Since its’ premiere on July 13, “The Strain” has taken Season 1 by storm. Where else can you fuse vampires and apocolypse and deadly viruses into one show? And we are not talking handsome romantic teen vampires either. In the same vein of “Game Of Thrones”, nobody, not even the main characters, are guaranteed […]
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FX Renews The Strain; Home Video Release Date Set For Season One!
FX’s hit horror series The Strain has been picked up for a second season. The critically acclaimed series (Eclipse gave it an A+) takes the idea of horrific, not sparkly and tormented, vampires and amps it up to creepy new heights by emphasizing its implacable, disease-like elements. The news of the show’s renewal comes with […]
Do You Have The Strain?
Worried that you might have been infected by The Strain? It does seem to be spreading rather quickly… The Strain Transformation App is a free download – available through the iTunes and Google Play stores. Fans can see how The Strain would transform – from diagnosis through to full on vampire. The app also allow […]
Dark Horse Unveils Comic-Con 2014 Plans!
With less than a week to go, Dark Horse has released its schedule of events – panels (more than a dozen) and signings (more than 50!) – for Comic-Con 2014. Who says Comic-Con isn’t about comics anymore? Sure there are the TV and movie-related panels (The Strain and A Dame To Kill for, for example), […]
The Strain Shines Darkly – Not Sparkly!
The Strain (FX, Sundays, 10/9C) brings the idea of vampires as evil predatory creatures who do not charm and most definitely do not sparkle. Adapted from the novels by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan – both Executive Producers on the series, and writers of the premiere; Del Toro directed – this is a series […]
The Strain: Guillermo Del Toro and Carlton Cuse Want To Creep You Out!
FX’s The Strain (Sundays, 10/9C) approaches vamipirism as a disease – a disease with an intelligence, with nothing remotely sympathetic about it. Premiering this weekend, The Strain will shock you, scare and probably prompt you to laugh nervously as often as you scream (or hold back screams – your choice…). Eclipse had the opportunity to […]
FX Puts The Strain On Xbox!
FX has partnered with Xbox Video to make a host of extras based on its new series, The Strain, available exclusively through that platform. Xbox Video is hosting exclusive custom teasers, art, photography behind-the-scenes videos, a Guillermo Del Toro Fan Q&A and an exclusive scene from the premiere – available now, exclusively, on Xbox One® […]
The Strain’s Del Toro & Cuse Answer Fan Questions Tomorrow!
Don’t strain yourselves, but tomorrow, July 11th, there are two great opportunities coming up for fans of Guillermo Del Toro and Carlton Cuse to learn more about their new series, The Strain (FX, Sundays, 10/9C). Follow the jump for details.
American Horror Story: Coven, The Strain Lead FX’s Contingent at Comic-Con 2014!
Guillermo Del Toro’s The Strain and American Horror Story are making their Comic-Con debuts at Comic-Con 2014 as part of FX’s contingent – a select group that also includes cast members from TV’s best animated series, Archer and long-running fan fave, Sons of Anarchy. The Strain’s Del Toro, showrunner Carlton Cuse and executive producer Chuck […]
First Look: Guillermo Del Toro’s Creepy The Strain!
Guillermo Del Toro has a love of the scary and the creepy and so, when he and Chuck Hogan co-wrote a trilogy of vampire novels, they were filtered through his unique sensibility. Now the trilogy is being adapted for television for FX – and the first teaser looks every bit as creepy as we might […]
Original Summer Series Set For FX and FXX Premieres!
Between June 24th and July 17th, FX and FXX will premiere their summer schedule of original series: Tyrant (FX), June 24th – about an American family ‘drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation’; Wilfred (FXX), June 25th – the final season for the series about a unique friendship between a guy trying […]