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Oct 1, 2020 · Set to launch October 2, just in time for the spookiest part of the year, Monsterland "blurs the line between man and monster" with psychological thrills and creepy creature chills. The concept is ...
- Original Stories Not from Ballingrud
- Episode 1 “Port Fourchon, La”
- Episode 2 "Eugene, or"
- Episode 5 "Plainfield, Il"
- Episode 8 "Newark, Nj"
With a total of eight episodes in its first season, Monsterland took a half and half approach to its stories, including four based on Nathan Ballingrud’s short stories from North American Lake Monstersand four original. The original stories are" episode 3, "New Orleans, LA," episode 4, "New York, NY," episode 6, "Palacios, TX," and episode 7, "Iron...
The first episode of Hulu’s Monsterland follows closely to Nathan Ballingrud’s story “You Go Where It Takes You” about Toni, played by Kaitlyn Dever, an exhausted single mother with no money and a three-year-old daughter, who meets a strange man that opens her eyes to a whole new idea of who she can be. Related: How Scare Me's Storytelling Is Bette...
Episode 2, "Eugene, OR", follows a young boy caring for his out-of-work mother as she recovers from a stroke. Isolated and struggling, Nick sees a shadow figure in his room one night and posts about it on an online forum where he becomes increasingly influenced and indoctrinated by the group's extremist beliefs. This episode is loosely based on Bal...
Episode 5, “Plainfield, IL” is based closely on Ballingrud’s short story, “The Good Husband.” The story of a couple torn apart by mental illness and suicideand an inability to let go is almost entirely accurate to the short story it’s based on with just a few exceptions. In the book, the couple is heterosexual, while in the show, the couple is two ...
Based on “The Monsters of Heaven” by Nathan Ballingrud, the final episode of Monsterland season 1 details the event known as ‘the Fall’ - in the book referred to as "the Lamentation" - in which hundreds of strange humanoid creatures called angels fell from the sky. Both stories explore one family’s struggle with the loss of their child, and their e...
Monsterland is an American horror drama anthology television series created by Mary Laws, based upon the short story collection North American Lake Monsters: Stories by Nathan Ballingrud. It consists of eight episodes and premiered on October 2, 2020, on Hulu .
Oct 13, 2020 · "Woods are double bad for girls — just like everyplace else," a River Iron former resident explains during the wedding rehearsal dinner in Episode 7 of Monsterland.Home to the infamous Lumberjack serial killer, the Michigan setting paves a true-crime style narrative alongside a familiar story of jealousy, privilege, and the perils of wish fulfillment.
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The eight-episode anthology series, based on Nathan Ballingrud's short story collection North American Lake Monsters and adapted by showrunner Mary Laws, introduces us to a handful of seemingly ...
Oct 2, 2020 · “Monsterland” uses its opportunity as a horror series to go to some incredibly dark places, as in the heartbreaking relationship story in “Plainfield, IL,” starring Taylor Schilling and Roberta Colindrez as a couple who met in law school, and now live in the suburbs 15 years later. The series’ attention to choices that we make, and ...
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Oct 5, 2020 · Monsterland is an adaptation of Nathan Ballingrud’s short-story collection North American Lake Monsters, tweaked for the screen by showrunner Mary Laws Photograph: Barbara Nitke/Hulu. The horror ...
