Widow's Bay (2026)

The review describes it as a sharply written, genre-bending series that meshes comedy and supernatural elements with a confident ensemble and striking sense of place. It singles out the performances, particularly Kate O’Flynn as Patricia, and the way it ruminates on trauma and the past through both scares and laughs.

The series is a rich, wonderful and laugh-out-loud blend of horror, comedy and small-town drama that defies categorisation. The critic singles out Kate O’Flynn’s glorious performance as the chief assistant for particular praise.

The critic finds it an uneven but intriguing mashup of cozy comedy and horror, praising the setting, tone, and performances especially by Matthew Rhys, Stephen Root, and Kate O'Flynn, while noting it doesn't always deliver strong laughs or scares.

The review praises the series as a wicked treat, highlighting Hiro Murai's direction of Katie Dippold's original horror-comedy about a mayor trying to revitalize a small, isolated community literally trapped by spirits.

The comedy-horror is like nothing else, with wonderfully scary and peculiar tonal shifts. The critic highlights the show’s uncategorisable nature and its mystery elements as it gets more weird.

The critic calls the series a delightfully oddball horror-comedy unlike anything else on TV, praising its mix of genuine scares, sharp humor, lived-in world-building by Hiro Murai, and strong ensemble performances that treat quirky characters with respect.

The critic sees the series as a blend of Parks and Recreation's quirky town comedy with Midnight Mass-style dread and other horror tropes, praising its self-contained feel and room for lore while noting it struggles with overly complicated rules and mythology. The verdict highlights enjoyable Stephen King-ish elements in a remote island setting but finds it not as scary or funny as it could be.