Stephen King calls ‘Baby Reindeer’ “one of the best things I have ever seen”

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Stephen King, author of horror novels including It, Carrie and The Shining, has written an essay on Baby Reindeer.King posted on his official X account earlier this week: “I have an essay about BABY REINDEER in the London Times.

I can’t believe they paid me for writing about such a cool show, but they did. Of course, I DID pay Netflix.”The article in The Times sees King discuss the hit Netflix series, which has garnered more than 22million views in just three weeks.The series is adapted from a one-man play written by, and starring Richard Gadd, who plays a fictionalised version of himself in the Netflix show.

A semi-autobiographical story, it tells the tale of a struggling comedian named Donny, who is relentlessly stalked by an older woman named Martha.King praised the show’s stamina, writing (via GamesRadar): “Unlike most streaming series’ episodes, which can feel bloated at 50minutes — or even longer — the episodes of Baby Reindeer, each about 30minutes, are like short, swift stabs administered by a very sharp knife.”As well as describing the seven-part series as “one of the best things” he’d ever seen, he drew comparisons between it and his 1987 thriller novel, Misery.Adapted into a film in 1990 starring James Caan and Kathy Bates, Misery tells the story of a novelist who is rescued by a former nurse after a car crash.