SEVERANCE SERIES REVIEW

In a world where your time off the clock and your time at work are literally separated, we have Severance. Showrunner Ben Stiller, yes that Ben Stiller, leads Adam Scott’s character Mark through a labyrinth of winding white hallways built by an unscrupulous corporation whose aim is certainly not employee satisfaction. Join us for an extended and deep dive into this genre-bender while we skip the “Would you rather be an innie or an outie?” and jump straight into wild speculation and make our guesses as to just how dark this rabbit hole is going to get. Help wanted. Apply within. But before you submit your application, the Screener Squad is here to tell you that the grass isn’t greener on either side of the Lumon elevator. You can use Tessa, Ryan, Neil, and Bob as references. Or the goats.

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CREATED BY: Dan Erickson

STARRING: Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman, Michael Chernus, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, Patricia Arquette, Yul Vazquez, Michael Cumpsty, Nikki M. James, Sydney Cole, Marc Geller, Michael Siberry, Joanne Kelly, Cassidy Layton, Nora Dale, Ethan Flower, Karen Aldridge

 

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

Robert Garza (Screener Squad)

If it weren’t for sad music and scary stories I wouldn’t be as well-adjusted and cheerful as I am today. Moonlighting as a musician off and on since adolescence, I am as big a fan of scores and needle drops as I am of slow zooms, production design, and third act exposition. Just about all of my screen time is spent on international horror, drama, and hour long episodic. Big fan of genre, and the biggest fan of supernatural horror and dark sci-fi with meaningful representation and narratives that use trauma, grief, and grace as more than surface-level content. Also, I read a ton of modern horror novels/comics and stan Matt Berry. In the before times I worked music and film festivals across the US and will hopefully return to that sometime in the future.

 

 

Tessa Morrison (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Unstabletop Gamers)

Well-rounded nerd and artist, Tessa Morrison grew up in the misty mountains of West Virginia and was constantly ridiculed for being a “weirdo.” Then moved to Austin in 2009 where people said the same thing, but in an endearing tone. Tessa works an office day job, creates puppets and fiber art, cosplays, models for gaming and animation studios, and volunteers for various organizations. One of which is the Other Worlds Film Festival, Austin’s first SciFi film fest, working in the capacity of Outreach Director and programmer. Another is local DIY-comedy-wrestling league, Party World Rasslin’, where Tessa scrambles around stage-handing and doing art department nonsense. Wrote and contributed to website and magazine Strange Kids Club for five years reviewing films, video games, and Halloween candy. Co-hosted a Public Access show called Ladies of Fandom. Previously guested on podcasts Blood Over Texas, Threequel Club, Trash in the Can, Retro Movie Roundtable, and Nerds with Mics.

 

 

Ryan Aleck Hill (Screener Squad, Video and Audio editor)

Ryan is a Washington D.C. based filmmaker & video editor who loves watching and talking about movies more than just about anything. He currently works at a creative agency as a director of photography/video editor, and does freelance video editing for Anthony Fantano/TheNeedleDrop. He also has a YouTube channel (Downhill Media) where he works on a weirdo art explainer series called “Artsplained” with his partner Michelle. He was a part of the Spill.com community way back in the day,