Dawning of the age of Manson

I've decided to finally watch some of the newer horror TV shows now that summer is in full swing and I obviously have a lot of time on my hands. First up I watched the pilot for Aquarius:

Aquarius season 1 episode 1

Heard about this agesssss ago and now it's finally premiered! (two months ago, but it's me - always late to the game) A crime drama surrounding Charles Manson and his "family" in the 1960's. Starring David Duchovny as a bit of a grumpy and slightly bewildered detective working alongside his new younger, pot smoking partner played by Grey Damon. Charles Manson himself is played by Gethin Anthony (known for playing Renly on GoT)

The pilot episode really just sets things up for us as an audience. A young girl is taken in by Manson and her real family reports her missing, Duchovny is on the hunt with the help of his partner, a young guy who uses much different tactics to the straight lace Duchovny. The young girl's mother is an ex of Duchovny's character, creating a bit of sexual tension. Oh, and the father is Manson's lawyer - just to make things juicier.

The soundtrack is perfect, the costumes are to die for, while the story is meh. I'll keep watching for sure, no point in giving up after one episode (unless it was really awful), but it has already been renewed for a season two which doesn't give me much hope. I'm getting flashbacks of The Following.

Up next:
Wayard Pines episode 1
The Strain season 1 episode 1
Hannibal season 3 episode 1


In other news -
Dreadit pointed out that you can see which horror movies were released the year you were born. Apparently mine was the year of the terrible sequels to the sequels to the sequels:

1989

Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland

Amazing.

And lastly, you can now purchase Jason and Freddy lawn gnomes and everything is right with the world. At only $23 a piece you can have Freddy vs Jason reenactments on your lawn and scare the fuck out of the raccoons (and your landlady).
Order Freddy here and get Jason here