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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Halloween/Television Edition - Horror
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October 24 - Halloween Edition: Rituals
October 31 - Halloween/Television Edition: Horror
I've seen some great horror series the past year or so and here are my favourites:
Penny Dreadful (2014 - 2016)
The Gist: Familiar classic horror characters work together to combat supernatural forces in Victorian England. I've said a few weeks ago that I tend to find horror shows with a period setting to have a slight edge in terms of scary atmosphere because the whole no electric lights made nights way more scarier and that people lives used to be ruled by so much superstition. What I had forgotten to add were that women and children were generally treated much more poorly, people with mental illness treated worse and medical science was terrible. You don't even need supernatural elements to make anything scary. Anyway what I'm trying to say is....Penny Dreadful has almost all off that and supernatural elements. Of course not to forget you favourite classic literary horror characters like Frankenstein and his monsters, Dorian Gray, Dracula, just to name a few. If you enjoy literary stuff, definitely check this out, it has a very literary feel to it with the dialog and references, beyond just using the familiar horror characters.
The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
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it's October again and it's time for the Halloween
Edition. Take a look at what's in store for the rest of the month.
October 10 - Halloween Edition: Teen Horror
October 17 - Halloween Edition: Jump Scares that Got You [Suggested by Brittani]
October 24 - Halloween Edition: Rituals
October 31 - Halloween/Television Edition: Horror
I've seen some great horror series the past year or so and here are my favourites:
Penny Dreadful (2014 - 2016)
The Gist: Familiar classic horror characters work together to combat supernatural forces in Victorian England. I've said a few weeks ago that I tend to find horror shows with a period setting to have a slight edge in terms of scary atmosphere because the whole no electric lights made nights way more scarier and that people lives used to be ruled by so much superstition. What I had forgotten to add were that women and children were generally treated much more poorly, people with mental illness treated worse and medical science was terrible. You don't even need supernatural elements to make anything scary. Anyway what I'm trying to say is....Penny Dreadful has almost all off that and supernatural elements. Of course not to forget you favourite classic literary horror characters like Frankenstein and his monsters, Dorian Gray, Dracula, just to name a few. If you enjoy literary stuff, definitely check this out, it has a very literary feel to it with the dialog and references, beyond just using the familiar horror characters.
The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
The
Gist: A broken family confronts the haunting memories of their time at
Hill House after a tragedy. I love this slow burning series that really takes its time in telling its story. It is just so well written and crafted making it a great haunting and tragic horror drama series. If you didn't know yet the series has become an anthology series and it seems it's continuing with the theme of haunted literary houses, with the second season called The Haunting of Bly Manor; the Bly manor from The Turn of the Screw. I'm looking forward to seeing it.
Evil (2019 - )
The Gist: A priest-in-training and two skeptics, a psychologist and a contractor investigate miracles, demonic possessions and other unexplained occurrences to determine if there is a scientific explanation or if it is truly supernatural. This is a new series and so far it has been really good. There are some creepy stuff in this, both the supernatural variety and the psychological variety too. Look out for the fourth episode, it is a standout chilling one about parents of a possibly psychopathic young boy who are at their wits end dealing with him and have resorted to requesting an exorcism for their child.
Evil (2019 - )
The Gist: A priest-in-training and two skeptics, a psychologist and a contractor investigate miracles, demonic possessions and other unexplained occurrences to determine if there is a scientific explanation or if it is truly supernatural. This is a new series and so far it has been really good. There are some creepy stuff in this, both the supernatural variety and the psychological variety too. Look out for the fourth episode, it is a standout chilling one about parents of a possibly psychopathic young boy who are at their wits end dealing with him and have resorted to requesting an exorcism for their child.
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We share a pick with Penny Dreadful. I loved the show and I'm really excited about the new sequel thingy coming up.
ReplyDeleteHaunting of Hill House is on my Netflix list but I haven't had time yet to check it out.
Yeah I know about the Penny Dreadful sequel. The thing that drew me to Penny Dreadful was the literary theme. They are changing it up with the sequel which is going to be I think Mexican folklore, I'm not too sure, anyway it is one I'm not familiar with so have to wait for the trailer to see if it's worth checking out.
DeleteWe match on Haunting of Hill House! I didn't realize it was being turned into an anthology, I'll definitely be checking that out.
ReplyDeleteI've seen a few adaptation of Turn of the Screw, so I am looking forward with their take on it.
DeleteConsidering I watch so many shows, it's surprising I have seen none of these. Penny Dreadful poster really pulls me in right now though.
ReplyDeleteI am surprised too. I thought you would have watched either Penny Dreadful or Haunting of Hill House.
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