First of all, dont be mislead by Bateman being in the show. He is but only for a few episodes.

This is not a slow burn, it's a crawl filled with side shows we dont need to see. Way too much filled. This should have been a 2 hour movie.

Yes it was written by King so you can expect lots of kids getting mangled as is his fetish

The only redeemable qualities in this show are mendelsohn and Cynthia Erivo as Holly. There are way better things on tv right now.