Monday, November 26, 2018


¡QUÉ HORROR2019
Candidate #4

CHANNEL ZERO:
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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