By Dave B.

Into the Dark: Culture Shock (Hulu) follows Marisol, a young Mexican woman, as she tries to make her way to the United States to provide a better life for herself and her unborn child. The journey is fraught with danger and betrayal, but the most terrifying threat that Marisol faces is beyond imagining. For her, the American Dream is about to become a horrifying nightmare.

By Dave B.

Based on the classic satirical novel of the same name, Catch-22 (Hulu) follows Yossarian and his bomber squadron as they fight their way up through Italy in the final act of the European campaign of WWII. For Yossarian and his compatriots, it seems as if the war will never end as the number of missions they must fly in order to be sent home is constantly raised. Yossarian tries every trick that he can think of (except for some of the most obvious ones) to try to avoid the missions and postpone what he sees as a pointless death in a war that is nearly won.

By Dave B.

In Treehouse, Bloomhouse’s newest installment of the Into the Dark series of horror films, celebrity chef Peter Rake (Jimmi Simpson) flakes out on spending the weekend with his daughter to instead go to the house where he grew up and spend time with his sister, who he hasn’t seen in years. After his sister is called away on a work emergency, Peter invites some chance-met and beautiful women over to his house for dinner after their bachelorette party is cut short by a power outage. There’s more to these guests than meets the eye however, and to have any change of surviving the night, Peter must confront a lifetime of his own misdeeds. 

By Dave B.

In Into the Dark: Down (Hulu) Jennifer and Guy, two office workers, are stuck in an elevator over a long Valentine’s Day weekend. Facing the prospect of over 80 hours stuck together, with wine and chocolate as their primary supplies, the pair quickly bond. But eternal bliss is not in the cards. As the truth behind their entrapment becomes clear, Jennifer and Guy find themselves trapped not only in an elevator, but also in a deadly battle of wills.

By Dave B.

In Into The Dark: New Year, New You (Hulu) four former high school friends gather for an intimate New Year’s celebration. However, the success of one of them has strained the bonds that they once shared. As the alcohol flows, the group begins to confront shared demons from their past. When the jealousy and rage bubbling under the surface of their get-together eventually explode, will anyone be left standing?

By Dave B.

The second season of Future Man (Hulu) takes place one year after the conclusion of the first season which saw our hero, Josh Futterman (Josh Hutcherson), imprisoned with multiple life sentences for committing a deadly terrorist attack that was intended to prevent a devastating war in the future. In season two, Josh wakes up to find himself in a future where his actions not only did not prevent a war, but made it many times more destructive than it would have been without his interference. Josh must reconnect with his team of time-travelling miscreants Tiger (Eliza Coupe) and Wolf (Derek Wilson) to prevent the complete extermination of humanity at the hands of an egotistical AI . But can the group re-forge their strained bonds and find a way to defeat their nearly all-powerful enemy without their time machine?

By Dave B.

In my review of Marvel’s Runaways: Season One, I confidently asserted that the show definitely didn’t completely suck. It’s slightly more difficult for me to make that same assertion with the second season. Marvel’s Runaways: Season Two (Hulu) picks up almost immediately after the conclusion of last season’s finale. Our heroes are homeless, directionless, and still on the run from their diabolical parents. Their otherworldly nemesis is still lurking around and has yet to give up on his plans to return home, a side-effect of which will be the destruction of California. Will the Runaways be able to stop him again, while growing into their newfound powers and adulthood?

By Dave B.

In Into The Dark: Pooka! (Hulu), Wilson is an actor who has moved to Los Angeles looking for a fresh start and seeking to escape the pain of his past. When he goes for what he believes to be a theatre audition, Wilson gets the part, only to discover that his actual role will be to play a life-size version of the hottest toy this Christmas season, Pooka. Wilson’s lonely life rapidly improves after taking the role, however, his grip on reality begins to slip. As he grows more dependent upon the Pooka suit for emotional stability, he struggles to overcome dark visions and violent urges. 

By Dave B.

Into the Dark: Flesh & Blood (Hulu) is the second installment in Blumhouse’s anthology horror series. In it, 17 year old Kimberly (Diana Silvers) is stricken with agoraphobia after the brutal and unsolved murder of her mother a year earlier. Kimberly is incapable of leaving her house without experiencing debilitating panic attacks. All of the house’s windows are boarded up. She can’t even go out onto her front porch to retrieve a package. Her sole companions are her father Henry (Dermot Mulroney), with whom she lives, and her therapist Dr. Saunders (Tembi Locke) who visits weekly for emotionally-charged sessions. So what will she do when she finds herself trapped alone in the house with the serial killer who took her mother from her?

By Dave B.

​Into the Dark (Hulu) is a horror anthology series created by Blumhouse Productions. Each episode has a runtime of approximately 80 minutes or so and they are released monthly. The first episode is The Body. In it Wilkes (Tom Bateman) is a hitman who has four hours to transport a body across town on Halloween night. After finding his vehicle vandalized and its tires slashed, he encounters revelers who mistake his suit and the body he is dragging as an elaborate Halloween costume. After agreeing to go to a party with them for one drink so that they can impress their friends, a series of unfortunate events send the hitman and his newfound admirer, Maggie (Rebecca Rittenhouse) on a race across the city to recover the body before the deadline.