Much of Stephen King’s work is dense enough that a mini-series does them far more justice than a two-hour film. A recent case in point is The Outsider. King’s 500+ novel was adapted into a 10-part series that aired on HBO earlier this year, created by Richard Price, and with a hefty cast including Ben Mendelsohn, Cynthia Erivo, Jason Bateman, Paddy Considine, and Mare Winningham. Price is a veteran of crime drama (The Color of Money, Sea of Love, The Night Of), so it comes as no surprise that he would be attracted to King’s story that combines a police procedural with a monster movie.