I did not think I was signing on to a horror show at all.
It read like a very very intense refugee story.
Theres no back story.
So, when youre reading the script, youre like, What the f is going on here?
Then I get ripped away from my child.
So, I was like, whoa, hold up!
This is a huge story about this country.
And that made perfect sense.
I love that, because its very Hitchockian.
Black Summerhas been widely described in media reports as a prequel toZ Nation.
But according to King, that is not the case.
No, its not, she says.
I mean, I had never been told that.
Ive never seenZ Nationbut some of my friends love that show.
But when we made it, that was never part of the discussion.
Black Summercostars Justin Chu Cary, Sal Velez Jr., and Christine Lee, among others.
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