Tag: Channel Zero

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Channel Zero. Having reached the finale of “Butcher’s Block,” I can say that one of the consistent strengths of this season, and of Channel Zero in general, is its capacity to wield atmosphere to great effect.…

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Channel Zero. The penultimate episode of “Butcher’s Block” sees Alice and Zoe switch narrative positions. Alice is now thoroughly under the Peach family’s sway, while Zoe struggles to pull her back to herself as the sister…

Warning: This article contains discussion of cannibalism, violence, racism, and spoilers for Channel Zero. “Butcher’s Block”‘s fourth episode, the aptly named “Alice in Slaughterland,” pivots to focus the drama on the interior of the Peach residence. It’s an intelligent move, given the…

“All You Ghost Mice” functions in many ways as a one-room (or, perhaps, one-house) problem. It hinges primarily on the trappings and tribulations that make up the Peach house, and the relative inability of protagonists’ Alice and Zoe to find their way…

“Butcher Block”‘s second episode, “Father Time,” is a stylistic vision layered over questionable substance. In all honestly, that’s a not-uncommon foible from the horror that deliberately leans into the gross-out factor. It feels particularly jarring here, though, as the writing moves between…

Warning: This article contains discussion of mental illness, ableism, and spoilers for Channel Zero. The inaugural episode of Channel Zero‘s third season, this time based on Kerry Hammond’s “Search and Rescue Woods” and here titled “Butcher’s Block,” only peels back the first…

Warning: This article contains some spoilers for Channel Zero. “The Hollow Girl,” the closing episode of Channel Zero‘s second season, starts off on a strong, compellingly unnerving note and grows in promise from there. Capitalizing on all of the show’s strongest notes…

Warning: This article contains mention of self-harm, and slight spoilers for Channel Zero. Through the trajectory of watching and getting acquainted with “No-End House,” I nearly feel as though I’ve vacillated back and forth from week to week. Last week, my concerns…

Warning: This article contains mentions of transphobia, racism, and slight spoilers for Channel Zero. Last week, I wrote about my cautious, intrigued optimism for the second half of “No End House.” Because of that, it is disappointing and frustrating to say that…

Warning: This article contains slight spoilers for Channel Zero. “Beware the Cannibals,” the mid-season episode for “No-End House,” keeps Margot at its center. Understandably, as she seems to be the primary audience stand-in/protagonist and picks up where her wariness-inducing tete-a-tete with her…