Web of intrigue and dread

"THE INSTITUTE": BASED ON A STEPHEN KING WORK

- Hein Kaiser

There are some great shows to look forward to this weekend. Stephen King books are always a fun read; his horrors are as scary as they come and short stories like The Shawshank Redemption are an exercise in artistic depth to the absolute. However, sometimes the feature film versions of his work do not translate so well on screen.

Carrie was an excellent film and a pacesetter of its genre, Pet Cemetery less so. Shawshank Redemption is absolute genius in cinema. Now, there's a series on Showmax called The Institute, and it's based on another of King's works.

It has had mixed reviews that range from worse than watching paint dry through to applause for entertainment value.

But really, all you want to know is whether it's worth your time, or whether you should flick off. Don't do the latter.

Because even though the show starts off a bit higgledy-piggledy, by episode three, the plot and web of intrigue along with it begins to reveal itself and unravel at the same time.