The show is executive produced by Emmy-winner Lena Waithe.
Amazon Prime Video’s horror series Them will be hitting the streaming service next month and on the basis of its new trailer it’s going to be terrifying.
An anthology show exploring terror in the US à la American Horror Story, its first ten-episode season is set in the 1950s.
It centers on a black family who move from North Carolina to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood during the period known as The Great Migration.
Not long after arriving, the family become tormented by malevolent forces, both of this world and not, that threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them.
The series was created by Little Marvin and is executive produced by Lena Waithe of Master of None and Queen & Slim fame.
It’s great cast includes Ashley Thomas (Top Boy), Deborah Ayorinde (True Detective) and Shahadi Wright Joseph (Us) as the central family, alongside recognisable faces like Alison Pill (Devs, Snowpiercer) and Ryan Kwanten (True Blood).
Based on its full trailer, Them has the potential to be another great addition to the recent wave of socially conscious horror like Jordan Peele’s Get Out and Us, His House or the TV series Lovecraft Country.
Them drops on Prime Video on 9 April. Check out its new teaser below.
Clip via Amazon Prime Video
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