Amazon Prime Commissions ‘Lore’ Horror Anthology Series Based On The Podcast
Amazon today announced it has greenlit the Amazon Original Series Lore. Based on the popular podcast of the same name.
The Lore podcast combines narration, historical mixed media, and dramatic scenes to bring to life terrifying but true stories. Celebrating the origins of the horror genre, Lore explores the real-life stories behind pop culture’s most legendary horror characters and myths, such as vampires, zombies, werewolves, ghosts, serial killers and witches. Launched in March 2015 by Aaron Mahnke, Lore has over 3.2 million monthly listens and was named ‘Best of 2015′ by iTunes and one of the ’15 podcasts you need to hear in 2016’ by Entertainment Weekly.
The tv series will present tales dealing with frightening, psychologically disturbing, and often paranormal true events that have spawned modern-day nightmares.
“Lore is a thrilling podcast with a rabid following, and we jumped at the opportunity to work with Gale Anne Hurd, Ben Silverman and Howard Owens to develop it into a series for Amazon Prime members,” said Conrad Riggs, Head of Unscripted, Amazon Originals. “The series will be a truly unnerving and exciting experience that Prime members will not forget.”
Lore‘s first 10-episode season will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the US, UK, Germany, Austria and Japan in 2017.
