Peacock's docu-horror series crumbles under the weight of its setup
What could possibly be compelling enough to pull John Carpenter, the semi-retired maverick filmmaker of Halloween and The Thing, back into the director’s chair? Upon viewing the first half of John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams, the six-episode docu-horror series Peacock has cheekily timed for a Friday the 13th premiere, the safe guess would be the amount of zeroes on his check.
On a somewhat more dreadful note, the show adheres to a formula that vaguely establishes the provinciality and relative safety of its communities before diving into the unsavory subjects at hand. As there is no host for Screams, an egregious misstep for a series that confuses Carpenter’s brand for a personality, the responsibility of setting a tone for the hour falls squarely on the shoulders of its interview subjects.
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