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Amazon has given a two-season order to a new horror anthology series, Them.

The show will be executive produced by Lena Waithe and Little Marvin. The first season, titled Them: Covenant, will also be written by Little Marvin, and Alfred and Lucky Emory, who decide to move their family from North Carolina to an all-white Los Angeles neighbourhood. The family’s home on a tree-lined, seemingly idyllic street becomes ground zero where malevolent forces both real and supernatural threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them. 

“Little Marvin’s script stayed with me for weeks after I read it,” said Waithe. “He’s written something that’s provocative and terrifying. The first season will speak to how frightening it was to be black in 1953. It will also remind us that being black in 2018 is just as horrifying. This anthology series will examine the cultural divides among all of us and explore us vs Them in a way we’ve never seen before.”

“I’ve always felt that dark, surreal times deserve dark, surreal mirrors to show us ourselves,” Little Marvin explained. “And at this point in time one of the best ways to examine fractures in our world through the visceral and raw lens of horror. I’m beyond thrilled that our series has found its home with the fine folks at Amazon.”

“My heart was still pounding an hour after I heard this pitch. The show is edge of your seat scary and addictive while also being provocative and socially relevant ,” added Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios. “We are thrilled to be in business with the incredibly talented Lena Waithe, Little Marvin and Vertigo.”