Few silences more eloquent than the one he maintained Stephen King regarding the fifth season of Stranger Things. After praising the first two and commenting that she had laughed a lot at the third, the fourth raised the first objection to her speech: she did not like that it was divided into two volumes. The fifth, divided not into two, but into three parts (the last one arrives on Netflix Spain at the end of the year), has so far not elicited a single word from him.
And it won’t be because Stranger Things makes no effort to prove that Stephen King It is a constant reference in his plots. However, for King himself, there is a series even more Kingian than that of the Duffers: Mariannereleased in 2019 and also available in Netflix.
With a single season consisting of eight episodes, Marianne was celebrated by King on his social media, in which he commented: “If you’re one of those sick people – like me – who likes to be afraid, Marianne (Netflix) is what you are looking for. There are traces of this humor so characteristic of Stranger Things Andif I may say so, a very Stephen King atmosphere“.
What is “Marianne” about?
From its premise, it is obvious that Samuel Bodin (Don’t be afraid) grew up reading Stephen King. The director and screenwriter starts from a common place in the work of the American author: a novelist specializing in the horror genre who contemplates with horror that the literary panic she provokes in her readers is, literally now, turning against her.
In her case, this novelist discovers that the horrible stories she writes eventually come true and decides to return to her hometown, where she left several stories unfinished and traumas unhealed, in the hope of being able to leave the terror between the pages of her books.
Marianne was canceled after its first season despite the support of Stephen King and generally positive reviews. It is therefore important that, if you decide to immerse yourself in the world that Marianne weaves, you know in advance: Netflix’s decision not to renew the series leaves it unfinished and most of his intrigues have no results. However, isn’t it Carnival one of the best series of all time, even if it has no ending?
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