Today, Prime Video announced the exciting new horror dramedy series “The Horror of Dolores Roach” from Blumhouse, producers of M3GAN, Spotify, and GloNation. Today, we’ve got a treat. The first images from the series have been shared with us by Prime Video.
The series is based on the hit podcast of the same name and will premiere all eight episodes this July. The eight-episode Amazon Original series will be available exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories around the world.
“The Horror of Dolores Roach” is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest. Dolores Roach (Justina Machado) is released after an unjust 16-year prison sentence, and she returns to a gentrified Washington Heights. Dolores reunites with an old stoner friend, Luis (Alejandro Hernandez), who lets her live and work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, “Magic Hands” Dolores is driven to shocking extremes to survive.”
Originally created by Aaron Mark as a one-woman play, Empanada Loca, Mark created, wrote, and directed the original podcast and penned the series pilot script. The new series comes from Mark, who also serves as co-showrunner and executive producer with Dara Resnik, alongside executive producers Daphne Rubin-Vega; Jason Blum, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold, and Chris Dickie for Blumhouse Television; Dawn Ostroff, Mimi O’Donnell, and Justin McGoldrick for Spotify; Gloria Calderón Kellett for GloNation Studios; and Roxann Dawson, who also directed the pilot.
“The Horror of Dolores Roach” stars Justina Machado (The Purge: Anarchy), Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, and K. Todd Freeman.
Tune in for the premiere of “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” exclusively streaming on Amazon Prime Video on July 7, 2023.
