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    Review: In 'The Outsider,' Stephen King meets 'The X-Files.' And it works

    by Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times Jan 10, 2020 4 minutes

    Jason Bateman, America's Sweetheart, takes an unexpected step into horror as a producer and director of, and actor in, "The Outsider," a miniseries adaptation of the 2018 Stephen King novel premiering Sunday on HBO. Some fright fans may find it slow, and anyone not equipped with night-vision goggles will find it literally dark, but there's a lot to like here, even for viewers temperamentally liable to give grim creepshows such as this a wide berth. (I prefer my Frankenstein with a side of Abbott and Costello.)

    Bateman plays Terry Maitland, the nicest guy in Cherokee City, Ga. - the action

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