15 Great Sci-Fi Shows (Nobody Ever Talks About)
10. The Tommyknockers
Any sci-fi fan worth their salt planet can tell you the nineties were a haven for televisual adaptations of genre icon/ The Shining creator Stephen King's long list of classic novels.
Many of these series found themselves in the twilight
zone between horror and sci fi, as epitomised by the Langoliers and this small
town alien invasion story. Released alongside its bigger budget cousin, the post
apocalyptic The Stand, this more contained miniseries saw its cast besieged by
the eponymous wish granting extra terrestrial threat in a small American town
And cue the character drama, surprisingly solid performances, and enjoyably cheesy FX work.