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In a coup for its on-demand and linear TV outlets, the BBC has acquired The Watch from BBC Studios, a high-concept drama inspired by characters created by Sir Terry Pratchett, and is bringing it to BBC iPlayer as a box set and also for BBC Two.
The 8x45’ series follows an unlikely group, The City Watch, who are forced to find the guts to save the world, surprising even themselves in the process. The series pits trolls, werewolves, wizards and other improbable heroes against an evil plot to resurrect a great dragon which would lead to the destruction of life as they know it.
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And this is the way it could all end: With humanity confronting an implacable force, virulent beyond any imagination. We cower and cling to the tenuous security of our homes, helplessly watching as friends and loved-ones succumb. The government, ill-equipped to cope with the challenge, eventually flounders and fails, and social norms collapse, surrendering civilization into the hands of the brutish and ignorant.
But enough about 2020. Let’s talk zombies!
Surprising to think that George Romero had a fifty-year head start in prepping us for the worst year in… well, if not human history, at least since that period in the Seventies when wide lapels were in style. And in the decades that followed, he and his colleagues continued to find ways to use the rising of animated corpses to deconstruct everything from consumer culture to the efficacy of government emergency systems to WWII heroics. In fact, the zombie genre has covered the gamut so thoroughly that filmmakers have pretty much
“Dissecting Horror” Continues Today at 6 PM (PST) Now with the Creatives of JAKOB’S WIFE
Join us today at 6 PM (PST) for a free Dissecting Horror panel with the creatives behind JAKOB S WIFE! By Josh Millican
“Dissecting Horror” digital panel series will take place today
(Wednesday, April 21st) at 6 pm PST. It’s with the creative talent from
Jakob’s Wife. Panelists include director/co-writer Travis Stevens and composer Tara Busch plus two of the film’s stars: Barbara Crampton (who also serves as a producer), and Bonnie Aarons. I’ll be moderating.
RLJE Films released the film in theaters and On Demand back on April 16th. Shudder will premiere