- John Hansen
- June 30, 2016
‘Dead of Summer’ camps out in familiar slasher territory
“Dead of Summer” (9 p.m. Eastern Tuesdays on Freeform) doesn’t break a single clod of new ground, but it’s a slick summer horror series that almost
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- John Hansen
- June 23, 2016
‘American Gothic’ doesn’t stand out from the horror-mystery pack
A summer mystery/horror miniseries has to achieve a pretty low bar for me to not give it more than one episode, but “American Gothic” (10 p.m. Eastern
- John Hansen
- June 1, 2016
‘Scream: The TV Series’ starts to reward loyal fans in Season 2
“Scream: The TV Series” (11 p.m. Eastern Mondays on MTV) gradually got better over the course of its first season, and with the second-season premiere, it
- John Hansen
- March 21, 2016
‘The Walking Dead’ goes back to the beginning of civilization (TV commentary)
In my past posts about “The Walking Dead,” I’ve analyzed how some communities stand as metaphors for forms of government – Woodbury as a fascist state, Terminus
- John Hansen
- November 3, 2015
‘The Walking Dead’ teaches us about the value of life (TV commentary)
Sunday’s episode of “The Walking Dead” featured cinematographically beautiful scenes of Morgan and his mentor, Eastman, practicing the martial art of aikido, along with powerfully acted moments
- John Hansen
- October 31, 2015
Pre-‘Lost’ Matthew Fox stars in moody ‘Haunted’ (2002)
“Haunted” (2002, UPN) is one of the bevy of shows that aired between the end of “The X-Files” and the start of “Fringe” that tried to
- John Hansen
- September 23, 2015
Murphy, Falchuk take horror shtick to network TV with ‘Scream Queens’
My list of new fall shows to watch is increasingly revealing itself to be a list of wishful thinking. Following “Minority Report” and “Blindspot,” “Scream Queens” (9
- John Hansen
- September 21, 2015
‘Fear the Walking Dead,’ ‘Strain’ villains want power for power’s sake (TV review)
A couple seasons ago on “The Walking Dead,” Rick and the gang agree to march toward Washington, D.C., on Eugene’s promise that there was a
- John Hansen
- August 25, 2015
First episode impressions: ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ (TV review)
For five seasons, “The Walking Dead” has revealed the flaws of societal structure through a world struggling to rebuild that structure. But we never saw
- John Hansen
- August 22, 2015
2015: The summer of horror TV (Commentary)
Entertainment trends are a funny thing. Horror movie releases have slowed to a trickle, whereas a decade ago there was a new one in theaters