Netflix cancels HUGE shows – but is your favourite TV series being axed?
The likes of Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Orange Is The New Black won't be back for new seasons on the online platform
NETFLIX is having a major reshuffle of its substantial TV show pack with a number of hit programmes being axed from the platform.
Marvel's Luke Cage is bowing out after only two seasons, while another superhero drama Iron Fist has also been dropped.
Long-running prison drama Orange Is The New Black won't be returning after its current seventh series, nor will House of Cards.
The upcoming sixth series of the political drama has done well to survive its former lead actor Kevin Spacey's sex assault allegations.
Robin Wright has taken over both the White House and the lead actor role after Spacey was axed after season five following historic abuse allegations.
reports how mentions of Iron Fist and Luke Cage tailed off substantially after their season premieres, with Jessica Jones and Daredevil also experiencing dramatic drops in social engagement leading to fears they too could be in trouble.
Sense8, Everything Sucks, A Series Of Unfortunate Events and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt are other shows that won't be returning for more on the service.
However, it's not all doom and gloom for telly fans.
Some of the platform's new releases have blown viewers away.
Acclaimed author Stephen King called The Haunting Of Hill House "a work of genius".
The series premiered last weekend on Netflix and now it's been bestowed the highest honour by being praised by the king of horror fiction.
The 71-year-old author took to Twitter to give his thoughts on the terrifying series, saying: "THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, revised and remodelled by Mike Flanagan.
"I don't usually care for this kind of revisionism, but this is great. Close to a work of genius, really.
"I think Shirley Jackson would approve, but who knows for sure."
Producers of the show must be patting each other on the back right now after receiving such praise from the man who is responsible for terrifying books like Carrie, The Shining and IT - all of which have been turned into films.
In his tweet Stephen references Shirley Jackson, the late author of the book the series is based on, which was published in 1959.
The new horror show has already received rave reviews after achieving a perfect 100 percent fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes.
The show has been awarded the impressive rating by the popular American review website for film and television.
GQ branded it one of “one of the best shows of the year” and “one of the most truly chilling of all time”.
Forbes magazine also said about the show: “The Haunting of Hill House is decent and very much strives for a more classical horror vibe relying less on gore and more on supernatural scares.”
Stephen's comments come as fans claim that The Haunting of Hill House is so scary they're passing out.
The new horror series has scared the living daylights out of viewers who can't sleep after watching it.
Taking to Twitter, horrified fans expressed their feelings.
One wrote: "Can't sleep. Watched too much of The Haunting of Hill House. Help me."
And one even dramatically claimed the film gave them "a heart attack about 3 times today. I don't think I can go to sleep at all."
Others declared it "The actual best I've seen, even if I can't sleep after it."
And another deemed it: "One of the most terrifying, nail biting, hide behind the couch, don’t even breathe, I’m going to pass out from fear things I have ever watched. In. My. Life.
One viewer with a particular way with words said: "Haunting of Hill House is making me terror vomit in joyful confusion."
Before adding: "So I love it."
Starring Timothy Hutton, Carla Gugino, and Victoria Pedretti, the series was created by Gerald's Game director Mike Flanagan.
In 10 episodes, it focuses on the emotional trauma that the family endured when growing up in the haunted Hill House mansion.
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It’s not the first time the horror novel has had its story told on a screen.
In 1963, it was adapted in a film titled The Haunting, which was well-received by critics at the time.
It got the Hollywood treatment again in 1999, starring Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Owen Wilson, but disappointed fans of the genre.
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