Horror TV

‘Harper’s Island’ (2009) shows slashers can work in TV miniseries format

Going through a bit of “The Killing” withdrawal, I decided to finally check out a rather well-respected murder-mystery summer series from three years ago, “Harper’s Island” (2009,

READ MORE

Best approach in zombie apocalypse: Democracy or Ricktatorship? (TV commentary)

“The Walking Dead” wrapped up its mostly great second season on Sunday with the epic farmstead battle we expected, plus a couple new elements — a

READ MORE

Did Shane want to die on ‘The Walking Dead?’ (TV commentary)

Maybe it’s because I’m in the midst of some serious “Angel” geekery with my “Rewatching the classics” project, but the Shane-Rick showdown in last night’s “The

READ MORE

Should the group trust Randall on ‘The Walking Dead?’

Watching last night’s episode of “The Walking Dead” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC) — where Randall is tortured by Daryl and nearly executed at gunpoint by

READ MORE

Network TV takes another crack at found-footage horror with ‘The River’

There’s nothing else on TV like “The River” (8 p.m. Central Tuesdays on ABC), so maybe it’s unfair to say this about a show that’s trying to

READ MORE

Midseason TV preview: The momentum continues? (Commentary)

Fall 2011 served up so many good shows, and so few of them have been canceled, that it’s easy to overlook the midseason premieres. Yet

READ MORE

Best TV decision in recent memory: ‘American Horror Story’ to start new yarn in Season 2 (Commentary)

I loved “American Horror Story” when it first started out, then kind of cooled on it toward the end of the season. It didn’t become flat-out bad,

READ MORE

A&E doing a beautiful adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘Bag of Bones’ (TV review)

“Bag of Bones” (1998) is one of my favorite Stephen King books, so it’s refreshing to see A&E doing a beautiful job adapting it. (Part one

READ MORE

What happened to ‘The Walking Dead’s’ Sophia? (and 6 other burning TV questions) (Commentary)

Part of why it’s been a great TV season is that there are so many compelling questions that keep us watching from week to week.

READ MORE

Oh my god, they killed Otis! (and thoughts on falls to the dark side) (TV and movie commentary)

Kind of a jerk move by Shane to kill Otis on Sunday’s episode of “The Walking Dead” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC), huh? But also a

READ MORE