Writer Stephen King Has A Perfect Horror Miniseries Recommendation On Netflix

The Master of Horror hath spoken once again. Stephen King loves a good binge session, as evidenced by several years of social media history in which he's used his platform to recommend all manner of small screen entertainment. In 2026, King co-signed two of Apple TV's best shows in "Widow's Bay" and "Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed," and in 2024, King recommended a full slate of programming that ran the gamut from sci-fi to comedy thriller, and of course, horror. Now, he's back with another horror rec in the form of Netflix miniseries "My Sad Dead."

The author sent out this latest binge bulletin on Threads, where he praised the premise of "My Sad Dead" as a "cool idea," before going on to explain it: "What if someone who could hear (and sometimes see) the dead fell into a city's water supply and decomposed? And after drinking the water, EVERYONE could do it." Seems like an oddly contrived setup for a show about people seeing and hearing the dead, but the author clearly liked it — perhaps because, as he points out in his post, his "old amigo Pablo Larrain directed."

The Chilean filmmaker is best known for the trilogy of films comprising "Jackie," "Spencer," and "Maria." He also oversaw the 2021 Apple TV adaptation of King's 2006 novel "Lisey's Story," which King refused to let anyone besides himself write, prompting /Film's Joshua Meyer to consider the idea that Stephen King is perhaps the wrong choice to adapt Stephen King. The series only managed a 53% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes and very much came and went. Now, however, Larrain is back with "My Sad Dead," and King's only involvement appears to be on the promotional side of things.

"My Sad Dead" (or "Mis muertos tristes") is based on three stories by Argentinean writer Mariana Enriquez, and sees Pablo Larrain directing all four episodes of what is his first Argentina-set project.

Mercedes Morán plays Ema, a newly retired doctor who has the ability to see and hear the dead. Her niece, Julie (Carolina Sánchez Álvarez), is also blessed with this ability, though she uses it in an entirely different way, summoning these posthumous "presences" for what we'll call "congress" with the dead. It's Julie that, as Stephen King revealed in his Threads post, ends up falling into a water tank, thereby transferring her abilities to the entire neighborhood. Aside from being a creepy slow burn horror miniseries, the show also interrogates social issues via the ghosts of Argentina's housing projects. Meanwhile, Ema is left with no choice but to confront her past as those same ghosts bring back long-buried memories.

"My Sad Dead" is a strange, creepy, and often darkly funny series that is, at the very least, unlike anything else you'll see in 2026. Stephen King certainly seemed to like it, but remember that he also liked a forgotten action movie with a 28% Rotten Tomatoes score that may or may not be enticing to you. Otherwise, Netflix has plenty of other creepy options, such as the best psychological horror show of the 2010s or the Mike Flanagan Netflix horror shows, which come similarly King-approved. Meanwhile, Mariana Enriquez's original story "My Sad Dead" is available via the New Yorker for those interested.