Lore (TV series)

{{short description|American horror anthology television series}}

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| narrated = Aaron Mahnke (Season 1)

| composer = Chad Lawson

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 2

| num_episodes = 12

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  • Howard Young
  • Phillip Kobylanski
  • Punit Kulkarni

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| location = Atlanta, Georgia

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  • Stephen Campbell

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  • Christopher Kronus
  • James Coblentz
  • Devon Greene
  • Eleanor Infante

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| network = Amazon Prime Video

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| first_aired = {{Start date|2017|10|13}}

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Lore is an American horror anthology docuseries developed by the creator of the podcast of the same name, Aaron Mahnke, with Valhalla Entertainment and Propagate Content.{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/amazon-lore-horror-podcast-the-walking-dead-gale-anne-hurd-ben-silverman-1201831863/|title=Amazon Picks Up 'Lore' Horror Podcast With EPs Gale Anne Hurd & Ben Silverman|newspaper=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=August 29, 2017}} The series airs through Amazon Prime Video{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/amazon-orders-lore-series-from-gale-anne-hurd-ben-silverman-1201880454/|title=Amazon Orders 'Lore' Series From Gale Anne Hurd, Ben Silverman|newspaper=Variety|access-date=August 29, 2017}} and follows the podcast's anthology format with each episode featuring a new story. The show combines documentary footage and cinematic scenes to tell horror stories and their origins, and features Robert Patrick, Holland Roden, Colm Feore, Adam Goldberg, Doug Bradley, Maimie McCoy, Jürgen Prochnow, Steven Berkoff, Paula Malcomson, and Josh Bowman. The series premiered on October 13, 2017.

On February 26, 2018, Amazon renewed the series for a second season.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/02/lore-renewed-amazon-season-2-showrunner-sean-crouch-horror-series-1202301723/|title=Amazon Renews 'Lore'; 'Exorcist's Sean Crouch New Showrunner Of Horror Series|last=Patten|first=Dominic|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 26, 2018|access-date=February 27, 2018}} The second season premiered on October 19, 2018. On July 27, 2019, the series was cancelled.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/lore-forever-cancelled-amazon-1202655711/|title='Lore' & 'Forever' Cancelled By Amazon – TCA|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Peter|last=White|date=July 27, 2019|access-date=July 27, 2019}}

Cast and characters

Broadcast

Lore debuted on Amazon Prime Video on October 13, 2017.{{cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/29/watch-this-teaser-for-amazons-spooky-new-lore-series/|title=Watch this teaser for Amazon's spooky new 'Lore' series|newspaper=TechCrunch|access-date=August 29, 2017}}

=Reception=

Initial critical reception was mixed. As of August 15, 2019, Season 1 had earned an aggregate rating of 68% "fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 25 critic ratings.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/lore/s01 |title=Lore: Season 1 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=August 15, 2019}} Dread Central praised the series awarding it five out of five stars and saying "The only negative I can find is that there aren’t more episodes. It’s just that good."{{Cite web |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/257155/lore-tv-show/ |title=Lore (TV Series) |date=October 23, 2017 |website=Dread Central |access-date=October 24, 2017}} IGN gave it 9.0 and said " It is a wonderful piece of entertainment for horror fans and casual viewers alike to learn more about the monsters we thought we knew so well."{{Cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/10/14/lore-season-1-review |title=Lore: Season 1 Review |last=Griffin |first=David |date=October 13, 2017 |website=IGN |access-date=October 24, 2017}} Nerdist gave it 4 out of 5 burned heart burritos.{{Cite web |url=https://nerdist.com/lore-tv-show-review-amazon-lore-podcast/ |title=LORE is an Unsettling Look at the Lives Behind Our Legends (Review) |last=Beggs |first=Scott |date=October 13, 2017 |website=Nerdist |access-date=October 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024205746/https://nerdist.com/lore-tv-show-review-amazon-lore-podcast/ |archive-date=October 24, 2017 |url-status=dead }}

Episodes

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=Season 1 (2017)=

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|EpisodeNumber = 1

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|Title = They Made a Tonic

|DirectedBy = Darnell Martin

|WrittenBy = Jeff Eckerle, Marilyn Osborn

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|13}}

|ShortSummary = Before we knew how disease spread, medicine was as much superstition as it was science. And in the small New England towns of the 1800s, there is a belief that consumption can only be stopped by making sure the dead are actually dead. This episode speculates that America invented the word Vampire and that Mercy Brown was the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula.

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|EpisodeNumber = 2

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Echoes

|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright

|WrittenBy = Glen Morgan

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|13}}

|ShortSummary = Dr. Walter Freeman is the father of the ice pick lobotomy. He believes the ten-minute procedure will all but end the need for the mental hospital. He has the best of intentions but winds up creating an entirely new kind of horror story.

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|EpisodeNumber = 3

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Black Stockings

|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright

|WrittenBy = David Chiu, Patrick Wall

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|13}}

|ShortSummary = In 19th century Ireland, folklore has a strong hold. Michael Cleary is convinced his wife, Bridget, has been replaced by a fairy called a changeling. And his belief drives him to the most extreme act.

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|EpisodeNumber = 4

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|Title = Passing Notes

|DirectedBy = Nick Copus

|WrittenBy = Glen Morgan

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|13}}

|ShortSummary = In 19th century America, at the height of the Spiritualist Movement, a haunted house is not just the stuff of ghost stories. Many believe the dead can talk and, sometimes, will come back from the other side to wreak havoc on the living.

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|EpisodeNumber = 5

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = The Beast Within

|DirectedBy = Darnell Martin

|WrittenBy = David Coggeshall

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|13}}

|ShortSummary = Werewolves are now movie monsters. But they were once thought to be all too real. In 1589, villagers in Bedburg, Germany, are convinced that a werewolf is killing women and children only to discover the killer is really one of their own.

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|EpisodeNumber = 6

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Unboxed

|DirectedBy = Michael E. Satrazemis

|WrittenBy = Tyler Hisel

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|13}}

|ShortSummary = Robert Gene Otto is a child without friends. That is, until he receives a doll as a gift. He names the doll after himself, Robert. They become fast friends and soon the boy believes the doll is real. But to everyone else... Robert the Doll is a curse.

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=Season 2 (2018)=

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|EpisodeNumber = 7

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Burke and Hare: In the Name of Science

|DirectedBy = Christoph Schrewe

|WrittenBy = Carlos Foglia

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|10|19}}

|ShortSummary = The story of William Burke and William Hare, two Irish immigrants who became very well known for being grave robbers, but later went on to become a famous serial killing duo.

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|EpisodeNumber = 8

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Elizabeth Bathory: Mirror, Mirror

|DirectedBy = Alice Troughton

|WrittenBy = Ashley Halloran

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|10|19}}

|ShortSummary = Elizabeth Bathory became famous as the Countess of Blood, killing young girls via draining their youth to keep herself young. When she runs out of girls, she befriends a noble, keeping her true intentions a secret.

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|EpisodeNumber = 9

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Hinterkaifeck: Ghosts in the Attic

|DirectedBy = Christoph Schrewe

|WrittenBy = Jose Molina

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|10|19}}

|ShortSummary = The Gruber family has suspicions that a ghost is living in the walls and attic of their quiet German farm house. The ensuing investigation delves into the family’s strange and puzzling murder and the culprit, who is still unknown today.

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|EpisodeNumber = 10

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Prague Clock: The Curse of the Orloj

|DirectedBy = Christoph Schrewe

|WrittenBy = Ashley Edward Miller

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|10|19}}

|ShortSummary = The Black Plague was believed to be a curse set upon the city of Prague and two clockmaker brothers must race against the large clock in the city square to break the curse before it’s too late.

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|EpisodeNumber = 11

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Mary Webster: The Witch of Hadley

|DirectedBy = Alice Troughton

|WrittenBy = Alyssa Clark

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|10|19}}

|ShortSummary = Just a decade before the Salem trials, Mary Webster's small, but very religious town turns against her and accuses her of being a witch. She must rely on herself to prove them wrong.

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|EpisodeNumber = 12

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Jack Parsons: The Devil and the Divine

|DirectedBy = Alice Troughton

|WrittenBy = Sean Crouch

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|10|19}}

|ShortSummary = Jack Parsons was well known for his belief that rockets could one day be sent to outer space. He also believed that one could summon a demon and manages to successfully summon the Scarlet Woman, whom Parsons eventually becomes obsessed with, ignoring his current love, Marjorie Cameron.

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See also

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