The haunting Christmas horror series, NOS4A2, is the perfect late-night watch this festive season – and it’s just landed on UK TV.
The two-season show (pronounced Nosferatu) is based on the novel by Joe Hill which follows the seductive immortal Charlie Manx (Zachary Quinto) who feeds off the souls of children before trapping them in a ‘twisted, Christmas-themed village’.
When young New England woman Victoria ‘Vic’ McQueen (Ashleigh Cummings) discovers she has the power to unlock portals to lost objects, Charlie’s whole world comes under threat and the two soon become sworn enemies.
The series newly arrived on ITVX – which has 20 episodes to dig your teeth into – also stars The Bear actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Vic’s beloved ‘blue-collar’ dad.
The popular adaptation, which has even been endorsed by horror novelist Stephen King, has received rave reviews since its release on AMC in 2019.
‘Quinto and Cummings put in two fine performances and the story has a prestige TV sheen that makes us want to see more,’ Decider wrote in its review of the show.
‘Cold opens don’t get much more chilling than the first scene of AMC’s new supernatural horror drama NOS4A2,’ Vulture magazine glowingly praised.
‘The best horror isn’t inhuman. It isn’t senseless. We’re truly terrified by the stories that we relate to, that resonate deep within our most unthinking and instinctual places. NOS4A2 understands this,’ Slashfilm added.
On X, fans also had plenty of excitement around the show.
‘I Declare NOS4A2 as ‘GOLDEN SERIES OF THE CENTURY’,’ @rajj_gowham said.
‘NOS4A2 is now available on ITVX such a great series!’ @rebeldiamond_ added.
Currently, the show sits at a respectable 72% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Author Hill once explained the inspiration behind merging the festive season with horror themes (think a more disturbing version of the Nightmare Before Christmas).
Hill told Nerdophiles.com: ‘[US actor] Lon Chaney once said “There’s nothing funny about a clown at midnight.” And I thought by the same token, everyone loves Christmas carols…
‘But if it’s the middle of the summer and you’re sweaty and you’re lost in the woods, and you come across a dirt track that leads to a derelict rundown house, and you hear Christmas music coming from inside, you turn around and walk in the other direction real fast.
‘Because that just seems all kinds of wrong. But that’s sort of an explanation for why Christmasland is scary.’
Meanwhile, Ebon’s character Chris who is also battling an alcohol addiction, opened up about playing such a layered character.
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‘It’s interesting to play a guy who would take a bullet for his kid, but can’t figure out how to stop drinking…,’ he told AMC at the time.
‘But none of that gets in the way of the love he has for his kid—or rather, it gets in the way of his ability to be a good dad, but it never gets in the way of his intentions of love.’
ITVX has plenty of new shows to offer as we enter the new year including all seven seasons of another fantasy-horror, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, from January 2025.
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Seasons one and two of NOS4A2 are now available to stream on ITVX.
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