Syfy’s original programming is generally heavy on fantasy (The Magicians) and science fiction (Killjoys). Horror seems like a logical next step, and if this exclusive peek at anthology series Channel Zero is any indication, the network is about to inspire nightmares galore. Visceral, traumatizing nightmares.
Here’s the official description of the show’s first season:
Channel Zero: Candle Cove is based on Kris Straub’s unnerving short story from creepypasta that gained notoriety online. It centers on one man’s obsessive recollection of a mysterious children’s television program from the 1980s – and his ever-growing, dreadful suspicions about the role it might have played in a series of nightmarish and deadly events from his childhood.
And here’s the brief but potently dread-inducing clip, entitled “The Tooth Child is Hungry.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4nJ7US0dMQ
Holy. Dental. Terror. Well done, Syfy. That is just terrifying.
Channel Zero: Candle Cove premieres September 27.
