"The Third Rail" had all the scary, tense moments in it that drew us to the show in the first place, but those moments only serve to highlight the parts holding the show back (i.e …
The past couple episodes of The Strain, pardon the pun, have been straining under the double chore of balancing a human story and horror story, but "Loved Ones" demonstrated that t…
Based on previous episodes, background chatter, and noises New York City should be under a vampiric siege, but instead we got Dr. Martinez being annoying, Eph almost losing his hai…
The homage to The Mist in"Creatures of the Night," episode 8 of The Strain, was fun, however, the episode served only to eliminate one character from the team and to add two more. …
"For Services Rendered" finds The Strain creeping, and creepily, towards the inevitable vampiric epidemic all wrapped around a background of Nazis and the Holocaust.…
At first, I groaned when I heard ANOTHER vampire show was coming to TV. Modern vampires are generations removed from their horror counterparts. Vampires have been roommates with a …
Most television series will hit a lull somewhere along the line and it seems "It's Not for Everyone" is the lull in The Strain, however, decapitations and neighborcide more than ma…
There was more character development than creep out moments in episode three of The Strain, but the one creep out moment in the episode left a lasting impression. A
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The Strain, in its second episode, keeps firing all pistons delivering character development and more than enough creepiness to go around. Grade: A
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The Strain's premiere episode has all the creepy and sinister trappings of a vampire show and the pacing of the show has us clamoring for more.
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