Jonathon Wilson

Oh goodness, this is a weird one. There’s a case to be made that this is the most horrifying and imaginative episode of Junji Ito Maniac thus...

Junji Ito Maniac abandons the dual-story structure in its seventh episode to instead deliver a more comprehensive and focused adaptation of Street of Gravestones (or...

“Mold”, a story adapted from the seventh volume of Horror World of Junji Ito, Slug Girl, is another creeping tale of rapidly-worsening circumstances that revolves heavily...

“Intruder”, taken from the ninth volume of Horror World of Junji Ito, Hallucinations, has a clever concept that is horrifying in a low-key, imaginative way, and...

The third episode of Junji Ito Maniac is my favorite so far, a hauntingly horrible bit of work adapted from the fourth volume of Horror World of...

The second episode of Junji Ito Maniac is the first of the anthology’s two-parters. “The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel” is the title story in...

The first episode of the Netflix anthology Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre adapts a single story from The Circus is Here, the fifth...

Some horror creators have a knack for imagery and concepts that make the average viewer worry for their sanity. How often, for instance, have you...

“Faster” is, essentially, a standalone episode of The Bad Batch. Echo and Hunter aren’t even in it. It has no bearing on the wider overarching...

As we approach the end of National Treasure: Edge of History, we’re starting to get that feeling of the stakes being heightened. I mean, look...

Returning with relatively little fanfare to the recently rebranded MGM+, Godfather of Harlem remains one of the shows that nobody seems to talk much about despite...

After a relatively underwhelming premiere, Mayfair Witches returns in “The Dark Place” for… well, a relatively underwhelming second episode, if we’re being honest. The mixed...

The finale of Sky Rojo Season 3 begins with Coral freeing herself so that she can save the suicidal Moises from drowning, pointing out the absurdity...

Sky Rojo was an instant hit for Netflix thanks mostly to it being the work of Alex Pina, the creator of Money Heist, which has...

The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House, a nine-episode slice-of-life drama by Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters) and adapted from Aiko Koyama’s manga series Kiyo in Kyoto: From the...

Imagine, if you will, cozying up to a warm meal, perhaps on a winter night when it’s dark and cold outside. The meal is up...

Going much darker than The Bad Batch usually tends to, “The Solitary Clone”, framed in the perspective of the eponymous Crosshair, is a sobering reminder...

The penultimate episode of Willow ended with Kit and Elora finally finding Airk, who had enjoyed something of a makeover, presumably in the salon of Lili,...

The Japanese battle royale series Alice in Borderland was a tremendous hit for Netflix back in 2020, taking the Haro Aso manga series and turning...

There’s a lot to be excited about when it comes to Mayfair Witches. It’s another Anne Rice AMC adaptation following the success of Interview with...