The Citizen (KZN)

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- Adriaan Roets

A love letter to the ’80s classics that captivated a generation, it’s set in 1983 Indiana where a young boy vanishes into thin air.

As friends, family and police search for answers, they are drawn into an extraordin­ary mystery involving top-secret government experiment­s, terrifying supernatur­al forces and one very strange little girl.

There is a world hidden within our own where angelic Shadowhunt­ers protect humanity from unseen demons and where Clary Fray will discover that all the legends are true.

The year is 1905. Thomas Richardson travels to a remote island to rescue his sister after she’s kidnapped by a secret religious cult demanding a ransom for her safe return.

The cult will regret the day it baited this man, as he digs deeper into the secrets and lies on which the commune is built.

Part horror, part psychologi­cal drama, this unravels the mystery of a family’s past as they face the haunted home of their youth.

It’s designed to answer one question: what is a ghost?

Unlike “pop” horror, like American Horror Story, which relies on shock and gore, Haunting will embrace a serious, sophistica­ted aesthetic that will differenti­ate it from other horror material in the marketplac­e.

Rich, complex characteri­sations make it far more comparable to Lost and The Walking Dead. Based on the famous Japanese manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, Death Note follows a high school pupil who comes across a supernatur­al notebook and realises it holds within it a great power.

If the owner inscribes someone’s name into it while picturing their face, he or she will die.

Intoxicate­d with his new godlike abilities, the young man begins to kill those he deems unworthy of life.

Season two picks up with Emma’s return to Lakewood after several months at a retreat, where she tried to recover from the horrors of last season.

Everyone is walking on eggshells around her, questionin­g whether she has truly gotten over the killer’s crimes. Meanwhile, Audrey is hiding her connection to the killer, but is getting harassed by someone who knows the truth.

Brooke and Jake are also keeping secrets. They are hiding a budding romance from Mayor Maddox. And Noah is getting closer and closer to the truth about murders in season one.

Lakewood’s murderous past, both recent and distant, are once again brought into focus, with the killer’s psychotic mindgame intent on bringing Lakewood’s heroes down in a storm of betrayal and bloodshed.

Man begins to kill those he deems unworthy of life

remote Alaskan town has been overrun by paranormal forces.

Local outcast Roman Mercer (Jogia) must overcome the town’s prejudices and his own personal demons if he’s to harness his repressed psychic powers and save everyone from the mass haunting that’s threatenin­g to destroy them all.

 ?? Picture: Syfy ?? HIDDEN FORCES. Amy Forsyth as Margot In
Picture: Syfy HIDDEN FORCES. Amy Forsyth as Margot In

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