'The Midwich Cuckoos' Will Arrive on AMC Networks in Time for Halloween

Streamers Sundance Now and Acorn TV are joining forces to bring the seven-part British sci-fi horror series The Midwich Cuckoos to the U.S. just in time for spooky season.

Based on the perennially popular 1957 John Wyndham novel of the same name, the show originally aired on U.K. network Sky back in 2022. It has been retitled The Midwich Cuckoos: Village of the Damned for its American broadcast, ostensibly to make its connection to the popular horror film --- either the 1960 original or the 1995 remake ---  that was based on the same source material clearer.

But even if you've never read the book or seen either of those movies, it's likely many viewers will still be familiar with its story, having picked it up through general pop culture osmosis.