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New TV Reviews (Early 2019) What We Do In The Shadows (2019) For those that enjoyed the film, the new TV reboot is an absolute success. It may not have any of the same stars on-screen but original creators, Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clemant (gotta love both of them), are at it once again with producing, writing and directing duties. The show, taking place in the same universe as the film, takes the same formula and transports this new family of vampires to New York City. The humour is both similar and fresh enough to appeal to fans of the original and newcomers alike. The core cast is fantastic - playing similar caricature-esque archetypes while also imbuing the world's lore with some new surprises, such as with Colin Robinson, the 'Energy Sucking Vampire' - 'we all know one of them'. There have only been two episodes released so far and therefore everyone still has time to jump on-board with this additional sure-to-be-hit by FX. The Twilight Zone (2019) ...

It has recently been announced that Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House will be returning for a second season. The show will become an anthology series with the new season being called  The Haunting of Bly Manor , based on the classic 1898 horror novella, The Turning of The Screw , by Henry James. It was quite predictable that a new season would be announced considering the first's high acclamations, however, the bar has been set so high that one can nevertheless be a bit apprehensive about a new season coming out. As you will read below, I thought that the first season was one of the best things I watched in all of 2018... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Haunting of Hill House  (2018) Horror is not for everyone - most can agree with that. However, horror at its best can be as provocative and as salient as the best of any other genre. Most times, the great horror stories will be built upon a metaphor or a resonating them...