20 Anthology Shows Everyone (With a Short Attention Span) Should Check Out

20 Anthology Shows Everyone (With a Short Attention Span) Should Check Out

Imagine, if you will, a civilization whose economic system just destroys the human mind and turns it into ADD-riddled cheese. And imagine as well, if you will, that in this civilization TV shows possess intertwined stories, absurdly complex lores, boring character development, and tons of character names and relations that viewers must learn in order to enjoy them. What is some poor TV fan (say, an Internet writer with the attention span of a scared kitten) to do in the face of such a cognitive challenge? We submit for your approval, then, an idea, a concept, a genre: the anthology TV series.

Indeed, we now venture into 20 anthology shows, particularly of the horror, sci-fi, suspense, and black comedy variety. Some of them are well-known classic and contemporary representatives of their subgenres, while others might be lesser-known or even obscure shows that might warrant your attention. Your momentary attention, that is. For some of us are never going to learn the names of houses or rings or thrones or ’80s fast food joints – but we can focus for 20 to 40 minutes on a self-contained morality tale involving the dark side of the mind and spooky twists. Take a walk with us, then, through The Strange Stories From the Vault of the Cracked Pictof – okay, we have to work on the name.

Love, Death + Robots

Anthology Shows 20019 - present LOVE, DEATH + ROBOTS The brainchild of David Fincher and Deadpool's Tim Miller, this show features sci-fi and horror stories which are beautifully animated, but can also be anticlimactic bores. Some episodes, though, like Beyond the Aquila Rift, can be particularly creepy and brilliant. CRACKED.COM XBOT 4000

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Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Anthology Shows 1997-2002 BEYOND BELIEF: FACT OR FICTION Spooky stories with spooky twists - with the gimmick of having to guess whether the stories were true or fictional. James Brolin hosted the first season, but who are we kidding, the only reason anyone knows this show is Jonathan Frakes' cheesy delivery while telling us поре, false, the story was a fake-the stuff of meme legends. CRACKED.COM

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