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A BUS ARRIVES IN THE TOWN NOBODY CAN LEAVE, BRINGING SECRETS AND TURMOIL IN THE SECOND SEASON OF FROM
WORDS: TARA BENNETT
IF YOU LIKE YOUR HORROR WITH A HEALTHY side dish of paranoia and psychological intrigue, From is the show you might have missed. John Griffin’s series centres on a Middle-American small town that’s seemingly been beckoning people into it, then not allowing anyone to leave, since the 1800s. As if that wasn’t panic-inducing enough, once nightfall cloaks the town, shape-shifting nocturnal creatures come out of the woods to brutally murder anyone naive enough to be outside, or to let them inside.
The first season established the basic rules of this cursed place, including the two factions of unwilling residents just trying to exist in this purgatory. Sheriff Boyd Stevens (Harold Perrineau) is the ex-military de facto mayor who rings the curfew bell every night and tries to create some semblance of safety for everyone. Up on the hill, meanwhile, is Colony House, a big Victorian dwelling overseen by Donna (Elizabeth Saunders) – home to those who bristle at rules and prefer a more laid-back approach to their shared hell.
ROAD TO NOWHERE
Season two picks up literally where the first season finale left off, with Boyd transported into a well, various members of the Matthews family in potential jeopardy and a passenger bus pulling up to the town’s diner. Executive producer and co-showrunner Jeff Pinkner tells SFX that the writing team planned to pick right up with their various cliffhangers to keep the audience in the thick of the drama.