If you blew through all of the latest season of Black Mirror when it came out just before the new year and need your science fiction anthology fix, your ship has come in. Amazon’s new series Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams is live now with ten episodes to feed your hunger for wild, imaginative stories […]
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Hulu’s latest exclusive is an indie-horror anthology series
Recently, Hulu’s efforts to bolster its stable of exclusive programming (original and otherwise) has been in high gear. That trend continues with an as-of-now untitled horror anthology series from the macabre-centric Blumhouse Productions according to Variety. Rather than release an episode a week or all at once, they’ll be released once a month for 12 […]
‘Black Mirror’ Season 4 Review: The Dark Anthology Series Returns to Netflix
Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker’s dark, twisted, technology-driven Twilight Zone riff, is about return to Netflix for yet another season of woe and punishment. There’s a cold cosmic justice at work in Black Mirror; a sense that any transgression, no matter how mundane, will be met with the bleakest of punishments. It can often make for […]
‘Street Fighter’ anthology brings online play to classic brawlers
The original Street Fighter turned 30 this year, and Capcom is marking it in style… if a little late. It’s releasing a Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection in May 2018 that not only bundles many of the pre-3D titles (ranging from the first game through III 3rd Strike), but adds online multiplayer. Fire up II, […]
Every classic Street Fighter will land in a huge anthology in May 2018
Enlarge (credit: Capcom) During a major annual tournament for the fighting game Street Fighter V, the series’ creators at Capcom announced the biggest anthology ever for the series—if not for Capcom as a game maker. On Sunday, the developers interrupted their Capcom Cup event to unveil the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, which will combine […]
John Carpenter’s ‘Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998’ Resurrects the Horror Master’s Classic Music
Not only is John Carpenter an acclaimed filmmaker behind some of the best horror movies ever made – Halloween, The Thing, They Live – he’s also the creator of some of the best horror movie music. Just as E.T. wouldn’t be nearly as effective without John Williams’ orchestral score, Halloween would be a lesser film without Carpenter’s eerie yet simple themes, made up […]
‘Room 104’ Review: HBO’s Anthology Series Delivers Its Trump Episode With ‘Red Tent’
(Each week, we’ll kick off discussion about Room 104 by answering one simple question: what’s the strangest thing in Room 104?) It took almost a full season, but Room 104 has delivered its Trump episode. While his name is never mentioned, the specter of Donald Trump hangs heavy over “Red Tent.” He’s present in […]
‘Room 104’ Review: ‘Phoenix’ Takes the Anthology Series Back to 1969
(Each week, we’ll kick off discussion about Room 104 by answering one simple question: what’s the strangest thing in Room 104?) For the second time this season, Room 104 traveled back in time. “Phoenix” takes place in the late 1960s, just moments after a plane crash. The sole survivor is trying to make sense of […]
J.J. Abrams and B-Movie Legend Larry Cohen Are Making an Anthology Series
J.J. Abrams doesn’t waste his clout. The Star Wars: The Force Awakens director backs some talented filmmakers and even once oversaw a 4K restoration of the cult horror classic Phantasm. Abrams and Bad Robot did the restoration out of love for director Don Conscarelli’s work. Now, Abrams is collaborating with another filmmaker he admires, B-movie icon Larry Cohen, who directed It’s […]
Netflix Picks Up the Coen Brothers’ Anthology Series, ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’
The Coen Brothers’ venture into anthology series territory with The Ballad of Buster Scruggs became public knowledge back in January, and now it seems that the directorial bros have skipped straight to the peakiest of peak-TV territory. Scruggs, The Hollywood Reporterjust announced, will be a Netflix series. The Coen Brothers’ statement about this is, simply, “We’re streaming, motherfuckers!” The project […]
