Captain Charles Boone relocates his family to his ancestral home in the New England town of Preacher’s Corners after his wife dies at sea. But his inherited property hides deep secrets.

This 10-part adaptation of the short story Jerusalem’s Lot, which opens Stephen King’s 1978 collection Night Shift, could prove to be this year’s best work based on the author’s writings, after the disappointment of both The Stand and Lisey’s Story.

Charles Boone (Adrien Brody, Predators) is the former captain of a whaling vessel and has to bring up three young children following the death of his wife. Providence arrives in the form of a house and sawmill bequeathed to him by his cousin in an attempt to resolve a family feud. The Boones arrive to discover that the home has been vandalised and that the locals consider the family to be evil.

While they’ve added a family and governess to the cast and taken away Boone’s manservant, writers Jason and Peter Filardi follow King’s story closely, embellishing the plot with extra content to fill out the run time. Brody is great as the haunted Boone, dealing with demons from his past and struggling to keep his sanity – are there actually rats in the walls?

Verdict: A strong start to the latest Stephen King adaption to chill the bones as we move into autumn. 8/10

Nick Joy