Created by Vera Miao, the anthology series Two Sentence Horror Stories started with five episodes in the 13 to 16 minute range that were released through the short-lived streaming service go90 in October of 2017. Last October, those episodes moved over to The CW's streaming service CW Seed. Impressed with what Miao and her collaborators did with those stories, The CW has now ordered eight half hour episodes of Two Sentence Horror Stories that will begin airing on the network this summer.
Two Sentence Horror Stories tells
contemporary tales of horror and haunting for the diverse and digital age. Inspired by the viral fan fiction of two-sentence horror stories, the anthology series taps into universal primal fears, filtered through the anxieties of the most connected and racially diverse generation. Despite dizzying advancements in technology, inequality, social progress and environmental degradation… the things that haunt us are still the same.
Miao is executive producing the series alongside Emily Wiedemann and Chazz Carfora for Stage 13, in association with Warner Bros.
Miao has also written two of the eight new episodes, and directed two of them. Her fellow writers on the season are Leon Hendrix III, C.S. McMullen, Pornsak Pichetshote, Stephanie Adams-Santos, and Sehaj Sethi. The other directors are Tayarisha Poe, Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia, Natalia Iyudin, and Nikyatu.
Titled Little Monsters, Squirm, Hide, Only Child, Gentleman, Tutorial, Legacy, and Scion, the standalone episodes include Nicole Kang, Jim Parrack, Aleyse Shannon, Greta Quispe, Wai Ching Ho, and Kate Jennings among their cast members.
There's no word on what stories these eight episodes will be telling, but here's the subject matter covered in the five streaming episodes:
“Ma” (directed by Vera Miao): When Mona falls for Erica, the new neighbor next door, she learns how far Ma will go to keep her “perfect” Chinese daughter home.
“Snap” (directed by Danny Perez): A notoriously cruel celebrity blogger dismisses a mysterious foe as harmless…until he wakes up to a video of himself sleeping on his own phone.
“Guilt Trip” (directed by JD Dillard): After picking up a victim of police brutality, a Good Samaritan is forced to rethink her decision on the dark and isolated road with the stranger in her car.
“Singularity” (directed by Vera Miao): After a transgender biohacker implants revolutionary technology into her own body, she is terrified to discover she can tap more than just the internet.
“Second Skin” (directed by Ryan Spindell): When a street-smart young woman accepts an invitation to a luxurious spa, she discovers just how far the powerful patrons will go to stay on the cutting edge of beauty.
I haven't watched those episodes yet, but after hearing this announcement I'm interested in checking them out.
The new batch of Two Sentence Horror Stories will begin airing on The CW at 8pm on Thursday, August 8th. There will be two episodes shown back-to-back on premiere night.