Sisters Alice and Zoe move to a new town to create a life away from their disturbed mother and troubled past, only to find that Butcher’s Block has its own problems, as people start disappearing.

What I really enjoy about Nick Ancosta’s horror anthology show is that no trope is left unturned or meme unmined in the attempt to create a fairground haunted house or ghost train experience. Following (though not connected to) Candle Cove and No End House, the protagonists exist in a world where everything goes from bad to worse, even in the first episode.

From the abandoned meat-packing factory  which has been the subject of urban myths (or are they real?) to the appearance of Rutger Hauer’s mysterious Mr Peach (by rights he should be 130 years old) and the ominous warnings of ‘Don’t go in there’, this is a show that knows what its aiming for, subtlety not being top of that list.

Medallion Park has a mysterious stairway that leads to an equally mysterious door, and before you can shout ‘Don’t Look Now’, a gnarly, diminutive, caped refugee from Phantasm called Smart Mouth is on the attack, wielding a meat tenderiser.

Based on the Reddit Creepypasta Search and Rescue Woods by Kerry Hammond, the two sisters seem doomed from the outset, played by Olivia Luccardi (It Follows) and Holland Roden (Teen Wolf). Their landlady has a shrine to unsolved disappearances, their neighbour cuts herself, there’s something in the wall – it really would be a good move to get up and go ASAP.

Verdict: It’s all very addictive, and while not especially scary yet, it’s uneasy viewing and pumps in enough thrills and intrigue to draw you back for more. 7/10

Nick Joy