I was always under the impression that Blumhouse’s Prime Video cannibal series The Horror of Dolores Roach (read our review Here) was going to be an eight episode limited series, but apparently there was hope for a second season, because The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Prime Video has decided to cancel the show. So the eight episode first season is all we’re getting after all.
The news of the cancellation comes four months after all eight episodes of The Horror of Dolores Roach were released on the same day back in July.
Based on the Gimlet podcast of the same name, The Horror of Dolores Roach came from Blumhouse Television, Gimlet, and GloNation Studios. The show tells the following story: After serving a 16-year prison sentence, the title character (Machado) returns to a gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone,...
The news of the cancellation comes four months after all eight episodes of The Horror of Dolores Roach were released on the same day back in July.
Based on the Gimlet podcast of the same name, The Horror of Dolores Roach came from Blumhouse Television, Gimlet, and GloNation Studios. The show tells the following story: After serving a 16-year prison sentence, the title character (Machado) returns to a gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone,...
- 11/22/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Based on the hit podcast, Prime Video debuted the Amazon Original series “The Horror of Dolores Roach” this past July, and we’ve learned the series has been cancelled.
After just one season, “The Horror of Dolores Roach” is no more at Prime Video.
Justina Machado starred in the first season of “Dolores Roach.”
The eight-episode, half-hour series is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired tale, a macabre urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, gentrification, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest.
In the series, “Dolores Roach is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis, who gives her room and board and lets her give massages for cash in the basement under his dilapidated storefront, Empanada Loca, the only remnant of her former life.
After just one season, “The Horror of Dolores Roach” is no more at Prime Video.
Justina Machado starred in the first season of “Dolores Roach.”
The eight-episode, half-hour series is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired tale, a macabre urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, gentrification, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest.
In the series, “Dolores Roach is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis, who gives her room and board and lets her give massages for cash in the basement under his dilapidated storefront, Empanada Loca, the only remnant of her former life.
- 11/22/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Horror of Dolores Roach is a psychological thriller series created by Aaron Mark. The Prime Video series tells the story of Dolores Roach (Justina Machado), a woman recently released from an unjust prison sentence. After getting out Dolores is reunited with an old friend who gives her work but when her new and stable life is once again in danger she is ready to do anything to protect it. The Horror of Dolores Roach also stars Alejandro Hernandez, Cyndi Lauper, Justina Machado, Judy Reyes, and Marc Maron. So, if you loved the Prime Video series here are some similar shows you could watch until The Horror of Dolores Roach Season 2 comes out.
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Synopsis: Part survival epic, part psychological horror and part coming-of-age drama, this is the story of a team of wildly talented high school girls’ soccer players who survive a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness.
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- 8/9/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Much like her namesake, it seems Dolores Roach can survive under even the harshest conditions.
In The Horror of Dolores Roach Season 1 finale, it feels like Dolores’ (Justina Machado) luck might be running out. To quickly recap, so far she has murdered: the landlord’s son and the landlord himself, Jeremiah, a couple of neighborhood drug dealers, a local laundromat operator, a private investigator and maybe her sidekick Luis (Alejandro Hernandez).
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In The Horror of Dolores Roach Season 1 finale, it feels like Dolores’ (Justina Machado) luck might be running out. To quickly recap, so far she has murdered: the landlord’s son and the landlord himself, Jeremiah, a couple of neighborhood drug dealers, a local laundromat operator, a private investigator and maybe her sidekick Luis (Alejandro Hernandez).
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- 7/9/2023
- by Claire Franken
- TVLine.com
Cyndi Lauper has shared her new track “Oh, Dolores,” made for the new Prime Video series The Horror of Dolores Roach. Listen to it below.
The new single coincides with the series debut, in which Lauper makes a special guest appearance. “Oh, Dolores” sounds like it could’ve been a deep cut in her discography, blending exciting, scrappy punk with the bassy groove of new wave. Lyrically, the song serves as a foreboding message to the series’ main character: “Oh Dolores, you’ve come undone/ It happens every time, now isn’t it a crime?/ How they drag you down, Dolores,” Lauper sings.
The Horror of Dolores Roach is based on the hit Spotify fiction podcast of the same name, created and written by Aaron Mark. The first season focuses on Dolores, a woman who effectively starts her life over after having just been released from a 16-year prison sentence.
The new single coincides with the series debut, in which Lauper makes a special guest appearance. “Oh, Dolores” sounds like it could’ve been a deep cut in her discography, blending exciting, scrappy punk with the bassy groove of new wave. Lyrically, the song serves as a foreboding message to the series’ main character: “Oh Dolores, you’ve come undone/ It happens every time, now isn’t it a crime?/ How they drag you down, Dolores,” Lauper sings.
The Horror of Dolores Roach is based on the hit Spotify fiction podcast of the same name, created and written by Aaron Mark. The first season focuses on Dolores, a woman who effectively starts her life over after having just been released from a 16-year prison sentence.
- 7/7/2023
- by Cervanté Pope
- Consequence - Music
Prime Video’s cannibal dramedy series “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” based on the hit Gimlet podcast, is available to stream now. To celebrate, they’ve released Cyndi Lauper‘s new single “Oh Dolores” for the series, for your listening pleasure.
The pop queen behind “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” didn’t just create a brand new track inspired by the Sweeney Todd-like series, Lauper also appears in the series as a private investigator named Ruthie.
Lauper’s new song for the series “Oh, Dolores” is now available on all digital platforms. Co-written by Cyndi Lauper and Ben Hopkins, and produced and performed by Lauper, the song release coincides with the series premiere
The eight-episode, half-hour series is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired tale, a macabre urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, gentrification, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest.
In the series, “Dolores Roach is released from prison after...
The pop queen behind “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” didn’t just create a brand new track inspired by the Sweeney Todd-like series, Lauper also appears in the series as a private investigator named Ruthie.
Lauper’s new song for the series “Oh, Dolores” is now available on all digital platforms. Co-written by Cyndi Lauper and Ben Hopkins, and produced and performed by Lauper, the song release coincides with the series premiere
The eight-episode, half-hour series is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired tale, a macabre urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, gentrification, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest.
In the series, “Dolores Roach is released from prison after...
- 7/7/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
It’s so nice to meat you, Dolores!
Prime Video dropped all eight episodes of The Horror of Dolores Roach on Friday, July 7. In the premiere, Dolores (One Day at a Time‘s Justina Machado) holds us, and the woman portraying her in an on-stage production, hostage to share her life story. Yes, Dolores is a notorious murderer who collaborated with a cannibal to cover up her killings, but it’s not as sensational as the media wants you to think!
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Prime Video dropped all eight episodes of The Horror of Dolores Roach on Friday, July 7. In the premiere, Dolores (One Day at a Time‘s Justina Machado) holds us, and the woman portraying her in an on-stage production, hostage to share her life story. Yes, Dolores is a notorious murderer who collaborated with a cannibal to cover up her killings, but it’s not as sensational as the media wants you to think!
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- 7/7/2023
- by Claire Franken
- TVLine.com
“The Horror of Dolores Roach” is the kind of show that tries to do everything at once instead of doing one thing well. Is it a horror show? Is it a comedy? Is it a riff on “Sweeney Todd”? Is it a character study? Is it camp? Is it commentary? Yes, it’s all these things, and yes, other series have lumped many-a-genre and multiple goals into successful ongoing stories, but that first requires identifying what elements work well together.
Good horror isn’t just gore. Good comedy is, well, pretty subjective. But “Sweeney Todd” isn’t just about cannibalism, camp is earned, and commentary takes prolonged focus. The Amazon Prime Video series, adapted by creator, writer, and executive producer Aaron Mark from his one-woman play (“Empanada Loca”) and subsequent podcast (“The Horror of Dolores Roach”), never cooks any one ingredient long enough for its flavor to stand out in an overstuffed stew.
Good horror isn’t just gore. Good comedy is, well, pretty subjective. But “Sweeney Todd” isn’t just about cannibalism, camp is earned, and commentary takes prolonged focus. The Amazon Prime Video series, adapted by creator, writer, and executive producer Aaron Mark from his one-woman play (“Empanada Loca”) and subsequent podcast (“The Horror of Dolores Roach”), never cooks any one ingredient long enough for its flavor to stand out in an overstuffed stew.
- 7/7/2023
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Cannibal stories are a tough nut to crack as they automatically turn off a large part of the audience just from their central concept. Yet, as proven by shows such as Santa Clarita Diet, there is still an audience for them. Adapted from the hit podcast, The Horror of Dolores Roach also takes a ton of inspiration from Sweeney Todd. If you know anything about that story, then it’s fairly easy to see where Dolores Roach goes during its runtime. And there are many satisfying twists and turns along the way to keep you interested. But it’s the performances that really make the show stand out. So I was excited to be able to chat with stars Justina Machado, Alejandro Hernadez, Kita Updike, and K. Todd Freeman about just how much they bring to the table. Because it’s a lot. So join me as we get into...
- 7/7/2023
- by Tyler Nichols
- JoBlo.com
Dolores Roach is back from prison, but Washington Heights isn’t quite the same way that she left it 16 years ago. That’s how viewers will be introduced to “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” which premieres on Prime Video on Friday, July 7. The show is a “Sweeny Todd”-inspired horror/comedy, centering on Roach going to extreme lengths to make her nascent massage company a success. You can watch The Horror of Dolores Roach: Season 1 with a 30-Day Free Trial of Amazon Prime Video.
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“The Horror of Dolores Roach” is an adaptation of the fictional, beloved Spotify podcast of the same name. The show is an urban legend filled with love, lust,...
How to Watch ‘The Horror of Dolores Roach’ Series Premiere When: Friday, July 7, 2023 Stream: Watch with a 30-Day Free Trial of Amazon Prime Video. 30-Day Free Trial$8.99 / month amazon.com About ‘The Horror of Dolores Roach’ Series Premiere
“The Horror of Dolores Roach” is an adaptation of the fictional, beloved Spotify podcast of the same name. The show is an urban legend filled with love, lust,...
- 7/7/2023
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
Justina Machado may have sank her teeth into playing the murderous title character in “The Horror of Dolores Roach” — but she didn’t do it alone.
The new Prime Video series, premiering Friday, stars the “One Day at a Time” actress as a homicidal ex-con alongside Alejandro Hernandez’s Luis, a conspiring chef who disposes of her bodies by turning them into must-have Muy Loco empanadas.
“They’re toxic together,” she told TheWrap of the unlikely dynamic. “His crazy is crazier than her crazy, yet they need each other right now. They depend on each other. She even says it, like, no one’s ever done what he’s done for her. It’s sick. It’s twisted. But no one has ever done that… So she feels a sense of loyalty towards him.
The series is based on characters created by Aaron Mark, who turned his “Sweeney Todd”-inspired...
The new Prime Video series, premiering Friday, stars the “One Day at a Time” actress as a homicidal ex-con alongside Alejandro Hernandez’s Luis, a conspiring chef who disposes of her bodies by turning them into must-have Muy Loco empanadas.
“They’re toxic together,” she told TheWrap of the unlikely dynamic. “His crazy is crazier than her crazy, yet they need each other right now. They depend on each other. She even says it, like, no one’s ever done what he’s done for her. It’s sick. It’s twisted. But no one has ever done that… So she feels a sense of loyalty towards him.
The series is based on characters created by Aaron Mark, who turned his “Sweeney Todd”-inspired...
- 7/6/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
“I’m not the monster you’re making me out to be, seriously,” Dolores (Justina Machado) insists early in Prime Video’s The Horror of Dolores Roach. “I’m just like you, if everything went wrong.” Frankly, it’s a difficult assertion to swallow. By this point, we’re already aware she’s been involved in a scheme to turn humans into pastry filling, Sweeney Todd-style. Even the most broad-minded viewer is unlikely to find much relatable about that.
But the promise of The Horror of Dolores Roach is that it’s going to try enthusiastically to mount the case anyway — and the fun of it comes from realizing it succeeds more than not. No, you won’t necessarily walk away thinking you, too, might embrace cannibalism under the right circumstances. (That particular argument is better waged in Showtime’s Yellowjackets.) But in between the sick twists, dark laughs and lively lead performances,...
But the promise of The Horror of Dolores Roach is that it’s going to try enthusiastically to mount the case anyway — and the fun of it comes from realizing it succeeds more than not. No, you won’t necessarily walk away thinking you, too, might embrace cannibalism under the right circumstances. (That particular argument is better waged in Showtime’s Yellowjackets.) But in between the sick twists, dark laughs and lively lead performances,...
- 7/6/2023
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Plot: Dolores Roach is released after an unjust 16-year prison sentence, and she returns to a now-gentrified Washington Heights neighborhood. She reunites with an old stoner friend, Luis, who lets her live and work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is threatened, she must go to extremes to survive.
Review: It is tough to say whether the golden age of television is thriving or ending. With the streaming wars imploding, the depth and breadth of content on the small screen has never been bigger. But, with dozens upon dozens of series, many’s quality seems questionable. The latest series to debut is The Horror of Dolores Roach. A co-production between Amazon Studios and Blumhouse, The Horror of Dolores Roach is an adaptation of the hit podcast of the same name, which, in turn, was an adaptation of a stage play.
Review: It is tough to say whether the golden age of television is thriving or ending. With the streaming wars imploding, the depth and breadth of content on the small screen has never been bigger. But, with dozens upon dozens of series, many’s quality seems questionable. The latest series to debut is The Horror of Dolores Roach. A co-production between Amazon Studios and Blumhouse, The Horror of Dolores Roach is an adaptation of the hit podcast of the same name, which, in turn, was an adaptation of a stage play.
- 7/6/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Amazon Original series “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” based on the hit Gimlet podcast, isn’t shy about its influences. Giving a contemporary, gentrification spin on the Victorian cannibalism tale of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, the new series from creator Aaron Mark injects winking nods at every turn and then some, including a reference to William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. As tongue-in-cheek as these knowing references can be, it also underscores how familiar Dolores Roach’s predicament can be, though it’s offset by Justina Machado’s relatable and empathetic performance.
Much like Sweeney Todd, we meet Machado’s Dolores Roach at the far end of a lengthy prison sentence she didn’t quite earn. Dolores took the fall for her drug dealer boyfriend Dominic and spent sixteen years in jail, and her release leaves her with very little to her name in a now-gentrified Washington Heights.
Much like Sweeney Todd, we meet Machado’s Dolores Roach at the far end of a lengthy prison sentence she didn’t quite earn. Dolores took the fall for her drug dealer boyfriend Dominic and spent sixteen years in jail, and her release leaves her with very little to her name in a now-gentrified Washington Heights.
- 7/5/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Horror of Dolores Roach is a drama directed by Hiromi Kamata and Roxann Dawson, starring Justina Machado and Alejandro Hernandez.
After an unjust 16-year prison sentence, Dolores Roach returns to a gentrified Washington Heights, where she reunites with an old stoner friend, Luis, who lets her live and work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, “Magic Hands” Dolores is driven to shocking extremes to survive.
Release date
July 7
Where to Watch The Horror of Dolores Roach
Amazon Prime Video
The Cast Justina Machado Kita Updike Alejandro Hernandez K. Todd Freeman
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After an unjust 16-year prison sentence, Dolores Roach returns to a gentrified Washington Heights, where she reunites with an old stoner friend, Luis, who lets her live and work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, “Magic Hands” Dolores is driven to shocking extremes to survive.
Release date
July 7
Where to Watch The Horror of Dolores Roach
Amazon Prime Video
The Cast Justina Machado Kita Updike Alejandro Hernandez K. Todd Freeman
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- 6/21/2023
- by Pilar Lachén
- Martin Cid - TV
The Horror of Dolores Roach is coming soon to Prime Video, and the streaming service has released a trailer teasing the new dark dramedy series. The streamer has ordered eight episodes.
Starring Justina Machado, Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, and K. Todd Freeman, the series follows a woman trying to rebuild her life after her release from prison. However, there are some complications along the way.
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Starring Justina Machado, Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, and K. Todd Freeman, the series follows a woman trying to rebuild her life after her release from prison. However, there are some complications along the way.
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- 6/13/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Based on Aaron Mark's acclaimed podcast series and starring Justina Machado, Blumhouse's new cannibal horror comedy series The Horror of Dolores Roach is coming to Prime Video on July 7th, and we have a look at the official trailer ahead of its premiere!
Press Release: Culver City, California—June 12, 2023—Today, Prime Video released the official trailer for the highly anticipated new series The Horror of Dolores Roach. Starring Justina Machado, the eight-episode Amazon Original series will premiere on July 7, exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories around the world. The Horror of Dolores Roach is a part of the savings, convenience, and entertainment that Prime members enjoy in a single membership.
The Horror of Dolores Roach, based on the hit Spotify podcast series of the same name, is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest. Dolores...
Press Release: Culver City, California—June 12, 2023—Today, Prime Video released the official trailer for the highly anticipated new series The Horror of Dolores Roach. Starring Justina Machado, the eight-episode Amazon Original series will premiere on July 7, exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories around the world. The Horror of Dolores Roach is a part of the savings, convenience, and entertainment that Prime members enjoy in a single membership.
The Horror of Dolores Roach, based on the hit Spotify podcast series of the same name, is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest. Dolores...
- 6/12/2023
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
"Don't worry about a thing, Dolores! I took care of it..." Prime Video has revealed the first official trailer for The Horror of Dolores Roach, a series based on a popular scripted fiction horror podcast of the same name. After becoming a podcast hit with two seasons in 2018 and 2019, Amazon and Blumhous decided to adapt it for the screen. When Dolores Roach is released after an unjust prison sentence, she reunites with an old friend who lets her work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is threatened, Dolores is driven to shocking extremes to survive. The series stars Justina Machado as Dolores, taking over from Daphne Rubin-Vega who voiced her on the podcast. Also starring Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, K. Todd Freeman, Ilan Eskenazi, Jessica Pimentel, Jimmy Alvarez, plus Marc Maron and Judy Reyes. This horror comedy series launches...
- 6/12/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
All eight episodes of Blumhouse’s cannibal series The Horror of Dolores Roach will be available to watch on the Prime Video streaming service as of July 7th – and with that date less than a month away, a trailer for the show has arrived online! You can check it out in the embed above.
Based on the Gimlet podcast of the same name, The Horror of Dolores Roach is coming to us from Blumhouse Television, Gimlet, and GloNation Studios. The show will tell the following story: After serving a 16-year prison sentence, the title character (Machado) returns to a gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis, who gives her room and board and lets her give massages for cash in the basement under his dilapidated storefront, Empanada Loca, the only remnant of her former life.
Based on the Gimlet podcast of the same name, The Horror of Dolores Roach is coming to us from Blumhouse Television, Gimlet, and GloNation Studios. The show will tell the following story: After serving a 16-year prison sentence, the title character (Machado) returns to a gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis, who gives her room and board and lets her give massages for cash in the basement under his dilapidated storefront, Empanada Loca, the only remnant of her former life.
- 6/12/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
What’s in these empanadas, you ask? Just human flesh, of course.
Prime Video released a trailer for its upcoming series The Horror of Dolores Roach, which premieres all eight episodes on Friday, July 7. In it, Dolores (One Day at a Time’s Justina Machado) quickly spirals out of control and into a bout of serial killing.
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Prime Video released a trailer for its upcoming series The Horror of Dolores Roach, which premieres all eight episodes on Friday, July 7. In it, Dolores (One Day at a Time’s Justina Machado) quickly spirals out of control and into a bout of serial killing.
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- 6/12/2023
- by Claire Franken
- TVLine.com
Prime Video just unveiled a brand new trailer for the Amazon Original series “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” based on the hit Gimlet podcast, ahead of its summer debut on July 7, 2023.
Meat Dolores, played by Final Destination 2’s Justina Machado, in the trailer below.
Is it just me or is anyone else craving empanadas?
The eight-episode, half-hour series is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired tale, a macabre urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, gentrification, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest.
In the series, “Dolores Roach is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis, who gives her room and board and lets her give massages for cash in the basement under his dilapidated storefront, Empanada Loca, the only remnant of her former life.
Meat Dolores, played by Final Destination 2’s Justina Machado, in the trailer below.
Is it just me or is anyone else craving empanadas?
The eight-episode, half-hour series is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired tale, a macabre urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, gentrification, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest.
In the series, “Dolores Roach is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis, who gives her room and board and lets her give massages for cash in the basement under his dilapidated storefront, Empanada Loca, the only remnant of her former life.
- 6/12/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Prime Video has released a trailer for “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” a new eight-episode, darkly comedic drama series set to premiere on July 7.
The show, which was originally created by Aaron Mark as a one-woman played called “Empanada Loca” and is based on the hit Spotify podcast series of the same name, is described as a “contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, cannibalism and survival of the fittest.”
Dolores Roach (“One Day At a Time” star Justina Machado) is released after an unjust 16-year prison sentence and returns to a gentrified Washington Heights, where she reunites with an old stoner friend named Luis, who lets her live and work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, “Magic Hands” Dolores is driven to shocking extremes to survive.
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The show, which was originally created by Aaron Mark as a one-woman played called “Empanada Loca” and is based on the hit Spotify podcast series of the same name, is described as a “contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, cannibalism and survival of the fittest.”
Dolores Roach (“One Day At a Time” star Justina Machado) is released after an unjust 16-year prison sentence and returns to a gentrified Washington Heights, where she reunites with an old stoner friend named Luis, who lets her live and work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, “Magic Hands” Dolores is driven to shocking extremes to survive.
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- 6/12/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
Dread and Iconic Events Releasing Strike Deal for Theatrical Re-Release of Terrifier: "Dread, the L.A.-based distribution and financing company Epic Pictures’ specialty horror label, announced today plans to re-release Terrifier, Damien Leone’s 2016 slasher horror — that would lead to the smash box-office hit Terrifier 2 — nationwide in theaters with Iconic Events, who handled the explosively successful rollout of the sequel last year. Terrifier will return to the big screen on July 19, 2023 and play in over 700 theater locations across the U.S.
Following a string of earlier films that first introduced Leone’s now-iconic villain Art the Clown to audiences, Terrifier saw the role first taken by David Howard Thornton, who took up the mantle once again in the film’s breakout sequel, cementing the character’s place in horror canon legacy.
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Following a string of earlier films that first introduced Leone’s now-iconic villain Art the Clown to audiences, Terrifier saw the role first taken by David Howard Thornton, who took up the mantle once again in the film’s breakout sequel, cementing the character’s place in horror canon legacy.
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- 4/24/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The Horror of Dolores Roach: Prime Video Releases Premiere Date and Photos for Horror Dramedy Series
The Horror of Dolores Roach has its premiere date. Prime Video has announced the premiere of the new horror dramedy series with the release of first-look photos. All eight episodes will arrive in July.
Starring Justina Machado, Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, and K. Todd Freeman, The Horror of Dolores Roach series is inspired by a Spotify podcast of the same name. The story follows a woman (Machado) who's spent an unjust 16-year stint in prison and the lengths she'll go to stabilize her life following her release.
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Starring Justina Machado, Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, and K. Todd Freeman, The Horror of Dolores Roach series is inspired by a Spotify podcast of the same name. The story follows a woman (Machado) who's spent an unjust 16-year stint in prison and the lengths she'll go to stabilize her life following her release.
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- 4/20/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Blumhouse’s The Horror of Dolores Roach is set to premiere on July 7 via Prime Video.
The 8-episode series—based on the hit Gimlet podcast series of the same name— tells the story of Dolores Roach (Justina Machado), a recently released prisoner who after 16 years returns to find a severely-gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis (Alejandro Hernandez), who gives her room and board and lets her give massages for cash in the basement under his dilapidated storefront Empanada Loca, the only remnant of her former life.
When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, “Magic Hands Dolores” is driven to shocking extremes to survive, and in the face of unexpected professional success, Dolores and Luis become dangerously symbiotic, and Luis must unleash his own peculiar predilections.
Kita Updike, K. Todd Freeman,...
The 8-episode series—based on the hit Gimlet podcast series of the same name— tells the story of Dolores Roach (Justina Machado), a recently released prisoner who after 16 years returns to find a severely-gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis (Alejandro Hernandez), who gives her room and board and lets her give massages for cash in the basement under his dilapidated storefront Empanada Loca, the only remnant of her former life.
When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, “Magic Hands Dolores” is driven to shocking extremes to survive, and in the face of unexpected professional success, Dolores and Luis become dangerously symbiotic, and Luis must unleash his own peculiar predilections.
Kita Updike, K. Todd Freeman,...
- 4/20/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Today, Prime Video announced that the new horror dramedy series ‘The Horror of Dolores Roach’, from Blumhouse, producers of M3GAN, Spotify and GloNation, based on the hit podcast of the same name, will premiere all eight episodes on July 7, with the official first-look images out now. The eight-episode Amazon Original series will be available on July 7.
The Horror of Dolores Roach, based on the hit Spotify podcast series of the same name, is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest. Dolores Roach (Justina Machado) is released after an unjust 16-year prison sentence, and she returns to a gentrified Washington Heights.
Dolores reunites with an old stoner friend, Luis (Alejandro Hernandez), who lets her live and work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, ‘Magic Hands’ Dolores...
The Horror of Dolores Roach, based on the hit Spotify podcast series of the same name, is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest. Dolores Roach (Justina Machado) is released after an unjust 16-year prison sentence, and she returns to a gentrified Washington Heights.
Dolores reunites with an old stoner friend, Luis (Alejandro Hernandez), who lets her live and work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, ‘Magic Hands’ Dolores...
- 4/20/2023
- by Editorial Desk
- GlamSham
Prime Video has announced that all eight episodes of Blumhouse’s cannibal series The Horror of Dolores Roach will be available to watch on their streaming service as of July 7th! Along with the premiere date announcement comes the unveiling of some first look images from the show, and you can check those out at the bottom of this article.
Based on the Gimlet podcast of the same name, The Horror of Dolores Roach is coming to us from Blumhouse Television, Gimlet, and GloNation Studios. The show will tell the following story: After serving a 16-year prison sentence, the title character (Machado) returns to a gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis, who gives her room and board and lets her give massages for cash in the basement under his dilapidated storefront,...
Based on the Gimlet podcast of the same name, The Horror of Dolores Roach is coming to us from Blumhouse Television, Gimlet, and GloNation Studios. The show will tell the following story: After serving a 16-year prison sentence, the title character (Machado) returns to a gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis, who gives her room and board and lets her give massages for cash in the basement under his dilapidated storefront,...
- 4/19/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Prime Video has debuted first-look images for the Amazon Original series “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” based on the hit Gimlet podcast, ahead of its summer debut on July 7, 2023.
Final Destination 2’s Justina Machado stars in the title role.
The eight-episode, half-hour series is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired tale, a macabre urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, gentrification, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest.
The plot sees “Dolores Roach is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her is boyfriend missing, her family long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis, who gives her room and board and lets her give massages for cash in the basement under his dilapidated storefront, Empanada Loca, the only remnant of her former life. When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, ‘Magic Hands Dolores...
Final Destination 2’s Justina Machado stars in the title role.
The eight-episode, half-hour series is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired tale, a macabre urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, gentrification, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest.
The plot sees “Dolores Roach is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her is boyfriend missing, her family long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis, who gives her room and board and lets her give massages for cash in the basement under his dilapidated storefront, Empanada Loca, the only remnant of her former life. When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, ‘Magic Hands Dolores...
- 4/19/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Bowfinger Int’l Pictures, run by Spanish actor-director Santiago Segura and producing partner María Luisa Gutiérrez, and Beta Fiction Spain (Bfs), the Spanish affiliate of Germany’s Beta Film, have teamed up to produce “Infiltrada” (“Infiltrated”) the true story of a young Spanish policewoman who infiltrated the Basque separatist group, Eta.
To be directed by Bilbao-based helmer Arantxa Echevarría, the feature film based on true events follows the 20-year old policewoman, known only by her alias Aranzazu Berradre Marín, who managed to embed herself with members of the terrorist group, even sharing living quarters with them.
Eventually, she helped lead to the dismantling of the infamous organization that used terrorist tactics in its campaign for an independent Basque state.
Based on extensive research that included the collaboration of journalists and interviews with people who were directly involved in the operation, “Infiltrada” will depict not only the events but will also...
To be directed by Bilbao-based helmer Arantxa Echevarría, the feature film based on true events follows the 20-year old policewoman, known only by her alias Aranzazu Berradre Marín, who managed to embed herself with members of the terrorist group, even sharing living quarters with them.
Eventually, she helped lead to the dismantling of the infamous organization that used terrorist tactics in its campaign for an independent Basque state.
Based on extensive research that included the collaboration of journalists and interviews with people who were directly involved in the operation, “Infiltrada” will depict not only the events but will also...
- 1/27/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
NBC closes the doors on New Amsterdam with a two-hour series finale airing on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. Season five episode 12, “Right Place,” airs at 9pm Et/Pt followed by “How Can I Help” at 10pm Et/Pt.
Season five cast members include Ryan Eggold as Dr. Max Goodwin, Janet Montgomery as Dr. Lauren Bloom, Jocko Sims as Dr. Floyd Reynolds, and Tyler Labine as Dr. Iggy Frome. Sandra Mae Frank returns as Dr. Elizabeth Wilder and has been upped to series regular for the final season. Conner Marx guest stars as Ben Meyer.
“Right Place” Plot: Max and Wilder face a dilemma over approvals for a revolutionary cancer drug as Max learns a secret about his own bout with cancer; Reynolds goes the extra mile to correct a dire medical situation; Iggy tries desperately to help a woman in need.
Season 5 Episode 1 “Tbd” Preview Season 5 Episode 2 “Hook, Line and Sinker” Preview...
Season five cast members include Ryan Eggold as Dr. Max Goodwin, Janet Montgomery as Dr. Lauren Bloom, Jocko Sims as Dr. Floyd Reynolds, and Tyler Labine as Dr. Iggy Frome. Sandra Mae Frank returns as Dr. Elizabeth Wilder and has been upped to series regular for the final season. Conner Marx guest stars as Ben Meyer.
“Right Place” Plot: Max and Wilder face a dilemma over approvals for a revolutionary cancer drug as Max learns a secret about his own bout with cancer; Reynolds goes the extra mile to correct a dire medical situation; Iggy tries desperately to help a woman in need.
Season 5 Episode 1 “Tbd” Preview Season 5 Episode 2 “Hook, Line and Sinker” Preview...
- 1/9/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
NBC has set the series finale for medical drama New Amsterdam for January 17 at 9 p.m. The two-hour episode follows the series premiere of freshman comedy Night Court.
Additionally, New Amsterdam will return from hiatus on January 3 at 10 p.m.
New Amsterdam, from creator/executive producer David Schulner, director/executive producer Peter Horton and Universal Television, stars Ryan Eggold as Dr. Max Goodwin, who became the medical director of New Amsterdam, one the country’s oldest public hospitals, with the goal of reforming it by tearing up its bureaucracy to provide better care to patients.
The series also stars Janet Montgomery, Jocko Sims, Tyler Labine, Sandra Mae Frank, Alejandro Hernandez, and Gina Gershon.
Deadline exclusively revealed in March that the medical drama would wrap up with a 13-episode Season 5. The show will conclude with a total of 92 episodes.
Creator Schulner and director Horton executive produce with Michael Slovis, David Foster,...
Additionally, New Amsterdam will return from hiatus on January 3 at 10 p.m.
New Amsterdam, from creator/executive producer David Schulner, director/executive producer Peter Horton and Universal Television, stars Ryan Eggold as Dr. Max Goodwin, who became the medical director of New Amsterdam, one the country’s oldest public hospitals, with the goal of reforming it by tearing up its bureaucracy to provide better care to patients.
The series also stars Janet Montgomery, Jocko Sims, Tyler Labine, Sandra Mae Frank, Alejandro Hernandez, and Gina Gershon.
Deadline exclusively revealed in March that the medical drama would wrap up with a 13-episode Season 5. The show will conclude with a total of 92 episodes.
Creator Schulner and director Horton executive produce with Michael Slovis, David Foster,...
- 11/7/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
The teaser for NBC’s New Amsterdam season five episode six shows Floyd is going to try everything possible to protect his dad from himself. Episode six – “Give Me a Sign” – will air on October 25, 2022 at 10pm Et/Pt.
Season five cast members include Ryan Eggold as Dr. Max Goodwin, Janet Montgomery as Dr. Lauren Bloom, Jocko Sims as Dr. Floyd Reynolds, and Tyler Labine as Dr. Iggy Frome. Sandra Mae Frank returns as Dr. Elizabeth Wilder and has been upped to series regular for the final season. Conner Marx guest stars as Ben Meyer.
“Give Me a Sign” Plot: Max goes on a mission to make New York safer. Iggy helps a family come to terms with their deaf child’s inability to communicate.
Season 5 Episode 1 “Tbd” Preview Season 5 Episode 2 “Hook, Line and Sinker” Preview Season 5 Episode 3 “Big Day” Preview Season 5 Episode 4 “Heal Thyself” Preview Season 5 Episode 5 “Grabby Hands...
Season five cast members include Ryan Eggold as Dr. Max Goodwin, Janet Montgomery as Dr. Lauren Bloom, Jocko Sims as Dr. Floyd Reynolds, and Tyler Labine as Dr. Iggy Frome. Sandra Mae Frank returns as Dr. Elizabeth Wilder and has been upped to series regular for the final season. Conner Marx guest stars as Ben Meyer.
“Give Me a Sign” Plot: Max goes on a mission to make New York safer. Iggy helps a family come to terms with their deaf child’s inability to communicate.
Season 5 Episode 1 “Tbd” Preview Season 5 Episode 2 “Hook, Line and Sinker” Preview Season 5 Episode 3 “Big Day” Preview Season 5 Episode 4 “Heal Thyself” Preview Season 5 Episode 5 “Grabby Hands...
- 10/19/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Sandro Fiorin’s Figa Films has snapped up international sales rights to Pavel Giroud’s “El Caso Padilla,” which, selected for the San Sebastian highly competitive Horizontes Latinos, bids fair to become one of the most notable Latin American doc features of 2022.
Variety has also shared in exclusivity a first trailer to the film.
The follow-up to Giroud admired 2015 fiction film “El Acompañante,” which won San Sebastian’s Co-Production Forum, “El Caso Padilla” turns on the so-called Padilla Affair. That climaxed with arrest on March 30, 1971 of Heberto Padilla, one of the most exquisite and trenchant of modern Cuban poets whose 1968 poetry collection “Fuera de Juego” constituted a scathing attack on the lack of liberties in Fidel Castro’s Cuba.
Padilla’s arrest signalled the end of a honeymoon between Europe’s left and Castro’s revolution, prompting a letter published in Le Monde – signed by Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir,...
Variety has also shared in exclusivity a first trailer to the film.
The follow-up to Giroud admired 2015 fiction film “El Acompañante,” which won San Sebastian’s Co-Production Forum, “El Caso Padilla” turns on the so-called Padilla Affair. That climaxed with arrest on March 30, 1971 of Heberto Padilla, one of the most exquisite and trenchant of modern Cuban poets whose 1968 poetry collection “Fuera de Juego” constituted a scathing attack on the lack of liberties in Fidel Castro’s Cuba.
Padilla’s arrest signalled the end of a honeymoon between Europe’s left and Castro’s revolution, prompting a letter published in Le Monde – signed by Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir,...
- 8/31/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Los Angeles, Aug 2 (Ians) ‘Girls Just Want Have Fun’ hitmaker Cyndi Lauper has signed on for a recurring guest role in the upcoming Amazon series ‘The Horror of Dolores Roach’. According to ‘Variety’, Lauper will appear in the show opposite previously announced lead Justina Machado as well as cast members Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, […]...
- 8/2/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Pop star legend Cyndi Lauper has boarded Amazon’s upcoming series “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” an individual with knowledge of the move told TheWrap on Monday.
The “Time After Time” singer will play the recurring guest role of Ruthie — described as a Broadway theatre usher who moonlights as a private investigator and stirs up trouble for Dolores Roach.
The show started as a podcast from Gimlet Media, which announced its adaptation in September. Amazon ordered the story to series in February, according to Variety.
Lauper joins Justina Machado, who will portray Dolores Roach, as well as Alejandro Hernandez, who plays Luis, Roach’s partner in crime. Marc Maron joined the show in June 2022 to play Gideon Pearlman, Roach’s landlord.
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Prime Video’s exclusive series will premiere in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. The series is produced by Blumhouse Television,...
The “Time After Time” singer will play the recurring guest role of Ruthie — described as a Broadway theatre usher who moonlights as a private investigator and stirs up trouble for Dolores Roach.
The show started as a podcast from Gimlet Media, which announced its adaptation in September. Amazon ordered the story to series in February, according to Variety.
Lauper joins Justina Machado, who will portray Dolores Roach, as well as Alejandro Hernandez, who plays Luis, Roach’s partner in crime. Marc Maron joined the show in June 2022 to play Gideon Pearlman, Roach’s landlord.
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Marc Maron Joins Amazon Series ‘The Horror of Dolores Roach’
Prime Video’s exclusive series will premiere in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. The series is produced by Blumhouse Television,...
- 8/1/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Cyndi Lauper has signed on for a recurring guest role in the upcoming Amazon series “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” Variety has learned exclusively.
Lauper will appear in the show opposite previously announced lead Justina Machado as well as cast members Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, K. Todd Freeman, Marc Maron, Jean Yoon, Judy Reyes, and Jeffery Self. The series, which is produced by Blumhouse Television, Spotify Studios, and GloNation Studios for Amazon, was ordered to series in February. It is based on the Gimlet podcast of the same name. Amazon has given the half-hour show an eight episode order.
In the series, Dolores Roach (Machado) is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely-gentrified Washington Heights with 200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis (Hernandez), who gives her room and board and lets her...
Lauper will appear in the show opposite previously announced lead Justina Machado as well as cast members Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, K. Todd Freeman, Marc Maron, Jean Yoon, Judy Reyes, and Jeffery Self. The series, which is produced by Blumhouse Television, Spotify Studios, and GloNation Studios for Amazon, was ordered to series in February. It is based on the Gimlet podcast of the same name. Amazon has given the half-hour show an eight episode order.
In the series, Dolores Roach (Machado) is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely-gentrified Washington Heights with 200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis (Hernandez), who gives her room and board and lets her...
- 8/1/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Marc Maron has joined “The Horror of Dolores Roach” in a recurring role, TheWrap has conformed.
Maron will play Gideon Pearlman, the landlord of Justina Machado’s Sweeney Todd-esque title character and her cohort in crime, Luis (Alejandro Hernandez).
Jean Yoon of “Kim’s Convenience” has also joined the series in a recurring role, playing Joy, who owns the laundromat next door to Empanada Loca.
Judy Reyes (“Succession,” “Scrubs”) will recur, playing local weed dealer Marcie, who becomes Dolores’ nemesis.
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Jeffery Self of “Search Party” will play Caleb, a podcaster whose episode on Empanada Loca brings in a wave of new customers. He will also recur.
The eight-episode series also stars Kita Updike and K. Todd Freeman. It’s based on the Gimlet podcast of the same name, which itself was based on the one-woman play starring Daphne Rubin-Vega.
Maron will play Gideon Pearlman, the landlord of Justina Machado’s Sweeney Todd-esque title character and her cohort in crime, Luis (Alejandro Hernandez).
Jean Yoon of “Kim’s Convenience” has also joined the series in a recurring role, playing Joy, who owns the laundromat next door to Empanada Loca.
Judy Reyes (“Succession,” “Scrubs”) will recur, playing local weed dealer Marcie, who becomes Dolores’ nemesis.
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Jeffery Self of “Search Party” will play Caleb, a podcaster whose episode on Empanada Loca brings in a wave of new customers. He will also recur.
The eight-episode series also stars Kita Updike and K. Todd Freeman. It’s based on the Gimlet podcast of the same name, which itself was based on the one-woman play starring Daphne Rubin-Vega.
- 6/29/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Marc Maron (Glow), Jean Yoon (Kim’s Convenience), Judy Reyes, and Jeffery Self (Search Party) have joined the cast of Amazon’s The Horror of Dolores Roach in recurring roles.
They join series lead Justina Machado who plays the titular masseuse Dolores Roach, as well as previously announced Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, and K. Todd Freeman.
Maron will play “Gideon Pearlman”, Luis and Dolores’ Long Island-based landlord who is the new owner of the building where they reside and is the home of Empanada Loca. Yoon will play “Joy,” who has owned the laundromat next door to Empanada Loca for nine years and becomes Dolores’ frequent customer.
Reyes will play “Marcie.” Marcie runs the neighborhood weed business and at first offers Dolores an opportunity to work for her, but when Dolores declines quickly becomes her nemesis. Self will play “Caleb,” an “up-and-coming influencer”/podcaster living in the Empanada Loca building.
They join series lead Justina Machado who plays the titular masseuse Dolores Roach, as well as previously announced Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, and K. Todd Freeman.
Maron will play “Gideon Pearlman”, Luis and Dolores’ Long Island-based landlord who is the new owner of the building where they reside and is the home of Empanada Loca. Yoon will play “Joy,” who has owned the laundromat next door to Empanada Loca for nine years and becomes Dolores’ frequent customer.
Reyes will play “Marcie.” Marcie runs the neighborhood weed business and at first offers Dolores an opportunity to work for her, but when Dolores declines quickly becomes her nemesis. Self will play “Caleb,” an “up-and-coming influencer”/podcaster living in the Empanada Loca building.
- 6/29/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Moving waves on Spain’s film-tv scene when it launched in early May, Beta Fiction Spain has unveiled its first project as a producer, “Dolores,” a portrait of Spain’s Dolores Ibarruri, a worldwide icon of the workers’ movement and struggle against fascism.
The feature film is inspired by “Pasionaria. La vida inesperada de Dolores Ibárruri,” a question-posing non-fiction book by Spanish historian Diego Díaz Alonso published in 2020.
Underscoring Beta Fiction Spain’s ability to attach best-of-class Spanish talent, the screenplay for “Pasionaria” is being penned by two of Spain’s foremost film-tv scribes, Alejandro Hernández, co-writer of Alejandro Amenábar’s “While at War” and Mariano Barroso’s “What the Future Holds,” and Michel Gaztambide, a writer on Julio Medem’s milestone 1992 debut “Cows,” Enrique Urbizu’s best picture Goya winner “No Rest for the Wicked” and Freddy Highmore heist thriller “The Vault,” the second highest-grossing Spanish movie of 2021.
Díaz Alonso...
The feature film is inspired by “Pasionaria. La vida inesperada de Dolores Ibárruri,” a question-posing non-fiction book by Spanish historian Diego Díaz Alonso published in 2020.
Underscoring Beta Fiction Spain’s ability to attach best-of-class Spanish talent, the screenplay for “Pasionaria” is being penned by two of Spain’s foremost film-tv scribes, Alejandro Hernández, co-writer of Alejandro Amenábar’s “While at War” and Mariano Barroso’s “What the Future Holds,” and Michel Gaztambide, a writer on Julio Medem’s milestone 1992 debut “Cows,” Enrique Urbizu’s best picture Goya winner “No Rest for the Wicked” and Freddy Highmore heist thriller “The Vault,” the second highest-grossing Spanish movie of 2021.
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- 6/27/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for New Amsterdam Season 4, Episode 16 “All Night Long.”] A New Amsterdam-Urgent Medicine karaoke night takes a very serious turn in the first new episode of the NBC drama since February 22. Dr. Elizabeth Wilder (Sandra Mae Frank) organizes the night out at the bar, and everyone takes a turn on the stage. She and Dr. Max Goodwin (Ryan Eggold) team up for a duet, as do Dr. Lauren Bloom (Janet Montgomery) and Casey Acosta (Alejandro Hernandez) and Dr. Floyd Reynolds (Jocko Sims) and Dr. Iggy Frome (Tyler Labine). Dr. Helen Sharpe (Freema Agyeman), visiting from London, sings a solo. But it’s not all fun. By the end of the episode, the following day, Helen, Wilder, Casey, Trevor Vaughn (Ryan Faucett), and Dr. Mia Castries (Genevieve Angelson) are all Mia. “There is a very clear reason why certain people were targeted, and it’s hopefully surprising,” executive producer David Schulner tells TV Insider. “But if ...
- 4/20/2022
- TV Insider
New Amsterdam‘s Ryan Eggold and Good Sam‘s Sophia Bush contributed their time and talents for a new “Stop the Bleed” PSA to help war victims in Ukraine.
Many Ukrainians don’t have access to the internet, so the goal of the Stop the Bleed campaign is to make sure the PSA spreads virally worldwide to reach as many civilians as possible with the lifesaving information. Co-stars of Eggold and Bush like Alejandro Hernandez, Conner Marx, Freema Agyeman, Janet Montgomery, Jocko Sims and Sandra Mae Frank also helped with the PSA, which shares simple life-saving skills to stop deadly bleeding.
Both New Amsterdam and Good Sam are well known in the Ukraine. Good Sam showrunner Katie Wech and New Amsterdam showrunner David Schulner played a pivotal role in making the PSA a reality.
Maniac Productions founder Michael Seitzman wrote the PSA script with input from physicians...
Many Ukrainians don’t have access to the internet, so the goal of the Stop the Bleed campaign is to make sure the PSA spreads virally worldwide to reach as many civilians as possible with the lifesaving information. Co-stars of Eggold and Bush like Alejandro Hernandez, Conner Marx, Freema Agyeman, Janet Montgomery, Jocko Sims and Sandra Mae Frank also helped with the PSA, which shares simple life-saving skills to stop deadly bleeding.
Both New Amsterdam and Good Sam are well known in the Ukraine. Good Sam showrunner Katie Wech and New Amsterdam showrunner David Schulner played a pivotal role in making the PSA a reality.
Maniac Productions founder Michael Seitzman wrote the PSA script with input from physicians...
- 4/14/2022
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Get excited horror fans! Announced today, Amazon Studios has greenlit the upcoming series The Horror of Dolores Roach, based on the popular Gimlet Spotify podcast of the same name. One Day at a Time’s Justina Machado will star in the spooky titular role. “The eight-episode, half-hour series—based on the hit Gimlet podcast series of the same name—is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired tale of eat or be eaten; a macabre urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, gentrification, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest,” states the show’s description. Podcast writer and director Aaron Mark joins the series as a co-showrunner and executive producer with Dara Resnik. The series comes from Blumhouse Television, Spotify’s Gimlet, and GloNation. Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, and K. Todd Freeman will also star. “Dolores Roach is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back.
- 2/4/2022
- TV Insider
Amazon has given a series order to “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” Variety has learned.
The half-hour show, based on the Gimlet podcast of the same name, was originally given a pilot order at Amazon in June 2021.
“We at Amazon Studios fell in love with this story along with everyone else as the podcast captured listeners,” said Marc Resteghini, head of development for Amazon Studios. “We couldn’t be more excited and fortunate to be working with such world-class creatives to bring Dolores Roach to screen in what is sure to be a captivating series.”
In the series, Dolores Roach (Justina Machado) is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis (Alejandro Hernandez), who gives her room and board and lets her give...
The half-hour show, based on the Gimlet podcast of the same name, was originally given a pilot order at Amazon in June 2021.
“We at Amazon Studios fell in love with this story along with everyone else as the podcast captured listeners,” said Marc Resteghini, head of development for Amazon Studios. “We couldn’t be more excited and fortunate to be working with such world-class creatives to bring Dolores Roach to screen in what is sure to be a captivating series.”
In the series, Dolores Roach (Justina Machado) is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis (Alejandro Hernandez), who gives her room and board and lets her give...
- 2/3/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon Studios has picked up to series The Horror of Dolores Roach pilot based on the hit Gimlet podcast, starring One Day At A Time alumna Justina Machado in the title role. The project, in development at Amazon since 2020, hails from Blumhouse Television, which won the rights to adapt the podcast in 2019 in a competitive situation, Spotify’s Gimlet and GloNation Studios. The Horror of Dolores Roach will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
The Horror of Dolores Roach originally was developed by podcast creator Aaron Mark as a one-woman play starring Daphne Rubin-Vega, who reprised her role in the podcast. It is a grotesque Sweeney Todd-inspired tale of eat or be eaten — a macabre urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, gentrification, cannibalism and survival of the fittest.
“Magic Hands” Dolores Roach (Machado) is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely...
The Horror of Dolores Roach originally was developed by podcast creator Aaron Mark as a one-woman play starring Daphne Rubin-Vega, who reprised her role in the podcast. It is a grotesque Sweeney Todd-inspired tale of eat or be eaten — a macabre urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, gentrification, cannibalism and survival of the fittest.
“Magic Hands” Dolores Roach (Machado) is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely...
- 2/3/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for New Amsterdam Season 4, Episode 9 “In a Strange Land.”] After Dr. Veronica Fuentes (Michelle Forbes) laid off a large number of the staff — including Casey (Alejandro Hernandez), Gladys (Megan Byrne), and Baptiste (Andre Blake) in Bloom (Janet Montgomery), Iggy (Tyler Labine), and Reynolds’ (Jocko Sims) places after Max (Ryan Eggold) fought for them — she’s once again on the (soon-to-be former) medical director’s bad side in the latest New Amsterdam episode. And this time, Karen Brantley (Debra Monk) is with Max: Veronica needs to go. When multiple victims from a church fire end up at the hospital, the doctors soon learn everyone is undocumented. Ice has been circling the church for weeks and now is set up outside the hospital. Then, Ice gets warrants for everyone and is able to enter the hospital. In response, Max turns the cafeteria into a church, making it a sanctuary for their patients. Veronica, of course, is ...
- 11/17/2021
- TV Insider
You may have seen that recently here on Nerdly we’ve been reviewing a few more “underground” horror titles thanks to distributors Tetrovideo, films such as Vore Gore, Nightmare Symphony and Thanatomorphose. Now whilst we haven’t covered many underground/extreme horror on the site in the past – though we have reviewed films like Lung, American Guinea Pig: Bucket of Guts and Gore, Mecanix and Your Flesh Your Curse – that doesn’t mean we don’t watch a Lot of them. So with that in mind here’s a rundown of our Top 5 Extreme Films… in no particular order and with a caveat that, should you choose to watch these for yourself, you have a strong stomach and a penchant for debauchery and gore!
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Taking its cue from the underbelly of the internet, where everything is anonymous and where it’s purported the dark and mysterious, oftentimes criminal,...
XXX Dark Web
Taking its cue from the underbelly of the internet, where everything is anonymous and where it’s purported the dark and mysterious, oftentimes criminal,...
- 7/30/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The Amazon pilot “The Horror of Dolores Roach” has added three new cast members, Variety has learned exclusively.
Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, and K. Todd Freeman have all joined the Blumhouse Television and Spotify-produced pilot alongside previously announced lead Justina Machado.
The project, based on the Spotify podcast of the same name, was first announced as being in development at Amazon back in May. In the show, “Magic Hands” Dolores Roach (Machado) is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely-gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone, her apartment now occupied by strangers, Dolores finds respite in the dilapidated storefront Empanada Loca around the corner, the only remnant of her former life.
Hernandez has been cast as Luis, described as the charismatic, self-professed neglected culinary visionary behind the dilapidated storefront Empanada Loca in Washington Heights. Harboring a...
Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, and K. Todd Freeman have all joined the Blumhouse Television and Spotify-produced pilot alongside previously announced lead Justina Machado.
The project, based on the Spotify podcast of the same name, was first announced as being in development at Amazon back in May. In the show, “Magic Hands” Dolores Roach (Machado) is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely-gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone, her apartment now occupied by strangers, Dolores finds respite in the dilapidated storefront Empanada Loca around the corner, the only remnant of her former life.
Hernandez has been cast as Luis, described as the charismatic, self-professed neglected culinary visionary behind the dilapidated storefront Empanada Loca in Washington Heights. Harboring a...
- 6/23/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
It was an hour that had some of everything, in a delightfully chaotic sort of way.
And New Amsterdam Season 3 Episode 5 was another timely installment by addressing the increased bigotry and attacks against AAPIs since the start of the pandemic, the massive blood shortages that are nationwide, grief, and downsizing.
If that sounds like a lot and as if it made for a bleak hour, it's because it was, but New Amsterdam finds the perfect balance between despair and hope.
Again, I have to say that thus far, it's the one medical drama that has consistently found a way to address the pandemic in beautiful, meaningful, relatable, raw ways without sucking the soul out of you.
They're touching on so many aspects of it without losing sight of the characters and New Amsterdam's style. After speaking with the executive producers and hearing the passion in their voices about this season,...
And New Amsterdam Season 3 Episode 5 was another timely installment by addressing the increased bigotry and attacks against AAPIs since the start of the pandemic, the massive blood shortages that are nationwide, grief, and downsizing.
If that sounds like a lot and as if it made for a bleak hour, it's because it was, but New Amsterdam finds the perfect balance between despair and hope.
Again, I have to say that thus far, it's the one medical drama that has consistently found a way to address the pandemic in beautiful, meaningful, relatable, raw ways without sucking the soul out of you.
They're touching on so many aspects of it without losing sight of the characters and New Amsterdam's style. After speaking with the executive producers and hearing the passion in their voices about this season,...
- 3/31/2021
- by Jasmine Blu
- TVfanatic
Stanley Tucci is headed to AMC, by way of Spain.
The Hunger Games and Big Night actor will star in limited series La Fortuna, which the cabler's AMC Studios is co-producing with Spain's Movistar+ and Mod Pictures. The thriller comes from director Alejandro Amenábar (The Others, Open Your Eyes), who co-created the series with Alejandro Hernandez.
Inspired by the graphic novel El Tesoro del Cisne Negro (The Treasure of the Black Swan), La Fortuna centers on Alex Ventura (Álvaro Mel), a young Spanish diplomat who unintentionally becomes the leader of a mission to recover sunken treasure stolen by Frank Wild (Tucci),...
The Hunger Games and Big Night actor will star in limited series La Fortuna, which the cabler's AMC Studios is co-producing with Spain's Movistar+ and Mod Pictures. The thriller comes from director Alejandro Amenábar (The Others, Open Your Eyes), who co-created the series with Alejandro Hernandez.
Inspired by the graphic novel El Tesoro del Cisne Negro (The Treasure of the Black Swan), La Fortuna centers on Alex Ventura (Álvaro Mel), a young Spanish diplomat who unintentionally becomes the leader of a mission to recover sunken treasure stolen by Frank Wild (Tucci),...
- 7/29/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Madrid — Ever expanding the geographic reach of its drama series, Spain’s Movistar Plus’ announced Thursday that it will go into production this year on the Cuba-set “Habanos,” written and led creatively by Alejandro Hernandez, a rising star on Spain’s premium content scene.
A co-scribe on Mariano Barroso’s “What the Future Holds,” held by many critics to be Movistar Plus’ best series to date, Hernández also co-wrote Alejandro Amenabar’s recent movie hit “While at War” and Barroso’s upcoming “La Linea Invisible,” both for Movistar Plus, as well as Netflix’s “Criminal: Spain.”
A Movistar Plus Original Series, “Habanos” is produced by José María Morales at Wanda Films and Cuban film-tv agency Icaic.
Hernandez co-wrote “Habanos” with film director Manuel Martín Cuenca, extending a partnership which takes in Martín Cuenca’s newest film, “La hija,” and “El autor” and goes back to the director’s 2001 docu-feature “El juego de Cuba.
A co-scribe on Mariano Barroso’s “What the Future Holds,” held by many critics to be Movistar Plus’ best series to date, Hernández also co-wrote Alejandro Amenabar’s recent movie hit “While at War” and Barroso’s upcoming “La Linea Invisible,” both for Movistar Plus, as well as Netflix’s “Criminal: Spain.”
A Movistar Plus Original Series, “Habanos” is produced by José María Morales at Wanda Films and Cuban film-tv agency Icaic.
Hernandez co-wrote “Habanos” with film director Manuel Martín Cuenca, extending a partnership which takes in Martín Cuenca’s newest film, “La hija,” and “El autor” and goes back to the director’s 2001 docu-feature “El juego de Cuba.
- 3/5/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
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