You the Critic

I enjoyed our conversation about “It Follows” so much, I wanted to continue it by asking our commentariat for more horror recommendations…but I know not everyone here enjoys horror and I don’t wanna leave you guys out. So I’d like to broaden the conversation to ask this: What are you watching these days? Any movies or television shows you’d like to recommend?

Me, I’m currently watching “Wayward Pines” and “American Gothic.”

“Wayward” has much in common with the zombie genre, in that its focus is really on consistently asking the viewer “Who’s the real monster here?” ***MAJOR SPOILERS***It’s a show that takes place 2000 years in the future, in a time when most humans have devolved into pale, creepy killing machines called “Abbies.” A group of people set up an idyllic refuge from the Abbies, but it’s idyllic only insofar as it’s beautiful look at. The show is about the constant struggle between the need for (at least some) order and safety… and liberty. And Wayward Pines is–straight up–a fascist state.

“American Gothic” is a soapy murder mystery with the best set design/wealth porn I’ve enjoyed since “Dirty Sexy Money.”

I unreservedly recommend both “Wayward” and “American Gothic.”

So, what do you recommend?