TV Show Reviews

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 …

Time to talk about 13 Demon Street. Though short-lived, this old, Swedish-American horror anthology show was hosted by the great Lon Chaney, Jr. In addition to being the son of film icon Lon Chaney, the actor had already enjoyed success as The Wolf Man in 1941 and other Universal Horror …

David Farr’s The Night Manager is a miniseries based on a novel of the same name by John le Carré. With an enormously talented cast of Tom Hiddleston (Avengers, Crimson Peak), Hugh Laurie (House, Stuart Little), Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby, Tenet), and Olivia Colman (Hot Fuzz, The Crown), this …

Quite often in the world of television, opportunities are missed, seemingly for no good reason at all. When searching for examples of this, look no further than the horror/suspense anthology, The Veil. Why did it never officially air on television? The series had a lot going for it, including having …

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 …

One needn’t mince words about it: The Twilight Zone (read our retro review here) is one of the greatest sci-fi/fantasy/horror anthology series ever to grace people’s living rooms. In fact, the CBS show was so well done, it’s almost shocking that it originally only lasted 5 seasons. In any case, …

“What you are about to see is a matter of human record. Explain it: we cannot. Disprove it: we cannot. We simply invite you to explore with us the amazing world of the unknown… to take that One Step… Beyond.” ?— John Newland, host of ABC’s One Step Beyond Once …

Alfred Hitchcock is an icon for a reason. Well, okay, it’s for more than one reason. One of those is the classic television anthology series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, which alternates between his humorous monologues and themes of crime, drama, thrills and horror. In his standard, dry tone, Hitchcock even refers …

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 …

Netflix is known for their great original series, so when I first heard about The Last Kids on Earth, I was totally psyched. This new series is adaptation based on Max Brallier’s best-seller. When I first started the series, it was mostly for my interview with Nick Wolfhard (read my …