Is this show worth giving a watch?

>>82109005
>>82109172
Care to explain?

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It's excellent. The story is decent enough, not great, was confused by one or two things in the finale but the show's strength lies in it's atmosphere and scares.

I can only recall two or three jump scares in the whole season. The crew behind this clearly know what they're doing, they definitely know how to do horror. You get scenes where the character will wake up and see one of the villains standing in the corner of his room. The character will be in a stare off against the monster and throughout the whole thing you're expecting the monster to jump out accompanied with a jump scare. But nothing happens. The scene will just end with them staring. This should be the standard of how these sorta scenes should be handled, but in this day and age where horror appeals to the lowest common denominator it's incredibly refreshing to just have the monster standing there in silence and have the scene conclude without a jump scare.

The show is clearly working with a low budget but the production value on the monsters is incredible. Most horror movies nowadays are made for teenagers to make a quick buck. No passion or love for the genre is behind the camera. The movies are made because they know dumbass teenagers will flock to the theater just so they can talk about how hilarious it was when Stacey jumped so hard she spilled her popcorn. They want fast food horror. Quick, cheap jump scares for simpletons. Channel Zero relies on atmosphere and tension. Takes time and intelligence to absorb, but makes for a far more rewarding viewing experience.

Like I said, story isn't perfect but the way the scares are executed and the atmosphere make it worth your time. The show is a great litmus test to determine whether or not someone is a poser when they say they "like" horror, or if they actually genuinely like horror.

>>82109335
Adding to this I'll say the very first scene of the very first episode is a great representation of the show as a whole in terms of how the scares are handled. Just watch the first scene of the first episode. If you thought that was shit, don't watch the rest, stick to your Paranormal Activity trash. If the first scene leaves you impressed, continue on, because that's how the scares are done in this show. The webm that I accidentally spoilered is another great moment. I'm not saying the show is even scary. I wasn't scared, but as I said, if you aren't a poser and you actually like the horror genre you don't need to be scared to enjoy the horror genre. Even when a scare doesn't actually scare you you can still fall in love with the craftsmanship of how the scenes are executed.

I'm not a shill. Just really like this low key show and am pissed that trash like American Horror Story gets millions of viewers.

>>82108902
No.

The first episode gave me high hopes. I think the cold open is genuinely creepy and better than most horror movies these days. But the longer things continue the more it becomes like a bad syfy original movie.

>>82109484
Are you denying the scares don't stay strong throughout? You can talk trash about the story all you want, but the scares are solid through and through.

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>>82109425
>I'm not a shill

>>82109758
Yes, I'm a shill who is advertising on /tv/, a board that torrents literally everything they watch.

Or if shill is someone who likes something and is urging others to experience that something so they can share the experience then yes, I'm a shill.

>>82109425
The word you are looking for is "dread", as opposed to "scare", which has been reduced to lound noises jumpscares by recent "horror movies"

>>82109182
no pacing
terrible acting
stupid dialogues
stupid characters

it has nothing going for it

>>82109874
So nothing but buzzwords?