¡QUÉ HORROR! 2019
Candidate #4
THE DREAM DOOR
(October 2018)
“Roses are... lazy. And dishonest.”
“‘Dishonest’?”
“Mmm! Pretty flower! And then a minute later, you’re bleeding!”
Well, hell-loooooo, Pretzel Jack!
Turning to Cronenberg* for some conceptual inspiration,
Channel Zero does an awesome quasi-slasher
impression with the E.L. Katz-helmed The
Dream Door, where an imaginary childhood friend and protector becomes
something far more sinister in adulthood.
Channel Zero delivers a fourth
winning season by giving us yet another “flavor” of horror (to borrow Channel Zero creator Nick Antosca’s
term).
Just as Butcher’s Block was different from No-End House,
which was, in turn, different from Candle Cove, so is The Dream Door
different from any of the previous seasons.
Gorier and slightly more savage than its
predecessors, it’s a tale that delves into the potentially brutal pain of
complete honesty in a relationship, a story about love and secrets and
distrust, and the intersection where all three collide… with a super-creepy
contortionist clown…
“You know, it’s funny. In Jungian psychology, doors are kind of a thing.
“This whole deal with your basement, is… it’s fascinating.
* As well as Lynch, particularly for a brief, yet
unsettlingly poignant bit past the halfway mark.
(Channel Zero:
The Dream Door OS courtesy of impawards.com.)
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