Hulu’s new horror anthology series, Monsterland, explores more than just bogeymen hiding under your bed or chainsaw-bearing slashers thirsty for murder; it explores the worst of human nature—greed, jealousy, wrath—proving that the scariest thing of all isn’t lurking around some corner. It’s often just within us, our most sinister qualities bubbling under the surface. Episode … Read more
Monsterland is motivated by the novel North American Lake Monsters: Stories by Nathan Ballingrud. Lake Monsters is Ballingrud’s first novel, but he’s no novice — he has been publishing short stories in prestigious magazines like Science Fiction & Fantasy since the mid-’90s, and one of his novellas, The Visible Filth, was made into a 2019 … Read more
What is the scariest monster you could face? According to Hulu’s new horror series “Monsterland,” some of the most terrifying demons are the ones that lie within. The eight-part anthology series is adapted from Nathan Ballingrud’s collection of short stories “North American Lake Monsters.” The monsters featured in this series take unique forms and often … Read more