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mall-screen scares are all the rage these days on both premium cable FEATURES AUDIO-DROME H AMERICAN CINEMACABRE ORROR STORY
Created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk (NEW SERIES)
The creators of Glee and Nip/Tuck have shot a re-
portedly promising pilot for this one-hour drama about a husband and wife (Dylan McDermott and Connie Britton, respectively) who transplant their family from Boston to San Francisco for a fresh start after suffering through a miscarriage and an affair. But their troubles don’t end there: turns out their new digs are haunted! Tentatively set to air this fall on FX (though no official date has been announced at press time), the show – which the creators claim has had its writing team re-exploring what’s scary – will def- initely feature creatures and an impressive support- ing cast, which includes Jessica Lange as a neighbour whose daughter is well-versed in the house’s creepy history, Taissa Farmiga as the cou- ple’s whip-smart goth daughter and Evan Peters as a mysterious, dashing young cult leader. TT
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BEING HUMAN Created by Toby Whithouse
S.2 It may sound like the beginnings of a joke – a
vampire, a werewolf and a ghost shack up together – but it’s actually the basis for Being Human. The show, which first rose to popularity in Britain, got the American remake treatment earlier this year and proved to be one of Syfy’s most successful titles to date. The series is about monsters making an honest go at being human, which is, as the tagline suggests, “harder than it looks.” First season sees the vam- pire’s life constantly interrupted by brutish blood- sucker politics, while the werewolf is forced to deal with the sudden appearance of his slovenly creator. The ghost, meanwhile, must solve her own murder. Surprisingly accomplished, the series covers narra- tive ground much faster than its BBC counterpart (RM#102), so it’ll be interesting to see where it goes once it no longer has the British scripts to crib from. Being Human returns January 2012. MSK
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and network television, with monsters, murderers and mysterious happenings all vying for prime-time domination. Join us as we take stock of new and returning genre series, and preview what fresh frights they have in store for their fans this year.
DEXTER
Developed by James Manos, Jr. S.6
This long-running Showtime series follows the ex-
ploits of Miami blood-spatter expert/serial killer Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall: Six Feet Under). Dexter’s no run-of-the-mill slasher, however; he follows a rigorous moral code taught to him by his adoptive cop father, Harry. As such, Dexter only hunts other killers. The se- ries features a first-person narrative by the title char- acter that offers insight into how difficult it is for him to lead a normal life and hold his murderous tendencies in check. Based on the book series by Jeff Lindsay (RM#71), the show’s debut season follows the plot of the first novel before veering into completely new nar- rative territory in subsequent episodes. Season 6 will feature actor/rapper Mos Def as an ex-con who has found religion and Edward James Olmos as Professor Gellar, a religious studies teacher who, like Dexter, is a serial killer with purpose, which will inevitably force our favourite murderer to question and explore his own rai- son d’être. BB
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