Horror’s Greatest
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TVMA
Documentary
Celebrating the best the genre has to offer, with fresh looks at the classics and scores of hidden gems, plus insights from the masterminds behind your favorite scares.
Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Friday, October 4
Tropes & Cliches New
Season 1 • Episode 1
The most common genre tropes and clichés and how modern filmmakers subvert them.
Matt Roush says...
“Horror fans love exploring the boundaries of the genre,” says one of the experts weighing in on the frighteningly wide range of things that go bump in the night in cinema. A weekly series explores topics including tropes and clichés (think paranoia and jump scares), giant monsters — we’re looking at you, Godzilla — the influence of Japanese horror, the rise of horror comedies like Beetlejuice and its upcoming sequel, and Stephen King adaptations. “When you’re adapting Stephen King, the story is the most important thing,” understates director Mick Garris (the TV versions of The Stand and The Shining among others).
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