A cursed island. A mayor who refuses to believe it. Ancient folklore, vengeful demons
"The whimsical supernatural comedy thriller leans into horror
with a two-episode drop
The first set in 1702 to reveal the origin of the curse that continues to bedevil the New England island. Betty Gilpin guest-stars as Sarah, whose journal reveals her terrible ordeal upon becoming the wife of Widow’s Bay’s fearsome founder and
Island Lord Protector Richard Warren (Hamish Linklater)
“Evil stalks this land,” a pastor tells Sarah, with suspicion mounting that the grave, humorless Richard is at the core of the island’s woes
The second episode takes us back to the present, where twitchy mayor Tom (Matthew Rhys) deals with the consequences of literally digging up the past. (For those curious about such things, the movie Tom’s son is watching, oblivious to the real mayhem around him, is appropriately enough 1960’s Horror Hotel.) "
