“Buddy” and Analogue Horror
Upon first watch, Buddy feels like it should have been aired on Adult Swim at four in the morning.

Black Diggers tells the untold story of Indigenous Australian soldiers in WWI, following their stories from their homelands to the battlefields of Gallipoli, Palestine and Flanders. An extraordinary all-Indigenous cast enacted the stories of these heroic men, largely unrecognised by history.
Upon first watch, Buddy feels like it should have been aired on Adult Swim at four in the morning.
When it comes the horror genre, I am VERY hard to please or impress, much less scare. Coming from a current mindset of appreciation for chilling, unsettling, tension-inducing efforts such as "Hereditary", "The Conjuring" (ONLY the first one to date, mind you), "Lights Out", "The Babadook", "Midsommar", "Talk To Me", "Oddity", "Bring Her Back", and the like
If your upbringing was anything like mine, where the TV acted as an additional parent- there are so many new stories and perspectives to explore.
'Ms. Davis’ Close Friend' will make you think about the meaning of death and what it means to be alive, and if there’s really a race to be run with one's inevitable demise.
New horror film "Pretty" is good to look at thanks to 19-year-old director Metecan Duren.
By undermining the appeal and credibility of black characters, the show compromises the very idea of diversity and representation it sets to promote.