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- 2014
- TV-MA
- WGN America
- 2014
- TV-MA
- WGN America
Summary In 1692 Massachusetts, John Alden (Shane West) returns from war to find his friend Cotton Mather (Seth Gabel) leading the Salem witch trials and his former lover Mary Sibley (Janet Montgomery), married to the elderly and wealthy George Sibley.
Created By: Brannon Braga, Adam Simon
- 2014
- TV-MA
- WGN America
- 2014
- TV-MA
- WGN America
Salem
Season 1 Premiere: Mar 25, 2014
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7.5
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Summary In 1692 Massachusetts, John Alden (Shane West) returns from war to find his friend Cotton Mather (Seth Gabel) leading the Salem witch trials and his former lover Mary Sibley (Janet Montgomery), married to the elderly and wealthy George Sibley.
Created By: Brannon Braga, Adam Simon
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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38% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
31% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
31% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
49
38% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
31% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
31% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
When Salem isn’t being deliberately outrageous, it’s cultivating a dynamic that could be fruitful as things move along.
WGN America's first scripted drama is American Horror Story Lite, a conventional dark fantasy with an unconventional angle on history. [18/25 Apr 2014, p.101]
It’s a poor man’s “American Horror Story: Coven” but with more shrieking and less fun. On the upside, Janet Montgomery makes for an intriguing sorceress.
Salem is replete with scenes that make little sense. It’s mostly a jumble of decent enough special effects, less-than-decent acting, a script that also should be lashed with “10 hard ones” and lots of blood-curdling screaming.
The Salem pilot is rather plodding except when occasionally punctuated by these more gonzo scenes.
Welcome to Early American Horror Story, which could give you whiplash from all the clashing acting styles, from Seth Gabel's foaming-at-the-mouth over-emoting as zealot Cotton Mather to Shane West's monotonously mumbling and too-modern hero John Alden.
It’s like watching the cast of “One Tree Hill” put on a production of “The Crucible.”
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 160 User Ratings
7.5
78% Positive
124 Ratings
124 Ratings
9% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
13% Negative
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 160 User Ratings
7.5
78% Positive
124 Ratings
124 Ratings
9% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
13% Negative
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Beetlecod Productions
- Prospect Park
- Fox 21
- 20th Century Fox Television
- Tribune Studios
Initial Release Date: Mar 25, 2014
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 9 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 3 Nominations
IGN Summer Movie Awards
• 2 Nominations
