THE STRAIN 1.01 ‘Night Zero’ Review

By Blair Marnell

THE STRAIN Season 1 Episode 1

Episode Title: “Night Zero”

Writers: Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Television needs “The Strain.” More importantly, vampires need “The Strain.” Twilight, “True Blood” and Anne Rice novels have romanticized vampirism to the point where we’re no longer afraid of the children of the night. Our monsters can’t be monsters if we’re not afraid of…

Blair Marnell
Blair Marnell

TV Channel Editor Blair Marnell

Blair Marnell is best known for his two year stint as a columnist for Comics Bulletin before writing professionally for Wizard Magazine, Geek Monthly and MTV Splash Page. He has also previously worked as a freelance editor for Tokyopop and Radical Comics in addition to serving as an executive producer for the popular web series, Comics on Comics.

As Crave Online's TV Channel Editor, Blair indulges his television addiction by writing about some of the best TV series on the air.

In fact, he's probably watching TV right now.

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