Two Sentence Horror Stories
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Created by | Vera Miao |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 29 |
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Production company | Stage 13 |
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Network | The CW |
Release | August 8, 2019 February 20, 2022 | –
Two Sentence Horror Stories is an American anthology horror television series. It was acquired by The CW for an airing in the U.S. in mid-2019 and premiered on August 8, 2019,[1] after being originally set up at CW Seed.[2] In May 2020, The CW renewed the series for a second season that premiered on January 12, 2021.[3][4] In September 2020, the series was renewed for a third season that premiered on January 16, 2022.[5][6] TVLine reported in June 2023 that the show had been cancelled by The CW.[7]
Premise
[edit]The series began in 2017 as a digital series for the Verizon streaming platform go90, before The CW adapted it as a network television series.[8] The first season of the CW show consists of nine 20-minute episodes; each episode has a self-contained plot and characters. The two following seasons have 10 episodes each.
Episodes
[edit]Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
Digital Series | 5 | October 3, 2017 | October 31, 2017 | |
1 | 9 | August 8, 2019 | September 19, 2019 | |
2 | 10 | January 12, 2021 | February 16, 2021 | |
3 | 10 | January 16, 2022 | February 20, 2022 |
Digital Series (2017)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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- | 1 | "Ma" | Vera Miao | Vera Miao | October 3, 2017 | Not Reported | |
Like many traditional Chinese families, Mona still lives at home with her stern but loving Ma. When she meets cute Erica, their instant chemistry awakens something dormant inside. But Ma is not going to let her daughter go easily. Because nothing is allowed to come between a mother and daughter. Cast : Wei-Yi Lin as Mona, Mardy Ma as Ma, Ayesha Harris as Erica | |||||||
- | 2 | "Snap" | Danny Perez | Vera Miao | October 10, 2017 | Not Reported | |
A notoriously cruel celebrity blogger dismisses a mysterious foe as harmless - until he wakes up to a video of himself sleeping on his own phone. Cast : Sunkrish Bala as Donny Dante, Christopher Rivas as Xavier | |||||||
- | 3 | "Guilt Trip" | J.D. Dillard | Vera Miao | October 17, 2017 | Not Reported | |
After picking up a victim of police brutality, a Good Samaritan is forced to rethink her decision on the dark and isolated road with the stranger in her car. Cast : Hannah Barlow as Michelle, Gentry White as Jayson | |||||||
- | 4 | "Singularity" | Vera Miao | Vera Miao | October 24, 2017 | Not Reported | |
After a transgender biohacker implants revolutionary technology into her own body, she is terrified to discover she can tap more than just the internet. Cast : Jen Richards as Nala, Bobby Naderi as George,Will Beinbrink as Lorne | |||||||
- | 5 | "Second Skin" | Ryan Spindell | Vera Miao | October 31, 2017 | Not Reported | |
When a street-smart young woman accepts an invitation to a luxurious spa, she discovers just how far the powerful patrons will go to stay on the cutting edge of beauty. Cast : Nisalda Gonzalez as Luna, Carolyn Hennesy as Mare |
Season 1 (2019)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |||||||||
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1 | 1 | "Gentleman" | Natalia Iyudin | C.S. McMullen | August 8, 2019 | 0.60[9] | |||||||||
A serial killer who targets and kills single mothers becomes obsessed and stalks one potential victim after she rejects him. Cast : Nicole Kang as Hana, Jim Parrack as Ken | |||||||||||||||
2 | 2 | "Squirm" | Vera Miao | Vera Miao | August 8, 2019 | 0.60[9] | |||||||||
After a holiday office party, a young female office assistant wakes up in her bed with no memory at how she arrived home or who drugged her drinks, leading her sanity to slowly crack as she tries to solve this mystery. Cast : Tara Pacheco as Keisha, Sathya Sridharan as Sanjay, Christopher Shyer as Doug | |||||||||||||||
3 | 3 | "Legacy" | Vera Miao | Pornsak Pichetshote | August 15, 2019 | 0.48[10] | |||||||||
A recently deceased, abusive husband's ghost continues to haunt and torment his wife and Korean-American family after his passing. Cast : Wai Ching Ho as Ma, Benjamin Ye as Bao Bao/Young Jin, Kimberley Wong as Angela, Fang Du as Harold, Suo Liu as Jin | |||||||||||||||
4 | 4 | "Hide" | Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia | Leon Hendrix III & Sehaj Sethi & Stephanie Adams-Santos | August 15, 2019 | 0.48[10] | |||||||||
A Hispanic woman hired to babysit an autistic little girl for the evening goes to great lengths to protect her charge from a home invasion involving two masked figures leading to a brutal cat-and-mouse, kill-or-be-killed situation. Cast : Greta Quispe as Araceli, Zaria Degenhardt as Gracie, Kyli Zion as 'Red', Sarah Irwin as 'Yellow' | |||||||||||||||
5 | 5 | "Scion" | Natalia Iyudin | Sehaj Sethi | August 22, 2019 | 0.45[11] | |||||||||
A gay teenager with cancer is sent by his wealthy parents to a private clinic for treatment, only to learn that the place and staff has a sinister agenda for him. Cast : Kate Jennings as Dr. Lucie, Uly Schlesinger as Noah, Luka Kain as Isaac, Stanley Simons as Izzy | |||||||||||||||
6 | 6 | "Tutorial" | Tayarisha Poe | C.S. McMullen | August 29, 2019 | 0.42[12] | |||||||||
Shot entirely from the point of view of multiple video and web cameras, a young video blogger finds herself stalked by an intruder in her own house. Cast : Aleyse Shannon as Karine, Guillermo Arribas as Jason, Guillian Gioiello as Shawn | |||||||||||||||
7 | 7 | "Only Child" | Nikyatu Jusu | Leon Hendrix III | September 5, 2019 | 0.57[13] | |||||||||
An elderly Haitian woman moves in with her estranged son and his family, only to suspect that something is not quite right with the young grandson, whom the woman suspects to be possessed by a demon. Cast : Sharon Hope as Grandma Desi, Pepper Binkley as Emily, Guy Lockard as John, Jaiden Smith as Rex | |||||||||||||||
8 | 8 | "Little Monsters" | Tayarisha Poe | Vera Miao | September 12, 2019 | 0.55[14] | |||||||||
A shapeshifting demon, whom adults cannot see, stalks three young and vulnerable children who live in a New York City low-income housing project. Cast : Mikelle Wright-Matos as Khalil, Melinda Mo as May, Vegas Chiddick as Marcus, Anissa Felix as Tania, Prudence Wright Holmes as the Demon/Old Lady, John Speredakos as the Demon/Suit Man, Dolores Fleming as the Old City Woman, Rachel Lu as May's Mother and Amorika Amoroso as Neighbor | |||||||||||||||
9 | 9 | "Trilogy" | Vera Miao | Vera Miao | September 19, 2019 | 0.55[15] | |||||||||
J. D. Dillard | |||||||||||||||
Vera Miao | |||||||||||||||
Ma: Mona is a young, sexually repressed Chinese woman living with her invalid mother in an urban housing project who appears trapped in her life situation and who has several secrets. Guilt Trip: Michelle is a young white woman who gives a ride to a stranger, a black man named Jayson, after seeing him being brutalized by police, except that both Jayson and Michelle have a hidden agenda for each other. Singularity: Nala is a transgender hacktivist who is obsessed with the Internet as well as her unexplained dreams involving a missing child. Cast : Ma: Wei-Yi Lin as Mona, Mardy Ma as Ma, Ayesha Harris as Erica. Guilt Trip: Hannah Barlow as Michelle, Gentry White as Jayson, William Charlton as Frank, Lauri Hendler as Len. Singularity: Jen Richards as Nala, Bobby Naderi as George, Cameron Corona as Ben, Will Beinbrink as Lorne. |
Season 2 (2021)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title [8] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [8] | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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11 | 1 | "Bag Man" | Kimani Ray Smith | Vera Miao & Leon Hendrix III | January 12, 2021 | 0.52[16] | |
A group of five very different high school students in detention on a Saturday are stalked by a demonic creature. Cast : Bzhaun Rhoden as Winton, Doralynn Mui as Zee, Keeya King as Gabbi, Hunter Dillon as Sam, M.J. Kokolis as Jax, Rob LaBelle as Principal Gallo | |||||||
12 | 2 | "Elliot" | Chase Joynt | Stephanie Adams-Santos | January 12, 2021 | 0.45[16] | |
A transgender student is offered a magical means of standing up to his bullies by a mysterious janitor. Cast : James Goldman as Elliot, Janet Kidder as Janitor, David Lewis as Principal Meyers | |||||||
13 | 3 | "Instinct" | Kailey Spear & Sam Spear | Sehaj Sethi | January 19, 2021 | 0.61[17] | |
A gig worker hired to paint the interior of an apartment begins to suspect that her latest employer may be a serial killer. Cast : Sunita Prasad as Anika, Tyler Johnston as Patrick, Leanne Lapp as Holly | |||||||
14 | 4 | "Imposter" | Jen Liao | Pornsak Pichetshote | January 19, 2021 | 0.44[17] | |
The lone Asian-American employee at a hedge fund company is about to receive a major award when he finds himself stalked by a mysterious lookalike. Cast : Lou Ticzon as Charles, Emily Tennant as Jennifer, David Lennon as Bradley, Jasmine Vega as Tala, Carolyn Fe as Darna, Andrew Airlie as Arthur, Gordon Cormier as Young Charles | |||||||
15 | 5 | "Quota" | Lynne Stopkewich | Melody Cooper | January 26, 2021 | 0.52[18] | |
On Christmas Eve, an e-commerce fulfillment warehouse center is ravaged by a mysterious virus outbreak that turns people into crazed killers. Cast : Sabryn Rock as Sarah, Marci T. House as Tina, Duncan Ollerenshaw as Doyle, Don Mike as Gus, Matty Finochio as Daniel | |||||||
16 | 6 | "Fix" | Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia | Kristine Huntley | January 26, 2021 | 0.35[18] | |
A young, drug-addicted, gay man visits his estranged sister, and comes to believe she may be possessed by a demon. Cast : Kevin Alves as Jackson, Nicole Muñoz as Sofia, Albert Nicholas as Reza | |||||||
17 | 7 | "Essence" | Bola Ogun | Megan Rosati | February 2, 2021 | 0.50[19] | |
A teenage runaway beautician suspects that something strange is happening at the salon where she works. Cast : Chiara Guzzo as Mina, Christin Park as Tran, Laura Mennell as Kora, Patricia Isaac as Jessica | |||||||
18 | 8 | "El Muerto" | Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia | Carlos Foglia & Lucy Luna | February 9, 2021 | 0.47[20] | |
A young Latina girl is haunted by terrifying ghosts at the morgue where her mother works. Cast : Isla Sunar as Laura, Michelle Arvizu as Grace, Carlos Albornoz as Antonio | |||||||
19 | 9 | "Ibeji" | Bola Ogun | Melody Cooper & Stephanie Adams-Santos | February 16, 2021 | 0.44[21] | |
After suffering a stroke, a Nigerian-American woman is stalked by a dark creature haunting a low-income hospice facility while her twin sister tries to figure out a way to stop it. Cast : Martyne Musau as Eneh, Nicole Nwokolo as Adaora, Devyn Dalton as Ghost, Balinder Johal as Elderly Patient, Angela Moore as Lucy | |||||||
20 | 10 | "Manifest Destiny" | Kimani Ray Smith | Ryan Harris & Migizi Pensoneau | February 16, 2021 | 0.37[21] | |
A Native American podcaster and his girlfriend visit a Wild West reenactment town, which is soon made real by the spirit of a racist sheriff possessing the reenactors. Cast : Joel Oulette as Jeremy, Christie Burke as Rosalie, Brian Cyburt as Chad, Matreya Scarrwener as Claire, Steve Bacic as Sherriff Stone |
Season 3 (2022)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title [8] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [8] | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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21 | 1 | "Crush" | Kailey Spear & Sam Spear | Amy Do Thurlow | January 16, 2022 | 0.22[22] | |
Living in their rubbish-filled home, elderly twin sisters Mabel and Jane are constantly at each other's throats, until a common enemy unexpectedly presents himself. Cast : Jacqueline Robbins as Mabel Laurent, Joyce Robbins as Jane Laurent, Matthew Kevin Anderson as Seth | |||||||
22 | 2 | "Plant Life" | Vera Miao | Stephanie Adams-Santos | January 16, 2022 | 0.25[22] | |
Tech obsessed corporate worker Christian is gifted an odd plant by his boyfriend Ben. Before long, the plant is taking root in both Christian's apartment and his body. Cast : Donald Heng as Christian, Michael Ayres as Ben | |||||||
23 | 3 | "Toxic" | Chase Joynt | Liz Alper | January 23, 2022 | 0.19[23] | |
A group of five friends' camping trip takes a tragic turn when a prank goes horribly wrong. Cast : Graham Verchere as Pete, Sam Robert Muik as Wes, Sean Depner as AJ, Patrick Lubczyk as Jeremy, Michael Taylor as Brendan, Robyn Daye Edwards as Park Guard, Nik Vasilyev as Park Guard #2 | |||||||
24 | 4 | "Teatime" | Kailey Spear & Sam Spear | Stephanie Adams-Santos | January 23, 2022 | 0.17[23] | |
Samantha is a teenage babysitter hired to look after a strange English couple's young daughter for the evening which takes a turn when Samantha quickly becomes unnerved by her latest charge's doll collection, and things get worse when the girl, Angela, tries to add her to it. Cast : Christina Orjalo as Sam, Sophia Reid-Gantzert as Angela Manderley, Matthew James Dowden as Mr. Manderley, Paula Lindberg as Mrs. Manderley, Rami Kahlon as Paj | |||||||
25 | 5 | "Teeth" | Kathleen Hepburn | Lisa Morales | January 30, 2022 | 0.21[24] | |
Cara and Olivia are a young lesbian couple vacationing in the countryside who are harassed by hostile locals, leading to a shocking secret being exposed by Olivia. Cast : Naomi King as Cara, Savannah Basley as Olivia, Trevor Lerner as Burly | |||||||
26 | 6 | "The Killer Inside" | Heidi Saman | Sehaj Sethi | January 30, 2022 | 0.28[24] | |
Shiraz, a young Arab-American doctor desperate to save her dying father who needs a liver transplant by any means possible, is haunted by a dark figure. Cast : Sarah Himadeh as Shiraz, Samer Salem as Karim, Michael Benyaer as Ahmed | |||||||
27 | 7 | "Patel Motel Cartel" | Nimisha Mukerji | Sehaj Sethi | February 6, 2022 | 0.22[25] | |
A troubled Indian-American youth welcomes a new tenant to his family's motel, only for strange things to begin happening. Cast : Chris River as Krish, Rashi Grewal as Ahana, Dejan Loyola as JD, Munish Sharma as Ajay, Requell Jodeah as Sonya | |||||||
28 | 8 | "Erased" | Albert Shin | Liz Alper | February 6, 2022 | 0.20[25] | |
Leilani is a young Hawaiian woman fighting to protect her home from property developers whom is thrust into a horrifying vision of a reality where she and her culture does not exist. Cast : Mapuana Makia as Leilani, Leanne Khol Young as Kendra, Eva Brooke Baker as Sophia, Peter Shinkoda as Koa, Remy Marthaller as Maile, Nani Browne as Alana, Keilani Elizabeth Rose as Kala, Jason McKinnon as Owen | |||||||
29 | 9 | "Heirloom" | DuBois Ashong | Lekethia Dalcoe | February 20, 2022 | 0.26[26] | |
A recently widowed African-American father and his young daughter move into a new home with a dark history in the form of a strange tree in their back yard that soon targets them. Cast : Romaine Waite as Montrell Davis, Alaysia Jackson as Vivie Davis, Erin Karpluk as Clara, BJ Harrison as Franny | |||||||
30 | 10 | "Homecoming" | Chaves Olmos | Stephanie Adams-Santos & Lisa Morales | February 20, 2022 | 0.23[26] | |
Returning home at his dying father's request forces a young Latino man to face his estranged two older brothers and his own demons, both metaphorical and real. Cast : Andres Collantes as Axel Hernandez, Michel Issa Rubio as Dante Hernandez, Zak Santiago as Javi Hernandez, Tim Perez as Rodrigo Hernandez, Sandra Flores as Tia Flores, Isaiah Ramirez as TBA |
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External links
[edit]- American English-language television shows
- The CW television dramas
- 2019 American television series debuts
- 2022 American television series endings
- 2010s American anthology television series
- 2010s American horror television series
- 2020s American anthology television series
- 2020s American horror television series
- American horror fiction television series
- 2010s American LGBTQ-related drama television series
- 2020s American LGBTQ-related drama television series
- Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios