History Series / IntoTheDark

''Into the Dark'' is a horror anthology series of movies, which premiered on Creator/{{Hulu}} in October 2018. Produced by Creator/{{Blumhouse|Productions}}, each episode is focused on a different holiday occurring that month, with one new episode per month[[note]]except for New Year's-themed episodes, which premiere in late December instead of early January[[/note]]. The series ran continuously from October 2018 through July 2020; the final two episodes of season 2 (August and September) were suspended as a result of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. A new installment, ''Tentacles'', is slated for release in February 2021.

''Into the Dark'' is a horror anthology series of movies, which premiered on Creator/{{Hulu}} in October 2018. Produced by Creator/{{Blumhouse|Productions}}, each episode is focused on a different holiday occurring that month, with one new episode per month[[note]]except for New Year's-themed episodes, which premiere in late December instead of early January[[/note]]. The series ran continuously from October 2018 through July 2020; the final two episodes of season 2 (August and September) were suspended as a result of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

** The same could be said of the entire Into The Dark series, with most of season one being psychological drama thrillers that have a social justice message to the side, while msot of the second season favors black comedy with fantastic elements.

* YourCheatingHeart:
** Shay and her half-sister are almost the same age in ''Pure'', and their father's claim that he broke up with Shay's mother, unaware she was pregnant, before marrying Jo's mother seems shaky from the start. [[spoiler: All of that is later revealed, unsurprisingly, to be a big old lie; he was two-timing, and he knew Shay's mother was pregnant but didn't support her because he saw her as "a whore".]]
** The married Valerie got pregnant from a [[LawOfInverseFertility short affair]] she had with Riley in ''Delivered''.

''Into the Dark'' is a horror anthology series of movies, which premiered on Creator/{{Hulu}} in October 2018. Produced by Creator/{{Blumhouse|Productions}}, each episode is focused on a different holiday occurring that month, with one new episode per month.[[note]]except for New Year's-themed episodes, which premiere in late December instead of early January[[/note]]

** [[spoiler: Brent from ''School Spirit'']] is one of [[Film/{{Psycho}} Norman Bates]], down to the mother's decaying corpse.
** ''My Valentine'' has three:
*** Valentine Fawkes serves as one to [[Music/MarsArgo Mars Argo]]
*** Trezzure is one for {{Music/Poppy}}
*** Royal is [[spoiler: a far more dangerous, murderous exaggeration of]] Titanic Sinclair

''Into the Dark'' is a horror anthology series of movies, which premiered on Creator/{{Hulu}} in October 2018. Produced by [[Creator/BlumhouseProductions Blumhouse]], each episode is focused on a different holiday occurring that month, with one new episode per month[[note]]except for New Year's-themed episodes, which premiere in late December instead of early January[[/note]].

** The entire premise of ''My Valentine '' might seem outlandish to anyone who is not familiar with what happened between {{Music/Poppy}}, [[Music/MarsArgo Mars Argo]], and Titanic Sinclair. Sinclair and his then-girlfriend, Brittany Sheets, created the musical duo and web character Mars Argo during the mid-2000s. At the end of the decade, Mars Argo vanished, only to be replaced by ''Poppy'' in 2014–which was uncannily similar to Mars Argo, right down to her wearing ''Argo’s clothes'' during photoshoots and live performances. During a 2018 copyright lawsuit, Sinclair’s physical and emotional abuse toward Argo came to light, which were first mocked by Poppy during the trial and then echoed when she released a public statement after she ended their romantic and professional relationships in 2019.

* GeneticMemory: A later Ashley clone starts remembering early ones being murdered somehow. Victoria, the geneticists who made them, [[LampshadeHanging has no idea how that's possible]].

** The ending of "All That We Destroy". [[spoiler:Ashley's clone]] escapes death and [[spoiler:Spencer]] is dead, however the clone is likely going to be jailed not only for her original's crimes but also murder despite it being self defense, with [[spoiler:Spencer's mom]] and her arguably crimes against nature/humanity getting off [[KarmaHoudini scot free]].

* BottleEpisode: ''Down''

* CloningBlues: ''All That We Destroy''

* HateSink: The three fathers in “Pure” are emotionally abusive parents with vaguely incestuous control issues concerning their daughters. [[SinisterMinister Pastor Seth]] is an [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain openly homophobic]] [[GunNut gun toting]] leader of an misogynistic ambiguously culty camp who’s strict rules drives his otherwise loyal and obedient daughter [[BreakTheCutie Lacey]] to kill her self out of guilt for simply kissing a boy. Steve repeatedly fat shamed his daughter KellyAnn (who is quite skinny) and chastises her for the risk of not fitting in a dress he picked out for her. And Kyle is a hypocrite who cheated on Jo’s mom but tried to control her actions. And when Jo proves to rebellious for him he tries to make up for his utter failures with Shay by guilting her. And to further that they plant boys their age as a SecretTestOfCharacter, tempting them into romantic or sexual encounters and reporting them to harsh punishment if they consent. This makes [[LaserGuidedKarma Lilith mentally making them kill themselves]] in the end very satisfying.

* ImpostorExposingTest: Cutting your finger to reveal AlienBlood in ''Crawlers''

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:''Uncanny Annie'']]

* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:''Culture Shock'']]

* StepfordSuburbia: In ''Culture Shock''
* {{Tulpa}}: Pooka is named as such in ''Pooka Lives''

* XMeetsY: ''Delivered'' is ''Film/{{Inside}}'' (a heavily pregnant woman is attacked and tortured by another woman who lost a baby under traumatic circumstances and is determined to take hers) meets ''Literature/{{Misery}}'' (a chirpy nurse holds someone hostage in her isolated rural home, at first under false pretences, killing anyone who gets in her way and even [[spoiler:hobbling her with a hammer.]])

* SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror: Numerous episodes go the route of trying to balance the two to at least some extent, such as ''The Body'', ''Pilgrim'', ''A Nasty Piece of Work'', ''Crawlers'', and ''Pooka Lives!''.

** The ending of "All That We Destroy". [[spoiler:Ashley's clone]]escapes death and [[spoiler:Spencer]] is dead, however the clone is likely going to be jailed not only for her original's crimes but also murder despite it being self defense, with [[spoiler:Spencer's mom]] and her arguably crimes against nature/humanity getting off [[KarmaHoudini scot free]].

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Maggie is driven by this in ''The Body''

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Trezzure ]] in ''My Valentine''. After [[spoiler: spending the entire episode justifying Royal’s abusive behavior toward Valentine, and toward herself, she snaps and kills Royal once she realizes she was just Valentine’s replacement. She then gets electrocuted by standing in a pool of Julie’s blood when Val kicks a severed mic cord into it after threatening to sue and destroy Valentine and freely admitting she stole her songs and looks for fame.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Trezzure in ''My Valentine'' is this in spades.

* BuryYourGays: ''New Year, New You''

* DownerEnding: ''Pooka!'' ends with [[spoiler:the realization that Wilson was the SoleSurvivor of the car crash that killed his family, and even then his fate is uncertain.]]

* HateSink: The three fathers in “Pure” are emotionally abusive parents with vaguely incestuous control issues concerning their daughters. [[SinisterMinister Pastor Seth]] is an [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain openly homophobic]] [[GunNut gun toting]] leader of an misogynistic ambiguously culty camp who’s strict rules drives his otherwise loyal and obedient daughter [[BreakTheCutie Lacey]] to kill her self out of guilt for simply kissing a boy. Steve repeatedly fat shamed his daughter KellyAnn (who is quite skinny) and chastises her for the risk of not fitting in a dress he picked out for her. And Kyle is a hypocrite who cheated on Jo’s mom but tried to control her actions. And when Jo proves to rebellious for him he tries to make up for his utter failures with Shay by guilting her. And to further that they plant boys their age as a SecretTestOfCharacter, tempting them into romantic or sexual encounters and reporting them to harsh punishment if they consent. This makes [[LaserGuidedKarma Lilith mentally making them kill themselves]] in the end very satisfying.

* {{Pastiche}}: ''School Spirit'' of Film/TheBreakfastClub

* YourCheatingHeart: Shay and her half-sister are almost the same age in ''Pure'', and their father's claim that he broke up with Shay's mother, unaware she was pregnant, before marrying Jo's mother seems shaky from the start. [[spoiler: All of that is later revealed, unsurprisingly, to be a big old lie; he was two-timing, and he knew Shay's mother was pregnant but didn't support her because he saw her as "a whore".]]

* ImposterExposingTest: Cutting your finger to reveal AlienBlood in ''Crawlers''

* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler: ''Pooka Lives'']]

** Pooka has become one of [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]] by the time of''Pooka Lives'', with a self-generating mythos and inappropriate fanart.

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** HateSink: The three fathers in “Pure” are emotionally abusive parents with vaguely incestuous control issues concerning their daughters. [[SinisterMinister Pastor Seth]] is an [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain openly homophobic]] [[GunNut gun toting]] leader of an misogynistic ambiguously culty camp who’s strict rules drives his otherwise loyal and obedient daughter [[BreakTheCutie Lacey]] to kill her self out of guilt for simply kissing a boy. Steve repeatedly fat shamed his daughter KellyAnn (who is quite skinny) and chastises her for the risk of not fitting in a dress he picked out for her. And Kyle is a hypocrite who cheated on Jo’s mom but tried to control her actions. And when Jo proves to rebellious for him he tries to make up for his utter failures with Shay by guilting her. And to further that they plant boys their age as a SecretTestOfCharacter, tempting them into romantic or sexual encounters and reporting them to harsh punishment if they consent. This makes [[LaserGuidedKarma Lilith mentally making them kill themselves]] in the end very satisfying.

* HateSink: The three fathers in “Pure” are emotionally abusive parents with vaguely incestuous control issues concerning their daughters. [[SinisterMinister Pastor Seth]] is an [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain openly homophobic]] [[GunNut gun toting]] leader of an misogynistic ambiguously culty camp who’s strict rules drives his otherwise loyal and obedient daughter [[BreakTheCutie Lacey]] to kill her self out of guilt for simply kissing a boy. Steve repeatedly fat shamed his daughter KellyAnn (who is quite skinny) and chastises her for the risk of not fitting in a dress he picked out for her. And Kyle is a hypocrite who cheated on Jo’s mom but tried to control her actions. And when Jo proves to rebellious for him he tries to make up for his utter failures with Shay by guilting her. And to further that they plant boys their age as a SecretTestOfCharacter, tempting them into romantic or sexual encounters and reporting them to harsh punishment if they consent. This makes [[LaserGuidedKarma Lilith mentally making them kill themselves]] in the end very satisfying.

[[folder:Season 1 (2018-2019)]]
* ''The Body'' (Halloween): A hitman (Tom Bateman) is dragged into a Halloween party while trying to dispose of a corpse. We
* ''Flesh & Blood'' (Thanksgiving): After the death of her mother, an agoraphobic girl (Diana Silvers) begins to suspect her father (Dermot Mulroney) is a serial killer.
* ''Pooka!'' (Christmas): An unemployed actor is hired to play the mascot for the Pooka toy, but finds that the costume’s “naughty mode” had unusual effects in him.
* ''New Year, New You'' (New Year's): A social media star is invited by her childhood friends to a party, but it becomes clear her friends want revenge on her for driving a girl to suicide with her bullying.
* ''Down'' (Valentine's Day): A female and male office workers are trapped in an elevator, and it becomes clear that the man is her unhinged stalker.
* ''Treehouse'' (International Women's Day): A bullying, sexist celebrity chef (Creator/JimmiSimpson) is attacked by witches who seek to punish him for his crimes against women.
* ''I'm Just F*cking With You'' (April Fool's Day): Two siblings on their way to a family wedding stay at a motel, and are attacked by a deranged prankster.
* ''All That We Destroy'' (Mother's Day): A geneticist creates clones for her son so he can release his violent tendencies.
* ''They Come Knocking'' (Father's Day): A widower (Clayne Crawford) goes on a road trip with his two daughters, and they are attacked by a group of [[CreepyChild Creepy Children]].
* ''Culture Shock'' (Independence Day): A Mexican woman (Martha Higareda) is trapped inside a surreal suburban neighborhood after crossing the border.
* ''School Spirit'' (back-to-school season): A group of kids in detention are a attacked by a serial killer.
* ''Pure'' (Daughter's Day): Girls at a purity retreat are stalked by a demon after participating in a secret ritual.
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[[folder:Season 2 (2019-2020)]]
* ''Uncanny Annie'' (Halloween): College students [[TooDumbToLivd decide to play a legendary supernatural board game]], and are promptly trapped inside the game and forced to play to survive the night.
* ''Pilgrim'' (Thanksgiving): A mother invites some pilgrim re-enactors into her home, and quickly regrets it.
* ''A Nasty Piece of Work'' (Christmas): After an employee of a massive corporation discovers he won’t receive a Christmas bonus, his boss (Creator/JulianSands) invites him and some coworkers to a Christmas dinner where he reveals that he wants them to fight each other to the death, and whoever wins will get a promotion.
* ''Midnight Kiss'' (New Year's)
* ''My Valentine'' (Valentine’s Day)
* ''Crawlers '' (St. Patrick’s Day)
* ''Pooka Lives!''

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* ''The Body'' (Halloween)
* ''Flesh & Blood'' (Thanksgiving)
* ''Pooka!'' (Christmas)
* ''New Year, New You'' (New Year's)
* ''Down'' (Valentine's Day)
* ''Treehouse'' (International Women's Day)
* ''I'm Just F*cking With You'' (April Fool's Day)
* ''All That We Destroy'' (Mother's Day)
* ''They Come Knocking'' (Father's Day)
* ''Culture Shock'' (Independence Day)
* ''School Spirit'' (back-to-school season)
* ''Pure'' (Daughter's Day)

* ''Uncanny Annie'' (Halloween)
* ''Pilgrim'' (Thanksgiving)
* ''A Nasty Piece of Work'' (Christmas)

*** Trezzure is one for {{Music/Poppy}

** ''My Valentine'' is based on the real life careers and abusive relationships that both [[Music/MarsArgo Mars Argo]] and {{Creator/Poppy}} had with their former producer and ex-boyfriend, Titanic Sinclair.