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Teacup begins so intriguingly that one worries it might have an M. Night Shyamalan problem—namely, the inability to satisfyingly explain or resolve a tantalizing mystery. Fortunately, Ian McCulloch’s eight-episode horror series (executive produced by Saw and The Conjuring mastermind James Wan, and inspired by Robert R. McCammon’s 1988 novel Stinger) handles its inexplicable phenomenon by looking to past genre classics, on which it puts a loopy spin that makes it at once familiar and distinctive.
Premiering Oct. 10 on Peacock, Teacup consistently expands the scope of its story (and its central crisis) all the way to a finale that suggests there’s even more to tell. It’s an out-there thriller that rehashes and remixes to engaging B-movie effect.
On a remote Georgia farm that doubles as the site of her veterinarian clinic, Maggie (Yvonne Strahovski) shows her son Arlo (Caleb Dolden) how to catch a bee with a teacup and a piece of paper. This demonstration is a metaphor for the predicament to come, although before that begins, McCulloch swiftly delineates his protagonists and their fraught relationships.
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