50 States of Fright

I've watched 2 of the stories (The Golden Arm and Grey Cloud Island) so far (6 episodes) and have to admit that I'm impressed. They are what they are. Lower budget anthologies. But, they're very enjoyable. Don't expect fancy/expensive special effects here. Just 'good ole' camp fire type stories. If you take it at that and don't try to compare it to Million Dollar productions, I'm sure you'll be just as impressed. I won't give any spoilers. Don't you hate it when people give away the horror plot lines? Just watch and enjoy. UPDATE: I've finished watching the rest of the series (Ball of Twine, Scared Stiff, Destino Florida) and each story was equally good. One thing to understand about these stories is that each story is broken down into multiple episodes and each episode is under 10 minutes long. So, while there are 14 episodes in this seasons showing, they make up only 5 Stories. It's a different format. But I truly enjoyed it and I look forward to next season (if this new streaming service is still around then). The season was a Solid 8 Stars!

Finally a horror series about Urban Legends worth watching from different directors, the acting was fairly good and most of the stories held my attention throughout being the effects weren't cheesy and there were plenty of scary moments for low budget horror. Fans of Urban Legends this is a must watch

50 States of Fright in a new straming service 'Quibi' is short horror we needed. The legendary Sam Raimi makes good use of this platform to present horror in a short and restricted time.

The segments of Michigan (Rachel Brosnahan and Travis Fimmel) and Minnesota (Asa Butterfield) were the best of all the segments. I hope for the second season with a little bit of improvement in storyline and spooky scenes.

My Rating : 3.5/5

Anthologies (which are episodic) give the viewers a short story to consume, sometimes they are Fantastic, sometimes they are only OK and sometimes they are Awful, the great things about Anthologies is that the viewers are not required to commit a large chunk of their time to determine if their time is being wasted in watching a story that is going nowhere. 50 States of Fright is sliced up into 2-4 7-8 minute segments of a story which allows the viewer the advantage of being able to decide after just 7-8 minutes whether or not they wish to invest anymore of their time or whether they have wasted enough of their time already. I do wish that each story was told in one 22-25 minute story as opposed to 2-4 7-8 minute segments as I have yet to watch a story that I did not at minimum find "decent" and some of the stories i would have loved to see a full length 2hr movie out of. IF you love anthologies (especially Horror Anthologies) then I recommend giving "50 States of fright" a chance. Again there are going to be some episodes you do not like but even the ones you don't care for, you are only investing no more then 22-30 minutes of your time. * My Personal Favorite? Minnesota - "Grey Cloud Island"

The stories are ok, and there are enough jump scares and gore to keep me watching, but the real reason this series is so entertaining is due to the quality and familiarity of the cast in each episode. Some surprising and welcome faces elevate the experience, and I hope this series continues for that reason alone.