Last year, a remarkable new television series debuted under the auspices of one of the most renown names in horror fiction: Stephen King. Despite the prestigious name associated with it, Syfy’s supernatural series HAVEN debuted quietly and snuck up on everyone. Perhaps because of its quiet introduction, it managed to do the impossible. It unveiled its first season with such a careful and methodical approach that viewers were lulled into a false sense of security. By the end of its first season, fans and viewers only knew one thing for certain – HAVEN was never going to be predictable. It had shattered and exceeded expectations time and time again over the course of its initial thirteen episodes. So much so, that no one knew exactly who the main character Audrey Parker really was in the end. Was she an FBI agent, a shape-shifter, an amnesiac, or something else entirely?
Based on the short story “The Colorado Kid,” by Stephen King, creators Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn, expanded the King story to create a town inhabited by people afflicted with special abilities – or “troubles” as they like to call it. Whether a blessing or a curse – well, mostly a curse – the townsfolk of Haven, Maine sought only to live normal lives. But for some unknown reason, the “troubles” continued to plague them generation after generation. [Read more…]
