- John Hansen
- July 9, 2017
All 22 installments of ‘Kolchak: The Night Stalker’ (1972-75), ranked
Like most people who weren’t around when it was on the air, I was inspired to check out “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” (1974-75) – and its preceding
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- John Hansen
- June 23, 2017
‘The Mist’ expands further in the form of a TV series
Anyone who has driven through a thick Atlantic Coast fog that limits vision to 5 feet in front of your car knows that few experiences
- John Hansen
- June 21, 2017
‘Blood Drive’ brings grindhouse style to TV
“Grindhouse” was among my favorite films of 2007 and “Machete” was my No. 1 movie three years later. Although I am almost totally ignorant of
- John Hansen
- May 8, 2017
Noxon’s ‘Point Pleasant’ (2005) an interesting failure
Marti Noxon wrote three of my top 20 “Buffy” episodes – second to only Joss Whedon – and in recent years she struck gold again
- John Hansen
- January 16, 2017
Negan, the scariest TV villain of all time, has turned ‘The Walking Dead’ into a slog (TV review)
Inevitability doesn’t make for great TV. That’s what fans of “The Walking Dead” are finding out in this seventh season (which will resume Feb. 12). It began
- John Hansen
- January 2, 2017
‘The Secret Circle’ (2011-12) is secretly kinda good
“The Secret Circle” (2011-12, The CW; now available on Netflix) shouldn’t be nearly as good as it is, but because every actor plays the witches-and-spells mythology
- John Hansen
- November 16, 2016
Eighties nostalgia is strong with ‘Stranger Things’ Season 1
The 1980s nostalgia is strong with the 2016 Netflix series “Stranger Things.” The eight-episode first season, which came out in July and rates a staggering 9.0 on
- John Hansen
- September 24, 2016
‘The Exorcist’ enjoyably brings scares to small screen
It’s hard to imagine what new ground can be broken in the “Exorcist” universe, which has spawned five movies and two William Peter Blatty novels.
- John Hansen
- August 8, 2016
Martin puts mark on horror genre with ‘Slasher’ Season 1
“Dead of Summer” and the second season of “Scream” are big reasons why 2016 has become the year of the slasher TV series, but the
- John Hansen
- July 21, 2016
‘Dead of Summer’ and ‘Scream’ make Tuesday nights great again
For the first time since “Gilmore Girls” and “Veronica Mars” aired back-to-back nearly a decade ago, Tuesday night has become appointment-TV night again. A couple