-bag best enjoyed for individual highlights rather than as a cohesive whole.
the chance to sample several distinct Stephen King nightmares without committing to a single ongoing story.
you dislike wildly inconsistent quality, since some episodes land far better than others.
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| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Battleground | 7.8 | 1K | 53 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Crouch End | 5.4 | 902 | 44 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Umney's Last Case | 6.2 | 707 | 51 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | The End of the Whole Mess | 6.7 | 715 | 44 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | The Road Virus Heads North | 5.7 | 614 | 43 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | The Fifth Quarter | 6.1 | 566 | 46 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Autopsy Room Four | 6.9 | 619 | 43 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | You Know They Got a Hell of a Band | 6.2 | 600 | 43 min |