We're always on the lookout for a new show to binge on, particularly in the realm of science fiction. We watch Black Mirror again and again, while the mere mention of Stranger Things does, well, strange things to us. So when we heard about Channel Zero on Syfy, we were all over it.
Intrigued? Here's the trailer for the forthcoming second season, subtitled No-End House:
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It's got a big whiff of Black Mirror about it - by which we mean that its weird af - and not a little American Horror Story too, in the sense that it's bloody terrifying. It's actually been on for over a year, but for some reason it hasn't received the attention it deserves. Time to change all that, because this show is intense.
The premise comes from 'creepypasta' - a term for deliberately scary internet horror stories, kind of online urban myths, designed to keep the reader from sleeping. Boy, does it achieve that aim.
If you're asking questions like 'WTF?' and 'no seriously, WTF?', that's probably fair. Credit: SyFy
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Let us introduce you to the basic idea of Channel Zero, via a storyline from its first series entitled 'Candle Cove'. It's about a child psychologist, Mike Painter, and his obsession with a kids' TV show of his youth that nobody else appears to remember. Like Henry's Cat (I didn't imagine Henry's Cat, right?).
As the shrink goes back through his memory, he attempts to unearth more and more about the creepy programme, and comes to think that it might have a little more to do with his own personal experiences than could be expected. Mike begins to think that it might have had something to do with the disappearance of his twin brother when he was a nipper. We'll not say more: just go watch for yourself.
Starting to wonder what you've missed? Here's the first season trailer from last year to further whet your appetite:
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Don't just take our word for it, either. Vox called it "a story that would seem unlikely to translate well to television and turning it into an eerie, Twilight Zone-style tale of suburban conformity, post-high school depression, and the inability to escape the legacy of one's parents," while GQ described it as 'the creepiest TV show you haven't watched yet'.
It boasts a Rotten Tomatoes score of 92 percent, which is about as good as anything gets on the notoriously hard-to-please rating system, meaning that basically everyone who has seen it thinks that it was brilliant.
We agree. Go watch it.
Featured Image Credit: SyFy / Channel ZeroTopics: black mirror, American Horror Story, Horror, Stranger Things