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Is anyone watching Widows Bay? (Apple TV)
Can't get enough of this show right now and curious what people think so far. Feels as if Stephen King wrote Parks and Rec.
Can't get enough of this show right now and curious what people think so far. Feels as if Stephen King wrote Parks and Rec.
I'm loving it. horror comedy where the comedy doesnt undercut the weighty moments and main characters aren't complete idiots with respect to threats. performances are so strong.
im at the final episode, where things come to a head. looking forward to it! and the Emmys, fingers crossed.
I was very surprised myself. It's extremely difficult to get the tone right when you're mixing horror and comedy yet they nail it.
There's back to back scenes where they have some actually good horror (with some fun references thrown in too!) with an actually good comedy moment and SOMEHOW the comedy doesn't take me out the horror. It's not even a speedbump.
Really excellent writing and direction. If you'd asked me before I'd have said that it wouldn't be possible to mix the two genres so well, especially as so many have tried and usually end up as pure parody.
It's on my list as basically everyone is raving about it. Sadly all I can contribute but i'll probably start it this weekend.
you're in for a treat. You can binge or spread it out -- either will be equally enjoyable.
I watched the entire season a few weeks ago. It is a very good show. Good enough that I'll probably rewatch it.
It sounds like you have only watched some of it so far. When you mentioned that it seems like Stephen King wrote Parks & Rec, did you realize that the creator of the show Katie Dippold was a writer on Parks & Rec? And each episode has sort of a theme that references other horror books and/or movies?
I also like listening to podcasts about some of the shows that I watch. For this show, I recommend The Prestige TV Podcast with Joanna Robinson and Rob Mahoney.
Not just a writer for Parks & Rec, she's also the author of one of the greatest tweets of all time.
Non-twitter link
I'm surprised they did Cape Fear when its one of the worst shows to ever exist.
I have rewatched the first season so many times! I love it. My wife and I will just replay it occasionally because you almost always catch something new. The attention to detail and overall writing is fantastic.
One of my favorite shows in years! So glad they’re greenlit for season 2.
The “wolves” calendar bit in the first episode absolutely killed me. Didn’t disappoint from then on!
Top tier horror comedy that respects the horror elements with consistency, that is incredibly rare for the genre. The scary scenes can stand alone and you forget you just saw something hilarious a minute ago and will be treated to another goof in some unexpected way soon enough.