It’s been nearly 20 years since we last saw Jason Voorhees in 2009's iconic reimagining, titled Friday the 13th. Now, A24 and Peacock team up for an instant classic prequel approach to the material. In case you forgot that memorable trivia question from 1996's Scream, the killer in the first Friday the 13th was not … Continue reading TV Review: Crystal Lake – Season 1
TV Review: Haunted Hotel – Season 2
Welcome back to the Undervale Hotel! Netflix's surprisingly tender ode to horror, Haunted Hotel, returns for a spooky sophomore outing. This time, it's loaded with even more movie references and enough hilarious spooky hijinks perfect for October. Wickedly smart and utterly ridiculous, Haunted Hotel puts the horror in Netflix's animation lineup with a nostalgic glee. … Continue reading TV Review: Haunted Hotel – Season 2
TV Review: Below
Nab your next Netflix obsession, hook line and sinker! From creator and showrunner Jesse McKeown, the aquatic horror-infused drama comes packed to the gills with an ensemble cast and a Newfoundland setting that’s utterly to die for. Weaving together dramatic tension, family dynamics, and a dash of sci-fi, Below nails that binge-worthy tone, and immediately … Continue reading TV Review: Below
TV Review: Carrie
For being one of the shortest books in Stephen King‘s entire bibliography, Carrie has somehow been adapted into a 70s cult classic, an entertaining sequel to the original, a TV movie designed as a backdoor pilot that never took off, and a stylish remake. That’s a whole lot of mileage for a concise novel. What … Continue reading TV Review: Carrie
TV Review: East of Eden
Zoe Kazan takes on John Steinbeck’s sprawling American classic with East of Eden, a seven-episode limited series from Netflix focused on compelling gender dynamics and generational trauma. Midsommar scream queen Florence Pugh takes on antihero Cathy Ames, while Christopher Abbott (Possessor) and Mike Faist (Challengers) play brothers Adam and Charles Trask. Adam and Charles endure … Continue reading TV Review: East of Eden
American Horror Story Revisited: Every Season Ranked
For more than a decade, American Horror Story has reinvented itself over and over again. By design, its unique structure makes the series special and unlike any other. Haunted houses, asylums, witches, freak shows, hotels, cults, summer camps, aliens, serial killers, vampires, the AIDS epidemic: Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's anthology has seemingly left no … Continue reading American Horror Story Revisited: Every Season Ranked
TV Review: The Creep Tapes – Season 3
Three seasons deep into its surprising run on Shudder, The Creep Tapes continues a signature brand of found footage with exciting, frequently horrific new episodes. Following the trend of the past, just six installments, barely 20 minutes each, make for an easy binge that will chill you to the bone by the time it concludes. … Continue reading TV Review: The Creep Tapes – Season 3
TV Review: The Shards
Who better to helm Bret Easton Ellis's magnum opus, The Shards, than provocateur and master showrunner Ryan Murphy? On paper, everything about Murphy's seductive new series is a perfect fit. In execution, no other creative team could have pulled this off quite the same. There's a disturbing serial killer, a wicked game of cat and … Continue reading TV Review: The Shards
TV Review: Lucky – Season 1
Crime thriller Lucky, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, totally lives up to the prestige quality of many Apple TV titles. In fact, the series is so well-written that it could conceivably become a long running staple on the streaming platform despite being billed as a limited miniseries. Collecting an entire A-list ensemble—including genre mainstay Timothy Olyphant, major … Continue reading TV Review: Lucky – Season 1
TV Review: Elle – Season 1
It has been over twenty years since Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde. In that time, the public has moved on to other super cutesy movies like Barbie. Razor-sharp fashionista Elle Woods has faded a little into obscurity. The original film is still seen as a perfect time capsule of the early 2000s, and … Continue reading TV Review: Elle – Season 1