TV, Interrupted: Harper’s Island Was A Slasher Event That Died Young

(Welcome to TV, Interrupted, a series where the /Film team remembers, eulogizes, and makes a case for the revival of TV shows we loved that were canceled far too soon.)”And Then There Were None” knockoffs are everywhere.

The classic Agatha Christie novel was published in 1939, and the murder mystery genre has never been the same since.

And while Christie’s novel wasn’t exactly a slasher (its party guests are mostly killed off-page) it’s undoubtedly a touchstone for horror’s goriest genre as well.

People reveal their true selves under tremendous pressure, so the idea of putting a group of disparate strangers in one…The post TV, Interrupted: Harper’s Island Was A Slasher Event That Died Young appeared first on /Film.

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