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Peter Counter
Featured TV Critic
Peter Counter is a freelance culture writer with relevant obsessions in television, film, and games (board, card and video). Trapped in a state of constant nostalgia and enthusiasm for well told stories, he is an avid fan of Hannibal, an unsullied Game of Thrones viewer, and convinced that he will never love another show like he once loved LOST. Peter is also the author of several plays, including an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s The Rats In The Walls.Articles by Peter Counter:
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February 26, 2019
True Detective Horror Diary: The Constellation of CthulhuIn the final True Detective Horror Diary of the season, we examine the horror genre tradition of withholding closure in endings.
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January 30, 2019
True Detective Season 3 Horror Diary: The Exorcist of Time and MemoryWayne Hays needs an exorcism. The old Vietnam war veteran, ex-detective and subject of a forthcoming true crime docuseries is haunted by ghosts as he tries to piece together the narrative pieces of the homicide case that defined is life and marriage.
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January 14, 2019
True Detective Season 3 Horror Diary: The Forest of LengFor the highly anticipated third season of True Detective , That Shelf and our friends at Everything is Scary are teaming up to examine the scarier elements in what we agree to be a landmark of horror television.
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November 16, 2017
The Punisher Review: A Safe Space For DarknessFrank Castle is a post-traumatic hero. While The Punisher omits the full scope of PTSD, its titular vigilante stands for something survivors need.
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August 4, 2017
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later ReviewMake it your beeswax to marathon Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later .
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June 27, 2017
Okja Review: An Action-Packed Monster Tale That Might Make You Give Up MeatOkja disarms you with its vibrant colour, endearing characters, and heart-pounding action, only so you are better prepared to experience its strong political message.
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March 17, 2017
Into The Badlands Season 2 is Anime AFAfter a 15 month hiatus perfecting its special techniques, Into The Badlands is more confident, more colourful, more eccentric, more comedic, and much more violent.
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December 4, 2016
Jimmi Simpson on the Westworld Season Finale, His Favourite Westerns, and His That ShelfWestworld ‘s Jimmi Simpson discusses the big season finale, his love of Westerns, what he’d do if he were in a real life robot cowboy theme park, and much more.
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November 6, 2016
Westworld: Searching for Character at the Heart of the MazeIf HBO’s Westworld wants its ambitious plot to matter it needs to give audiences better rounded characters.
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October 2, 2016
Westworld Review: The Best of Two GenresWestworld has all the action, adventure, and intrigue of the ideal Western film, but that’s all a veneer for tourists, under which lies a rich maze of philosophy, science fiction, and genre criticism.
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September 30, 2016
Star Trek The Motion Picture: Forever Just BeginningHumans ruined Star Trek: The Motion Picture just like we’ll probably ruin the sublime beauty of untouched space.
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June 17, 2016
5 Things Penny Dreadful Season 3 Got Absolutely PerfectTerrifying mad science, blood orgies and werewolf westerns have made Penny Dreadful ‘s third season a delight to watch.
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June 3, 2016
Outcast: 5 Things We Love About Robert Kirkman’s New TV SeriesOutcast is premium mythology based horror, driven by characters and spiced up with just enough pulp to get away with any tropes it has to employ.
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