Brand New Cherry Flavor is a short and sweet adaptation of the novel by the same name (unsure if the book is better, not yet read it). It's moody, funny, is steeped in 90s aesthetic--the decade in which the series is set--and has an excellent soundtrack. It features body horror, occult themes, sex, drug use and a lot of violence.

We follow the story of Lisa Nova, an amateur filmmaker who created a short film that's good enough to capture the attention of Lou Burke, a once Hollywood somebody trying to cling onto fame . The series follows the two and hell breaks loose.

The first episode moves slow, but in time the series picks up the pace. I was truly not prepared for the first WTF moment but that's what got me hooked, as well as waiting to see how far Lisa would go to ensure her film remained hers. The story is unfortunately predictable in quite a few instances. But ultimately I enjoyed the gorgeous cinematography and the truly are bizarre scenes that left me picking my jaw up off the floor and/or trying not to throw up. This is not a show for the faint of heart, you will be disgusted. I can see this becoming a cult classic for those of us who enjoyed Ginger Snaps, The Craft, etc. If you watch this and expect to take it seriously you're going to have a bad time. If you want something fun and dark, give it a go.

The many faces of entitlement. She is an outsider. She ”can't afford” lots of things. So instead of making local movies with local talent, the Leprechaun's Pot of Gold is hers. ”Money for nothing and chicks for free” went the song. For the main character is ”Money for nothing and fame for free”. So the check before the contract is a good sign. His hand on her knee with a suggestive look is what? A pat on the back? She is desperate, and instead of an attic studio with the toilet downstairs she gets a big house. It makes perfect sense.

Anyway, when I was younger I used to enjoy horror flicks for the sake of the thrills. Today I want some story instead of the idiotic brat whom the spirits tell ”don't go” but he or she will go to the graveyard at midnight.

The story will get somewhat better, but the main character has no reason: just the brat hitting plus one. And the ending is simply a tire going flat: pfffff.