UK/US Netflix, streaming now
Showrunner Tom Wheeler
Cast Katherine Langford, Gustaf Skarsgård, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Lily Newmark, Devon Terrell, Daniel Sharman
EPISODES 1.01-1.10 There’s a classic pub quiz question that asks “Which character has been played by the most actors on screen?” This usually leads to heated debates about whether it’s Sherlock Holmes or Santa Claus. That question might soon be moot. With new versions of the Arthurian legends currently springing up at what seems like an exponential rate, surely King Arthur, Merlin and Guinevere must be galloping up the rankings?
At least Netflix’s Cursed gives centre stage to a less-exposed character: Nimue. This adaptation of a Tom Wheeler/Frank Millerillustrated YA novel – developed for TV by the same creative team – creates a coming-of-age tale for the future Lady of the Lake, reasoning that as she’s the one who gives Arthur the sword Excalibur in the legend, then maybe she wielded it beforehand. So in Cursed, we follow Nimue in her journey from persecuted Fey to Warrior Queen.
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ANCER MAHAGEMENT
WITH A NEW TRILOGY IN SIGHT, WE SPEAK TO THE DIRECTOR OF 28 WEEKS LATER THE ORIGINAL CHILLING SEQUEL TO DANNY BOYLE'S SEMINAL SURVIVAL HORROR
WHO YA CONNA CALL?
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SPEAK OF THE DEVIL
THE DEVIL'S HOUR STRIKES TWICE AS THE GENREDEFYING DRAMA RETURNS
SCARRY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK
FROM THE RETURN OF EC COMICS TO SCREAM!, THIS YEAR'S HALLOWEEN OFFERS UP HORROR COMICS FOR ALL THE AGES
UNDEADS REFLECTIONS
NEIL JORDAN ON BRINGING ANNE RICE'S MODERN VAMPIRE CLASSIC TO SCREEN, 30 YEARS ON
MUNSTER MASH!
PRODUCTION HELL, SHOCK RECASTING AND HOTLY CONTESTED AUTHORSHIP. AS THE MUNSTERS CELEBRATE THEIR 60TH ANNIVERSARY, WE UNCOVER HOW THE SPOOKY SITCOM WAS ALMOST DEAD ON ARRIVAL
COMING TO AMERICA
THE MOGWAI LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THEIR SECOND CHAPTER, GREMLINS: THE WILD BATCH
BEING HUMAN EVOLUTION
IT MAY HAVE BEEN AN INSTANT HIT, BUT BBC THREE'S DARKLY COMIC DRAMA ABOUT A HOUSE-SHARING VAMPIRE/WEREWOLF/GHOST TRIO HAD A STRANGE JOURNEY TO THE SCREEN, SERIES CREATOR TOBY WHITHOUSE TELLS SFX
THE MAINE EVENT
THE DARK IS RISING IN SALEM'S LOT AS STEPHEN KING'S DEATHLESS TALE RETURNS TO THE SCREEN
WHY DON'T YOU STAY FOR A BITE?
THE VAMPIRE COMES HOME AS DIRECTOR EUROS LYN WELCOMES SFX TO HIS NEW DARK COMEDY THE RADLEYS
