Television series

FROM

Name: FROM
Genre: Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 2022
Cast: Harold Perrineau, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Ricky He, Hannah Cheramy, Simon Webster

A busload of unlucky travelers wander onto a road that leads to a town they can never leave, ringed by woods that turn feral after dark. It's a mystery box wrapped around real grief and small-town politics, patient and dread-soaked rather than jump-scary, more interested in why people keep hoping than in what's chasing them. For fans of slow-burn horror with an actual emotional spine.

TVMaze rating

7.8

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