Halloween is in the air, and we’re breaking from the rewatch for the new Friday the 13th prequel series, Crystal Lake, premiering this Thursday, October 15, on Peacock. We’ve seen the first couple of episodes, and I think you’re gonna like it! It’s surprisingly fun, with some dark comedy, and the great Linda Cardellini putting in an incredible performance as Pamela Voorhees. Even if you don’t usually like slasher flicks, I recommend giving this one a shot. Like with The Walking Dead, this series is about the characters.
Cohosting with me will be two of the biggest horror fans I know, Nathan and Jayme, and in this ep we get you ready by going back to the beginning, with some talk about Friday the 13th Parts 1 & 2. I had not seen these since the early ‘80s, when I was 11 years old, and I was a little freaked out to revisit them. But it ended up being a pleasure to be transported to another time. These are classic slasher flicks though, so be warned!
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Next up: Crystal Lake S1E1&2 “Camp Crystal” & “Part 2”. Let us know your thoughts!
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- Widow’s Bay, the multiple-Emmy-winning show about a cursed New England island town and the befuddled mayor trying to bring tourism to it that somehow manages to be charmingly quirky, creepy as hell, and laugh-out-loud funny. Covered by me and Karen.
- Lanterns, the prestige TV-meets-comics, gritty, small-town crime show featuring galactic space cops. Covered by me, Kirk, and Jim.
- Severance, the mysterious, mind-bending, amusingly strange Apple TV workplace thriller about identity, memory, and corporate control. Covered by me and Karen. (!)
- Pluribus, the Twilight-Zoney Apple TV show from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, covered by me and Karen.
- It: Welcome to Derry, the horrific HBO series, prequel to the recent It movies based on the Stephen King book. Covered by me and Shawn of Strange Indeed.
- Fallout, the crazy, funny, retro-futuristic post-apocalyptic series on Amazon Prime Video. Covered by me, Kara, and Kasi.
- Alien: Earth, the heady, gross-out FX/Hulu sci-fi series based on the Alien movies. Covered by me, Randy, and Kara.
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