Stephen King’s new “Crouch End” adapted into a mini-series on Prime Video

More than 40 years after its publication, it will become a six-episode mini-series for Prime Video, in a horrific dive into the heart of London.

Stephen King continues to see his work adapted for the screen.

After numerous series and films based on his novels, this time it is Crouch End, one of his horrific short stories published for the first time in 1980, which will be entitled to its own adaptation. Prime Video has just ordered a six-episode mini-series, which will be the first King adaptation produced in the United Kingdom.

The title refers to Crouch End, a real district of north London in which the story takes place. The short story is particularly known for its homage to HP Lovecraft, whose influence is very present in the story and who is directly cited several times.

Synopsis: “London never sleeps soundly, and its dreams are disturbing. When an international movie star, Doris Freeman, bursts into a London police station claiming that strange phenomena are the cause of her husband’s disappearance, Detective Ted Vetter must determine if she is telling the truth, if she could be a murderer, or if something even more terrifying is at work.”

Originally published in the collection New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, the short story was later taken up by Stephen King in his own collection Nightmares & Dreamscapes published in 1993.

The adaptation will be written by Paul Tomalin, creator of the Bodies series, and directed by Tom Shankland, to whom we owe notably The Serpent and Berlin Noir.

“After reading Crouch End a few years ago, Stephen King’s evocative prose has haunted my nightmares ever since,” says Tomalin. “Having the honor of adapting it with the incredible team at Mammoth, Fifth Season and Amazon, alongside director Tom Shankland, is a dream come true.”

This new series therefore marks a first for the Stephen King universe, since Crouch End will be the first adaptation of the author produced in the United Kingdom.