Small American towns have longed played an important role in science fiction and horror film and television - where would most of Jack Arnold’s films be without them - but in the 1990s, American television transformed these sleepy little hamlets into something altogether more sinister. Kicking off with Twin Peaks (1990-1991), there was a bit of a ( Read more... )

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Currently storylining a weird kids show that’s Eerie Indiana meets Eureka, set in a secret town in Wales. #WritingCommunity #screenwriters
- Drew Hubbard (@druzif) March 9, 2019

@craigengler more Eerie Indiana. Warehouse 13 and Eureka
- Rick. (@wid244) December 28, 2018

There was a made for TV film (possibly a series) I saw a decade or so ago (possibly longer). Very "Edge of Darkness" style techno thriller, that ends with an artificial black hole, originally created for clean energy, now taking more and more energy to contain it and the Government desperately trying to cover it up.I remember one scene where a guy ( Read more... )

It reminds me of lots of stuff, like Lab Rats (all the science and the smart house), Northern Exposure (fish out of water with a bunch of weirdo townies), and Eerie, Indiana. It also reminds me a little of the more slapstick side of Twin Peaks without any of the dark shit.
- Stefanie (@captainstefanie) September 4, 2018