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An adaptation of an Oscar Wilde novel is officially in the works on Netflix, proving that the streaming service is finally leveling up its horror game after years of stagnation.
There was a time when Netflix was rising in the ranks to become the home for some of the best horror shows on streaming. During his association with Netflix, Mike Flanagan delivered several horror hits after kicking off his successful television spree with one of the greatest horror shows of all time, The Haunting of Hill House.
Unfortunately, after The Fall of the House of Usher, Mike Flanagan departed from Netflix and went on to focus on big-screen productions. Even his return to television with an adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie will be streaming on Prime Video. Netflix's horror TV has clearly taken a hit from Mike Flanagan's exit, but its upcoming Oscar Wilde adaptation could mark its redemption.
Netflix's Horror TV Hasn't Been The Same Since Mike Flanagan's Exit, But Its Oscar Wilde Adaptation Can Change Things
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Some critically and commercially successful horror movies, like Frankenstein, have come out on Netflix in recent years. However, when it comes to horror television, Netflix has not seemingly recovered from Mike Flanagan's departure. After Flanagan's last Netflix show, The Fall of the House of Usher, hardly a handful of horror series on the streaming service have been worth watching.
Fortunately, Netflix is now setting its eyes on an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. Like other classic novel adaptations like The Haunting of Hill House, Netflix's take on the Oscar Wilde book will also modernize the original setting. Titled The Grays, the show will be written by Katie Rose Rogers of the Supergirl and Fellow Travelers fame.
Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray has previously been adapted multiple times, with one being a movie adaptation from 2009 that starred Ben Barnes.
Interestingly, the series will be set in the backdrop of the modern beauty industry and primarily revolve around siblings Basil and Doran Gray. While only time will tell how this adaptation will turn out, it already sounds incredibly promising and could potentially help redeem Netflix's long-dead horror TV again.
Netflix’s Best Horror Shows Have Been Modern Takes On Classic Horror Works
Nell Crane looking scary in The Haunting of Hill House
Mike Flanagan's Netflix horror shows, like The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, The Fall of the House of Usher, and The Midnight Club, are all loose adaptations of classic novels. While Hill House draws from Shirley Jackson's book of the same name and also borrows elements from Stephen King's The Shining, Bly Manor uses Henry James' The Turn of the Screw as its key inspiration.
Similarly, The Fall of the House of Usher pays homage to nearly every major Edgar Allan Poe story and poem, while The Midnight Club is Flanagan's take on Christopher Pike's eponymous 1994 novel. A closer look at Netflix's Archive 81 reveals that it is also heavily influenced by several H.P. Lovecraft stories, like The Color Out of Space, The Call of Cthulhu, From Beyond, and The Music of Erich Zann.
Considering how all of these modern takes on classic stories were critical hits on Netflix, The Grays has a good chance of becoming the streaming service's next big horror hit. Hopefully, despite being a modernized version of the original Oscar Wilde novel, the Netflix horror shows will honor its brilliant source material.
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