At times, it feels like two and a half episodes of a horror show remixed into a super-sized pilot - appropriate for a feature-length film produced by multiple TV companies. Hulu’s new movie Books of Blood continues that mix-and-match approach. Shows like Lovecraft Country employ monster-of-the-week elements to tell an ongoing story, while anthology projects like Welcome to the Blumhouse offer stand-alone stories at a feature-length running time. There are a handful of recent ones, from HBO’s Room 104 to Amazon’s Lore to Jordan Peele’s revitalized Twilight Zone on CBS All Access, but mostly, recent series take inspiration from the format without fully committing to it. With so much horror content available on streaming channels right now, it’s surprising that there aren’t more contemporary horror anthology series in the style of Tales from the Crypt.
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