Castle Rock (2018)
Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 25 July 2018 |
| Status | Canceled |
| Genre | Mystery, Drama |
| Created by | Dustin Thomason and Sam Shaw |
| Starring | Lizzy Caplan, Tim Robbins and Elsie Fisher |
| Seasons | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Episode length | about 60 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 20 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | TMDB users 7.2/10 |
Where to watch Castle Rock
Castle Rock is streaming on Netflix ($19.99 a month) in the US. It is also on Hulu ($21.49 a month). At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 1 month of Netflix, or $19.99 at list price.
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Where to watch Castle Rock in 6 other countries
| Country | Streaming on (price a month) |
|---|---|
| Australia | Max $15.99 AUD |
| Denmark | Prime Video 69 kr DKK |
| Finland | Prime Video €6.99 |
| Norway | Prime Video 79 kr NOK |
| Portugal | Prime Video €4.99 |
| Sweden | Prime Video 69 kr SEK |
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What kind of watch this is
Castle Rock stitches together the wreckage of King’s most famous stories, treating a few square miles of Maine as a living, breathing organism. It is a mystery drama that trades the comfort of a single protagonist for a sprawling, interconnected web of trauma. Dustin Thomason and Sam Shaw built a town where everyone is haunted by something specific, and no one is safe from the collective weight of it. The premise is simple: a small town holds a dark secret. The execution is a 20-hour slow burn that asks you to trust the pattern. It is less a story than a mood, one that settles in and refuses to leave.
What the critics said
Critics largely warmed to the first season, though the reception was not uniform. Rotten Tomatoes tallies an 87% approval rating across 185 reviews, while Metacritic settles on a 66, indicating generally favorable responses. Dave Trumbore of Collider argued the show nails the core of King’s storytelling, a sentiment shared by Kristen Baldwin of Entertainment Weekly, who compared the experience to coming home. Not everyone agreed. Daniel D'Addario of Variety called it eerie-by-the-numbers, noting the lack of sympathetic characters to fear for. Even so, the episode "The Queen" earned near-universal praise, with Miles Surrey of The Ringer singling it out as one of the best of 2018.
How it did with audiences
Castle Rock found a modest audience, though the box office data remains a blank slate. No budget figures or theatrical receipts are on record to judge its financial footprint. What we have is the pulse of the viewers who stuck around. On TMDB, users rate it 7.2 out of 10. That is a solid score for a genre piece that dared to be strange. It suggests people liked what they saw, even if the market never fully tracked the engagement.
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Sources
- Castle Rock on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q28954025 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Castle Rock (TV series)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Where to watch and prices: Binge Boss, from TMDB watch-provider data (powered by JustWatch) and our own provider list
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