Even though this is far from a perfect story, certainly not comparable to the heights of The Stand, or Salem’s Lot, just to name a couple, which I consider the peaks of Stephen King’s career, The Outsider went a long way toward reviving my faith in this author.
A woman had seen Maitland pick the boy up in the white van a young girl had bumped into him, his mouth and clothes covered in blood.Once a staunch Stephen King fan, in later years I was often disappointed by his works, finding them less engaging than I was used to in the past, and for several years I gave up on keeping updated with his new production, but for some reason the premise of The Outsider compelled me to try again, and now I’m glad I listened to my proverbial “book vibes”.
We were shown what was, surely, irrefutable evidence that local teacher Terry Maitland (Jason Bateman) was responsible. But what seemed like the gruesome set-up for a protracted murder investigation was undermined minutes later. It was an assured, unsettling introduction – dark and cold as a winter lake. When Detective Ralph Anderson (Ben Mendelsohn) arrives at the scene, he is told that there are teeth impressions around some of the wounds. The dog stops to sniff the wheel of a white van and the camera lingers just long enough for us to glimpse a splash of blood on the paintwork.Īfter entering the woods, the dog breaks free and is found panting in front of the mutilated body of a young boy.
An elderly gentleman is walking his dog in Georgia as the late afternoon light begins to fade. The opening four-minute sequence of The Outsider, HBO’s gritty, 10-part adaptation of Stephen King’s 2018 novel, will haunt you in the early hours.
The Outsider, episode one, 9pm, Sky Atlantic ★★★★
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