10. The Mist (2017 TV series)
The 2007 film adaptation of King’s 1980 novella has one of horror cinema’s most memorably shocking endings. Ten years later, Spike TV (now the Paramount Network) brought the story—about a Maine town engulfed in a mysterious, malevolent mist—to the small screen. After a surprisingly strong start, the series soon faltered; you know there’s a problem when all the characters are so unlikable that you’re actively rooting for the mist and its monsters to hurry up and start picking them off. It didn’t help that the movie’s cult status made it feel so much better by comparison (even without that jaw-dropping last act), and The Mist was cancelled after one 10-episode season.
