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ExploreAnyone who keeps up with FX and all its dramatically chilling TV Shows have likely been the recent followers of Guillermo del Toro’s new series, The Strain. It is based off a horror novel by the same name, although the series is said to step away from the novels from Season 2 onward.
The Strain begins with a plane coming into the United States where a large ancient coffin is being imported with secretive, sinister plans. The plane is invaded by a force when in the air, presumably from the coffin, which freezes everyone on board to death and causes the CDC to enter the plane upon arrival and verify the deaths of every person on the plane except for a handful of survivors. As the plot progresses, we find out all the passengers on the plane were actually not dead, but rather in a comatose state. These individuals are later revived by a virus that can be spread and makes them thirst for blood, while the body functions at a low mental capacity. Of course, the surviving passengers struggle with this virus as well, as we low follow each one’s narrative and their loss of cognitive functioning, body parts, and the development of tentacles around the mouth along with an elongated tongue, specifically meant for sucking the blood out of humans through the neck or other areas of the body. That’s right guys, it moves into the realm of vampirism with the precision of horror and glorious originality.
The Strain follows various narratives, including a man working for the CDC willing to do anything to prove what is being done by the government is a cover-up, while following and killing vampires with a mysterious old man who believes he is destined to kill off the virus. We also follow the mysterious creatures that look entirely human but give off inhuman expressions. They are, in a manner, the keepers of the vampires, and those the vampires imitate when they go out in public. As characters interlope with other characters, we learn that their importance lies in how they eventually relate to the main vampire himself, the Master who has vicious plans for the human race.
All hell breaks loose when the previously comatose passengers from the plane wake up and return to their loved ones. With each day passed they become more and more ill and eventually turn into creatures of the night and attack their loved ones.
There are loads of events to expect and suspect from each episode of the series and fans like myself are on the edge of our seats, largely due to how insanely psychotic the first episodes have been. One can only hope The Strain goes off with a bang, because it is certainly leading us through a brutally dark passage.
And nothing’s better than sit back and watch the second season of the show and wearing one of these The Strain t-shirts. Check them out, there’s plenty to choose from.
The Strain T-shirts
Officially licensed The Strain t-shirts from Fifth Sun:
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The Strain t-shirts from RedBubble:
