“John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams,” the new TV show from the legend behind “Halloween,” is so transparently disingenuous and manipulative that there’s no way to take it seriously
, a work of verité schlock that sullies his reputation and insults its audience’s intelligence. Premiering on Peacock in time for Halloween, this six-part affair is a subpar hybrid ofand the various small-screen paranormal series that recount tales of the unknown via unconvincing testimonials and even less believable dramatic recreations.
"In our suburbs, evil lurks behind closed doors. True stories so terrifying because the horror is real. You’ll never look at your neighbors the same way again,” intones the acclaimed director during the show’s opening credits. Unfortunately, there’s only one legitimate tale in the entire absurd lot: “A Killer Comes Home,” about the reign of terror perpetrated by Canadian serial killerin 1980s Miramichi.
The same is true of “Cursed Neighborhood,” in which a wife and mother relocates her clan to Charles County, Maryland, only to suffer a series of strange incidents that the show implies are the handiwork of nineteenth-century settler ghosts who once fought Native Americans on the land.
“The Bunny Man” concerns a Fairfax, Virginia legend about a psycho roaming the region in a bunny costume, and what’s presented resembles a cross between your average C-grade Jack the Ripper movie that aren’t corroborated by her or her friends’ commentary, thereby calling the entire thing into question. In those staged moments, the actor playing Beth also vainly strives to affect her Long Island accent, which further turns the proceedings into a clunky joke.
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