Category: Television

REVIEW: Dead of Summer, Episode 101

 

When the fall is over all you can do is rely on summer shows to keep yourself entertained. As summer shows come and go, Dead of Summer was a very enjoyable one. It is creepy, sometimes scary, the characters are really well developed, there is a big mystery that ultimately makes sense, and not to mention that it is also very surprising, especially closer to the end. This now being the era of anthologies (at least that is what it looks like because there seems to be a new one at every corner) this show didn’t really add anything special to the world of television. If it had been done a few years earlier it would probably had been more successful and thus it would have been renewed. Dead of Summer was, in my opinion, a show with potential but which was cut down before it had the chance to make an impact, which unfortunately happens a lot. Who knows if this show would have been able to turn into the new American Horror Story?

“Looks can be deceiving” can definitely be this season’s mantra and we kind of start to see that in this first episode, entitled “Patience”. But of course that what is deceiving in this pilot is just a taste of what’s to come, because it isn’t even comparable to some plot twists that we will see throughout these short 10 episodes.

The main plot of the show happens in 1989, when a woman known as Deb decides to reopen a summer camp, Camp Stillwater. Deb was kind of a sideline character in this episode, so let’s move on to the people who weren’t: the counselors. The first one we meet is Amy, who is not just a newbie to Camp Stillwater, but to summer camp in general. Everyone else is in for the ride mostly for some nostalgia of the good old days. She has a bit of a hard time fitting in at first, but by the end of this episode she is a lot more into the camp spirit.

But everyone has secrets, and sweet Amy is no different: in flashbacks we found out that, while trying to sneak out of a party with a friend, Margo, because Amy couldn’t pull her back up nor hold her hand forever, Margo fell to her death. Camp Stillwater knows about this, and so it uses it against her in multiple times. While trying to restore electricity and later while she was just thinking by the lake, multiple creepy hands start reaching out to her. This is what Camp Stillwater does, it finds your most terrifying moment and makes you relive it time and time again.

But Amy was far from the only counselor we met in this episode. We also met: Jessie, who seems to be the camp Bitch; Drew, a boy who turned out to be a girl in the end; Alex, who seems to steal shirts; Cricket, who wants people to think she is way more naughty than she actually is; Blair, who actually doesn’t seem to be hiding much; Joel, who seems to live with a camera in his hand; and Blotter, who seems like the “consequences be damned” kind of guy. Even Deb seems to have some secrets of her own, because people with nothing to hide don’t usually go unbury boxes in the woods during the night. Aside from the camp people, we even got to meet Deputy Sykes, also known as Townie, who really seems to be interested in this new mystery surrounding Camp Stillwater.

Some people may think that it is too soon for bodies to start piling up right in the pilot, but the Dead of Summer writers beg to differ. Aside from a dead deer, Amy found the body of the Gardner of the camp, Dave, when she was swimming in the lake. This took her and Sykes to his cabin where they found lots of creepy pictures of dead people and a map that made the lake look like a beast. Apparently not everyone was OK with them finding it, so they burned down the cabin with Amy and Sykes still inside.

This was, in my opinion, a good pilot. It was full of mystery, some action, some creepiness. What is really interesting about this show is that each episode will focus on a different character, allowing us to see the story through their perspective, to see a glimpse of their past stories, find out how they decided to join Stillwater again and also discover what they are hiding.

Now looking at this episode in an isolate way, I will give it a 7.5/10. I don’t want to aim too high, because, even though this episode was cool, much better ones are coming.

Dead of Summer is just getting started, and so are my reviews. Episode 2 is entitled “Barney Rubble Eyes”, and it will be Alex’s centric, so don’t miss it.

REVIEW: Once Upon A Time in Wonderland, Episode 112

Once Upon A Time in Wonderland is closer and closer to the finish line and in the penultimate episode, entitled “To Catch a Thief”, Jafar finally gets what he wants when he forces some heroes to work beside him.

In flashbacks we find out how the beautiful and strong friendship between Alice and the Knave started, and even though Cora didn’t make an appearance this time, she was definitely the one pulling the strings. These flashback scenes weren’t actually very relevant to the story, since we already knew that Alice was the one who stole Will’s heart from Cora and that Will didn’t put it back in his chest, but it was still nice to see these two start bonding, and it was also quite funny in some scenes. But what I enjoyed most in these flashbacks was the very last scene of it. After Will helped Alice kidnap the Rabbit to show Edwin that Wonderland is real, these two mates go down separate paths and the last thing Will tells Alice is “A great girl like you won’t be alone for long. I have a feeling your happy ending is right around the corner”. And this was exactly what happened because Alice was then seconds away from meeting Cyrus and starting the greatest adventure of her life.

Back to the present now, Jafar is definitely the kind of guy who works alone, because for the past 11 episodes his partnerships never last long. In this episode another one of his companions leaves him. And the best thing about it is that when she does, he doesn’t even know it. Positively sure that Jafar won’t live up to his word, the Jabberwocky joins the heroes in an attempt to regain her freedom. In the scene they cross paths, we find out that a happy ending can also be provided to this villain. Once again, Evil isn’t born, it’s made, but so is good. The Jabberwocky thinks she might change once Jafar is gone for good, in a scene that made me feel bad for her. That is what Once Upon A Time does: it makes you love all characters, no matter in which side of the chess board they are on.

The serpent staff now being the last thing Jafar needs to complete the spell, this sorcerer enlists Will’s help to get it, giving him hope that perhaps he will bring Anastasia back to life. With no other option of getting his love back, Will goes to Alice and Cyrus to do just that. After another beautiful scene between Alice and Will, he realizes that there is always another way, and with the Jabberwocky’s help they come up with a plan to free Amara and stop Jafar. But plans never end up the way we want them to, and, though they were able to free Jafar’s father from prison and Amara from the staff, things take another very surprising turn when, like in the previous episode, another major character is killed by the ruthless Jafar, this time it was Cyrus. Proving that Cyrus and Alice share true love and are soulmates, Alice was able to feel Cyrus’ death, even though she wasn’t very near him nor wasn’t she seeing how things were unfolding.

 

Those last final minutes (expect Cyrus’ death) were very enjoyable to watch. With the season finishing it was to assume that Jafar was finally going down, but it turned out to be the other way around, because it seems he gets more and more powerful every episode, and especially now. I never get tired of seeing Alice kicking ass, and so I found it awesome watching her fight all those guards. Watching the magical battle between Amara and Jafar was also really great. I do love watching two sorcerers fight. Hearing Amara say that no matter who would win the fight, Jafar would lose anyway, made it seem even more like things were getting to a closing point, but as usual Jafar outsmarted everyone, doing with Amara the same thing he did with Will, doing something that is almost irreversible, unless you can break the laws of magic.

Once Upon A Time in Wonderland is really getting better and better and things are really getting to a looming point. I am giving this episode a 9.4/10.

With only the season/series finale remaining, and with Jafar finally getting what he wanted from the beginning, things promise to get really intense, so don’t miss my next review of “And They Lived…”.

American Horror Story: Cult Showcases Twisty in Haunting Comic Book

AHS showcases Twisty in haunting comic-book

The premiere of the upcoming season of American Horror Story is only a couple of days away, and the show is not losing any time.

To build up excitement, they’ve brought back our favourite twisted clown.

Twisty The Clown (played by John Carroll Lynch during Freak Show) comes back during Cult in comic-book and toy form.

Check it out:

PREVIEW: American Horror Story, Season 7

If there is a show that could last forever and still always be interesting, that is American Horror Story. After almost a year break (it feels much longer though), this famous creepy show is back next Tuesday. I am very excited to start watching it because this new season looks great, and this show needs that because Seasons 4 and 5 weren’t, in my opinion, very good. Season 6 felt like a rise, but still far from the show’s peak.

With a new season, comes a new theme and this year the show will focus on Cult. The season will be the aftermath of the newest USA election results, and will have Sarah Paulson as the main character, which makes the audience (or at least me) more and more eager to watch this season, since she is an amazing actress. She will play Ally Mayfair-Richards, a New-Yorker who has three weird phobias: fear of blood, anxiety for irregular patterns in objects with holes or bumps (yes, apparently that’s a thing) and fear of clowns.

Speaking of clowns, you will probably be terrified every minute of all episodes if you share Ally’s last fear. This Cult’s favorite outfits seems to be a clown-like figure and Ryan Murphy will most certainly use that against us all. Like bees, these clowns are always around and in groups. Plus, the famous Twisty the Clown is coming back for more creepy appearances. Even though, as I said, I didn’t like Freak Show very much, Twisty was my favorite part of it and so I am glad (and terrified) he is back. If you want to know what he has been up to, I suggest you click here.

To make things a bit more terrifying, this season will have, as usual, a little bit of truth and history behind it. Aside from the present leader of the Cult, Kai Anderson, we will see other cult leaders, among them Charles Manson, David Koresh and Jim Jones; all of these played by the American Horror Story star Evan Peters. But these characters aren’t the only ones Peters will be playing this season. To join the list, we will also see him as Andy Warhol, a pop art creator who was shot by Valerie Solanas, who we will also see in our screen played by Lena Dunham in episode 7.

Aside from these actors, there will be others who are returning, like Cheyenne Jackson as Dr. Rudy Vincent, Ally’s psychologist; Adina Porter as Beverly Hope, and Emma Roberts as Serena Belinda, both reporters; and even Frances Conroy, but her character wasn’t yet revealed. There will also be some new comers like Alison Pill as Ivy Mayfair-Richards, Ally’s wife; Colton Haynes as Detective Samuels; Billie Lord as Winter Anderson (notice the family name is the same as Kai’s); among others. Unfortunately Kathy Bates, Lady Gaga and Jessica Lange will not be returning this season.

Season 7 definitely seems like one that will be comparable to the first 3 seasons (the best ones in my opinion) and I really hope I don’t come out disappointed. And I am not the only one saying this. There are already some reviews of the first few episodes and people are loving it. It also seems like it will have a big impact because it will mess with USA’s new president which is a more and more discussed subject around the world. I am glad they are not casting people to play Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. It could be nice, depending on what they would do, but it has more impact like this.

If you want to get ready for this season, why not watch (or rewatch) this trailer, some teasers, the new Intro and even this that is kind of a mixture of a trailer and a teaser. If you are looking for something (else) to creep you out and want to have a taste of Billie Lord’s character, why not watch this video.

The first of eleven episodes of the seventh season of American Horror Story will premiere next Tuesday, September 5th and the season premiere is entitled “Election Night”. Don’t forget to check both the episode and my review.

DC TV New Promo + Episode Titles for Supergirl and Arrow

October is quickly approaching, and with all the DC TV series coming back to the CW, fans are getting tons of new footage and titles to be excited about.

One of them is a new promo featuring all of our favorite superheroes, and a possible surprise or two… like the return of Cat Grant.

In the clips, she’s seen in a room full of reporters saying “go ahead, fire away,” suggesting that the Queen of Media (Calista Flockhart) is now President Olivia Marsdin’s new communications director.

Check it out:

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We also were lucky enough to get three new episode titles, two for Supergirl and one for Arrow.

Episode 3.05 and 3.06 of Supergirl will be called “Two Rings” and “Midvale,” respectively.

Episode 6.06 of Arrow will be called “Promises Kept.”

 

Courtney Ford Joins Cast of Legends of Tomorrow as Damien Darhk’s Daughter

Courtney Ford (Supernatural) is the latest addition to the cast of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Ford is set to recur as Eleanor, Damien Darhk’s daughter.

Eleanor possesses the ability to “manipulate others,” according to the article, and has been described as “cunning with a charming dose of otherworldly creepiness.”

A younger version of her character previously appeared on season 4 of Arrow, where she was known as Nora.

REVIEW: Midnight, Texas, Episode 106

Midnight, Texas returns this week for another episode, the sixth, entitled “Blinded by the Light” and answers started to pop up while a manhunt was organized by our favorite midnighters.

Everyone’s got secrets and in this episode the characters took most out of the way and that will definitely help in the upcoming war. Fiji revealed that the demon wasn’t quite as gone as everyone hoped, Joe revealed his angel self to everyone and an enemy between the allies was unmasked. Maybe it isn’t very fair to call Connor an ally, since he wasn’t quite on the team, but he sure as hell wasn’t considered an enemy. It was great that there was only one storyline in this episode. Usually there are more than one (in pretty much every show, not just this one) but I think it feels more relaxing a bit to follow an episode with only one storyline because you know that nothing else will be introduced.

The episode started with yet another missing girl and it didn’t take long for the team to find a connection between this and Aubrey’s death. The team divided to conquer and instead of the girl they were searching for, they found another one, which made me realize that they had a serial killer in their hands. I actually thought that Aubrey’s death had already been solved, that Lowry did it, but apparently that was just the official story. Not sure how I missed this, but well…

It was nice for a change to see that the big bad of the week wasn’t a supernatural threat, but a human one. Sure that most of the times human threats are boring but I don’t think this was the case. Of course that this is a supernatural show, but humans can be monsters too, and in this episode this was the case. What wasn’t so nice was how they developed Connor’s new persona. Of course that there are psychopaths and sociopaths, but I think it is common knowledge that they are not born this way (especially psychopaths), they usually go through some sort of traumatic event that changes them forever. The writers could have made that to be the death of Connor and Creek’s mother, but Connor said, while Creek thought they were talking about their father, that he was always wired differently. That is the only thing that felt off in this episode. However, it was still great to see this twist, I definitely did not see this coming, but at least Connor won’t be around to stall any longer like he did in episode 4.

This episode had more focus in Creek’s family, and it was surprisingly good. I don’t really like any of them since I think humans don’t really fit in these kinds of shows (expect Olivia, she’s awesome), but the way it was played made it enjoyable to watch. Creek’s brother is gone now (in a way that was so smooth that it almost made it feel like we had never seen Connor before), but her dad is still around. I don’t think he will stay for long, though. Creek is the one that looks like will stick around, but I guess that is fine since she seems to be the less of two evils.

But things took all kinds of turns and in this episode we learned that the enormous amount of ghosts in Midnight is making Manfred sick. This was later announced to be another consequence of the vail being very fragile. In fact, that is why all kinds of creatures have found their way to Midnight recently. I do love it when a show explains why they are always dealing with different threats. Sometimes monsters just pop up, and though they have their reasons, creatures showing up one after the other doesn’t often seem very realistic.

It appears that Midnight, Texas is back to what seems to be its main storyline: the demon and the prophecy. With Joe linked to this prophecy and with a Joe centric episode next week, it looks like this focus will continue. I don’t know why, but I really like Joe’s character, and in this episode he definitely helped to save the day. But now that he revealed himself it looks like “they” will come for him. It is unclear who “they” are but I think we will found out soon. Another great twist was that final scene. Joe made it seem like Chuy may not be human. I am not sure if that is what he meant, but it looked that way. Can’t wait to have answers.

This was definitely a really amazing episode, the best so far in my opinion, and so I am giving it an 8.3/10.

The seventh episode of this first season is entitled “Angel Heart” and it is due to air next week, so don’t miss my review.

Check Out These Two New Promos for DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

The CW has released two new promos for their upcoming season of Legends of Tomorrow.

One of the promos features some new footage for season 3, while the other one is an interview with producers of the show.

In the interview, Marc Guggenheim revealed one of the villains of season three would be someone from the Vixen animated series, adding that they’re hoping for a more “protracted” meeting of the Vixens.

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Game of Thrones Sets New Viewership Record… Again

Image: HBO.

Episode 7.07 of Game of Thrones “The Dragon and the Wolf” is now the most watched episode of the series.

The season finale drew 12.1 million viewers, almost two million ahead of the previously most watched episode, “Eastwatch.”

The previous season finale broke the same record at the time with 8.9 million viewers, and the finale for the very first season had 3 million viewers.

Source: TV Line.

Major Medusa Spoiler Revealed in Inhumans Promo

Marvel’s Inhumans apparently found the best way to save money… by shaving off Medusa’s hair.

That’s right, in the latest promo for the upcoming ABC series, Serida Swan rocks a shaved look as she beats the crap out of Auran.

The promo also features little clips of new footage and information about the plot.

Marvel’s Inhumans is set to hit IMAX theatres September 1 and later premiere on ABC September 29.