Name: Monsterland
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 2020-10-02
Rating: 6.5

What if the real monster was capitalism, trauma, and your own bad decisions?

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Twilight Zone but make it depressingFolklore fanfiction gone wrongSmall-town cosmic dread

Latest Episode

5.050 min

Season 1 • Episode 8

Latest

Newark, New Jersey

Oct 2, 2020

A grieving couple struggles to say goodbye.

Overview

Drama Mystery Sci-Fi & Fantasy

In this fantasy anthology series, encounters with mermaids, fallen angels and other strange beasts drive broken people to desperate acts in an attempt to repair their lives, ultimately showing there is a thin line between man and beast.

Content warning

anthology

Economic desperation as horrorThe performance of motherhoodMonstrosity as social conditionFailed American exceptionalism

Standout Aspects

Acting

Kaitlyn Dever's episode will wreck you completely.

Writing

Mary Laws channels her The Neon Demon energy into rural tragedy.

Production

Each episode's distinct visual language—no lazy anthology shortcuts.

Best for:Solo·Binge

Heads up:Emotional·Disturbing

Creator

Mary Laws

First AiredOct 2, 2020

StatusEnded

Vibe

Paceslow

Intensitymedium

Tonedark

Feelheavy

Seasons1·Episodes8

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Mary Laws adapted this from her own short story collection, and Hulu cancelled it after one season because apparently we can't have nice, deeply upsetting things.

Cultural

The 'New Orleans' episode directly references the 2010 BP oil spill's economic devastation, using supernatural horror to literalize corporate violence against marginalized communities.