‘SCREAM QUEENS’ “Chainsaw” Review

September 30, 2015 by J Simpson Posted in Reviews, Television, TV Reviews Tagged Ariana Grande, Emma Roberts, Fox, Glen Powell, Horror, Jamie Lee Curtis, Keke Williams, Niecy Nash, Oliver Hudson, Scream Queens, Skyler Samuels, TV Recaps, TV Reviews 2 Comments

2015 has been a pretty horrorshow year for horror television. Between the high-profile, high-production-value extended Slasher Flick of MTV’s Scream: The Series and Fox’s frankly hilarious horror/comedy Scream Queens, 2015 stands to be remembered as a gold standard year for the format, helping us all to move on from the mostly underwhelming snorefest that was True Detective Season 2 and the uncertainty in our hearts towards Fear The Walking Dead. Read More

FEAR THE WALKING DEAD ‘Cobalt’ Review

September 29, 2015 by J Simpson Posted in Reviews, Television, TV Reviews Tagged Alycia Debnam-Carey, Fear The Walking Dead, Kim Dickens, Lorenzo James Henrie, Rubén Blades, Shawn Hatosy, TV Reviews, What Is Cobalt? 2 Comments

In which difficult choices are made; some “good guys” are not so good; some other “good guys” remain the same; things get smashed; and a mysterious new character is introduced. Things are coming to a head, as Fear The Walking Dead reaches its culmination. We’ve left the rules behind as the morality of this world are becoming a thing of the past; the ensemble is introduced to a new world of brutality. We’ll also find out what our characters are really made of and what the Army is really up to. Read More

FEAR THE WALKING DEAD “Not Fade Away” Review

September 22, 2015 by J Simpson Posted in Television, TV Reviews, Uncategorized Tagged Alycia Debnam-Carey, Cliff Curtis, Fear The Walking Dead, Frank Dillane, Jamie McShane, Kim Dickens, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Rubén Blades, TV Recaps, TV Reviews 2 Comments

The action heats up and starts to boil up on “Not Fade Away”, despite the calm on the surface and a decided dearth of Walkers.

Fear The Walking Dead has been a slow burn, thus far, taking the time to develop characters and establish the tension that ultimately makes it so successful. While many have criticized Fear The Walking Dead for being a “family drama with zombies”, that’s exactly what the creators were going for. It provides a necessary emotional subtext to really feel the onset of Armageddon. Read More

FEAR THE WALKING DEAD “The Dog” Review

September 15, 2015 by J Simpson Posted in Reviews, Television, TV Reviews Tagged AMC, Cliff Curtis, Fear The Walking Dead, Frank Dillane, Kim Dickens, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Rubén Blades, TV Recaps, Zombies 2 Comments

The action’s heating up, as three families in AMC’s Fear The Walking Dead leave this world behind, encroaching further into the iconic ruin of the Walker-infested wasteland.

“Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.” – Werner Herzog

The most striking moment from an episode full of suspense, melodrama, and exploding heads was a quiet one. Travis Manawa (Cliff Curtis) and his first family, with another family, the Salazars, in the back of his pick-up, making his way to Madison’s (Kim Dickens) house. As the worried families drive in silence, the sprawling bejewelled nighttime carpet of Los Angeles is plunged into darkness, as the power outage takes hold and spreads.

FEAR THE WALKING DEAD, Episode 1 ‘Pilot’ Recap/Review

August 24, 2015 by J Simpson Posted in Reviews, Television, TV Reviews Tagged Alycia Debnam-Carey, AMC, Cliff Curtis, Fear The Walking Dead, Frank Dillane, Horror, Kim Dickens, The Walking Dead, TV Recaps, Zombies 5 Comments

“What the hell is going on?” – Madison
“I have no idea.” – Travis
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Imagine waking up in some unfamiliar place, dazed and disoriented. You stumble downstairs to a charnel house of cadavers, finding one of your good friends chewing off another friend’s face. What would you do? This cognitive dissonance, this mammalian panic terror is the core of what makes Fear The Walking Dead so deadly effective, as well as what separates it from its mothership. Read More