Category: Transfer 8
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Acclaimed filmmaker Frank Darabont (The Mist¸The Shawshank Redemption) makes a triumphant return to the director’s chair for the penultimate episode of volume 1 of the final season to the Duffer Brothers’ fantasy-horror coming of age opus, Stranger Things. “The Turnbow Trap” is a smorgasbord of an episode filled to the brim with electrifying set pieces…
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When I wrote about Takashi Miike directing an episode of anime cat series Nyaight of the Living Cat in my Fantasia preview article, I had no idea what the show was about. I’ll be honest, I assumed it somehow mashed up the principal pieces of George A. Romero’s classic Night of the Living Dead to…
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I honestly didn’t know what to make of The Trouble with Tessa when I first heard about it. The image was striking, and it looked as though Screambox used the same artist who did the poster work for their anthology series, Tales from the Void, as I stared closely at the watercolor art with tempered…
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It’s been a minute since Shudder unleashed a new scripted series on us (not since The Creep Tapes in November, I think), and Hell Motel seemed to have come out of left field at us this month. Honestly, if it weren’t for the creepy poster of a horned masked figure standing behind a motel counter,…
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Shadow & Substance is a bi-weekly column that explores the world of film and TV, especially in the genres of sci-fi and horror. Asking the questions and exploring the answers that lie in the middle ground between light and shadow. Why is Doctor Who rejecting horror in favor of whimsy? Doctor Who is an iconic…
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After Fixed Frequency, I thought the trajectory for Tales from the Void showed signs that the series would steadily rise as we approached the finale. But in episode three, Starlight, showrunners John Thomas Kelley and Francesco Loschiavo may have missed the mark and played their sardonic hand a little too sharply. Based on João André…
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If the first episode of Screambox’s latest anthology series, Tales from the Void, didn’t kick you in the gut the way it did me, then maybe episode two, Fixed Frequency, will be more your style. The season’s sophomore episode is based on the subreddit r/nosleep story “I Used to Hack Baby Monitors. One Night, I Learned My…
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What is your favorite episode of The Twilight Zone? Tough question, I know. There are just so many good ones to choose from. There’s “Where is Everybody?” the unforgettable pilot. “Time Enough at Last,” with Burgess Meredith and his books. “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” where William Shatner sees something on the wing of his plane.…