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The First Episode of HBO’s “Room 104” is Pretty Effed Up
Reminiscent of Quentin Tarantino’s Four Rooms, HBO is unlocked “Room 104” on Friday, July 28th, which is an anthology of tales that all occur in the same room. It hails from the Duplass brothers who helmed the fan-favorite V/H/S-inspired Creep, not to mention the hilarious Baghead.
While each episode is from a different genre, the first is straight up horror. Bloody Disgusting was able to get two images from “Ralphie,” which put a babysitter through a night from hell.
Things go horribly awry when a babysitter (Melonie Diaz) arrives at Room 104 to watch an unusual boy named Ralph (Ethan Kent). Ross Partridge also stars.
In the episode, Ralph claims to be keeping his insane twin brother at bay in the hotel room’s bathroom. Is he real? The episode is pretty fucked up and launches the series out of the gate like a canon.
Written by Mark Duplass, the episode was directed by Sarah Adina Smith.
Watch the trailer for a peek at the entire first season.
Credit for these: Jordin Althaus/HBO
Credit for these: Jordin Althaus/HBO
AMC’s horror series “The Terror” wrapped its third season last month, but plans are already in motion for season four.
Executive producer David W. Zucker has confirmed that “The Terror” Season 4 is moving forward in a new chat with ScreenRant, revealing that they’ve “just closed the deal on the book we’re gonna develop next” for the series.
Which novel they’re adapting remains shrouded in secrecy at this stage, however.
That might not seem like much to go on at this stage, but the second season was an original story. Furthermore, there was a lengthy gap between seasons two and three, causing many to speculate that the third season would be the anthology series’ last. Unlike its first two, Season 3 shifted from airing on AMC to a dual Shudder and AMC+ weekly release plan, with neither streamer revealing viewership numbers.
So not only is this confirmation that the series is moving forward, but it won’t be another six years before we see Season 4.
The first season of the supernatural drama, based on Dan Simmons’ novel and aired in 2018, was set on the frigid decks of a Victorian Era sailing ship following a doomed course, while season two, “The Terror: Infamy,” which premiered in August 2019, centered on a malevolent, shape-shifting force that is locked up with prisoners in a Japanese internment camp.
Season 3, “The Terror: Devil in Silver,” tells the story of Pepper – a working class moving man, who through a combination of bad luck and a bad temper, finds himself wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital – an institution filled with the people society would rather forget. There, he must contend with patients who work against him, doctors who harbor grim secrets, and perhaps even the very Devil himself.
Dan Stevens (The Guest, Abigail) stars alongside Judith Light, CCH Pounder, Aasif Mandvi, John Benjamin Hickey, Stephen Root, Michael Aronov, Marin Ireland, Chinaza Uche, Hampton Fluker, Hayward Leach, and Philip Ettinger.
The six-episode new season is based on Victor LaValle’s novel, The Devil in Silver.
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