Television Reviews

Anthology horror efforts come and go, with some being more memorable than others. However, not every one of them has been preserved forever. Such is the case with the CBS series, The Television Ghost, broadcast way back in the early 1930s! Due to its early, experimental nature, neither the audio …

Did you know children’s author Roald Dahl hosted a horror anthology series? That’s right! In fact, he actually hosted more than one. However, today we’re looking back at Roald Dahl’s short-lived-yet-neat series, Way Out, from 1961. Wikipedia is not wrong when it says, “Dahl, his face projected in a disconcerting …

I am a massive Stephen King fan, so I was delighted when I found out that the new Epix TV show, Chapelwaite, was based on his short story, Jerusalem’s Lot, from his short story collection, Night Shift. Synopsis: Set in the 1850s, the series follows Captain Charles Boone (Brody), who relocates …

Do you have a plan for the apocalypse? Neither did Josh Wheeler, but that didn’t stop him from having the time of his life! Based off of a 2011 graphic novel by Bryan Ralph, Daybreak tells the story of Josh (Colin Ford: Under the Dome TV series) as he navigates …

The dawning of October 2, 1959, will live in horror infamy forever. Without knowing it, the life of the anthology story was about to change. It was the birth of the blending of worlds, and the creation of a show where anything was possible. The Twilight Zone aired its pilot on …

This whole month, I’ve been trying to watch horror anime that demonstrates the range of the medium. We’ve had emotional stories, thrillers and impossibly weird non-linear storytelling, and all of it fits into one subgenre of horror or another. One thing we’ve been missing, though, is a mind-peeling, hair-whitening, balls-through-the-wall …

In our last AniMay review, we focused on Naoki Urasawa‘s Monster (you can read the article here) and anime’s potential to step outside of itself and tell a straightforward horror/thriller story. This week, we’re stepping back into anime’s wheelhouse with a story about one of the most persistent tropes in …

It’s week 2 of PopHorror’s month long horror anime deep dive. This means it’s time for something different. In last week’s article on When They Cry (read that one here), we discussed this quintessential horror anime, which is full of hyperbolized emotions, wonky pacing, reliance on Japanese folklore, and environmental …

There are very few horror movies that affect me like the ones that come out of Japan. Steeped in the myths and folklore of the region and dripping with a pantheon of fears I don’t understand but feel with every inch of my skin, Japanese horror movies like Takashi Miike’s …

In our modern world, we have various television shows featuring gothic horror themes. Every once in awhile, we get one that is a cut above the rest… visualistic, captivating, brilliant in cinematography and brimming with acting talent. For this generation, Penny Dreadful is that television series, one that is worth …