Category: Movies and TV Reviews

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…