Amazon announced today their new series ‘Lore‘, based on the popular podcast of the same name, will premiere on Friday, 13th October 2017 on Prime Video.
The 6 episode anthology series presents frightening and often disturbing tales based on real people and events that have led to our modern-day myths and legends. The show features Robert Patrick (‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’), Kristin Bauer van Straten (‘True Blood’), Adam Goldberg (‘Fargo’) Holland Roden (‘Teen Wolf’), Colm Feore (‘House of Cards’) and Campbell Scott (‘The Amazing Spider-Man’), and combines documentary footage, narration, historical mixed media and cinematic scenes to bring to life terrifying, but true stories. Celebrating the origins of the horror genre, ‘Lore’ explores the real-life tales behind pop culture’s most legendary horror myths, such as vampires, changelings, werewolves, séances and possessed dolls.
“Lore is a unique hybrid series that presents meticulously-researched true life tales through a variety of mediums, in order to surprise and delight, and even unsettle,” said Conrad Riggs, Head of Unscripted, Amazon Originals. “We are thrilled to once again provide Prime members unprecedented access into a world they thought they knew.”
The show is based around Aaron Mahnke’s hugely popular podcast ‘Lore’, which has an average of 5 million monthly listens, was named “Best of” in 2015 and 2016 by Apple, and was listed as one of the “15 podcasts you need to hear in 2016” by Entertainment Weekly. The first book in Mahnke’s three-book series, ‘The World of Lore’, will be published on 10th October by Del Rey Books.
‘Lore’ will feature fan-favorite episodes from the podcast, including the tale of a boy given a doll that seems to have a sinister life of its own; a family whose home appears to be inhabited by a spirit from the other side; and a German village that hunts for a murderous creature.
‘Lore‘ Premieres in the UK and Worldwide on Amazon Prime Video from Friday, 13th October 2017.
