HBO’s dark comedy/mystery stars Kaley Cuoco as Cassie Bowden, a flight attendant who finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation. Tubi Celebrates Black History Month with Thousands of Hours of Black Cinema Where to watch: Both seasons are available on Hulu and Prime Video (via an AMC+ subscription). It’s partly the perverse glee that Manx and his loyal companion Bing Partridge (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson) have that makes their operation all the more frightening. Seeing sharp-toothed, dead-looking children running around the eerie Christmasland is more disturbing than one would think. Once Charlie feeds, his subjects are stripped of their identities. His livelihood is threatened when a young girl, Vic McQueen (Ashleigh Cummings), discovers her strange gift of tracking the fiend’s activities. He feeds on the souls of children to remain youthful, making for some terrifying scenes when he’s running low on immortality fuel. Zachary Quinto plays Charlie Manx, a man so obsessed with Christmas that he made his own Christmasland. It’s based on Joe Hill’s novel of the same name, who is Stephen King’s son. If there’s one horror-themed show you watch this season, it has to be AMC’s NOS4A2. If you’re looking for something different to watch this Christmas and you’re okay with feeling depressed for roughly three hours, this is a great choice. It’s a bleak rendition with mentions/depictions of abuse and sexual misconduct, so it’s strictly for an adult audience. Pearce does a great Scrooge, and the Ghost of Christmas Past (Andy Serkis) and the Ghost of Christmas Future (Jason Flemyng) are particularly scary in this one. However, in this version, they managed to make him even worse.
ORPHAN DARK HUMOR SERIES
The series follows the classic plotline - a mean old man named Ebenezer Scrooge (Pearce) has zero Christmas spirit and makes life unnecessarily difficult for the Cratchit family. You won’t find that much Christmas cheer because life is miserable for everyone. This significantly dark take on the Dickens tale is all gloom and doom. There have been countless adaptations of A Christmas Carol, but this three-part miniseries starring Guy Pearce dives into psychological horror territory. Here are a few titles to check this Christmas. Looking for something darker to sink your teeth into? There are plenty of cheery holiday shows out there this time of year - but that’s not everyone’s cup of tea.