DSTLRY annonce la mini-série horrifique Through Red Windows, par Ram V et Joëlle Jones.
THROUGH RED WINDOWS is a white-knuckle supernatural thriller about a young financier invited into the inner circle of the notoriously affluent and wealthy, only to realize that his rise to the top of this career high-rise will exact a horrifying price. Edgar Alan Poe-esque gothic dread meets the contemporary leanings of Succession and Channel Zero in this series debuting this fall.
When ailing Plutocrat, Harlan Roderick, invites his young protégé, Athul Laal, to live at Roderick Place in downtown Manhattan, what Athul believes to be his first step into the circle of the world’s elite soon turns into a living nightmare. Athul discovers that Harlan and his illness are inextricably connected to the 73-story building. Behind each door hides secrets and monsters from both Harlan and Athul’s lives.
“THROUGH RED WINDOWS looks at old and obscene wealth as Eldritch Horror and bears witness to the terrifying and absurd lengths its apostles will go to, in its worship,” co-creator and writer Ram V explained in a press release. “It is the nature of accumulated wealth and also of late-stage capitalism to be entirely preoccupied with their own perpetuation. Beyond some sort of critical mass, I imagine, this self-perpetuation takes on a mind and existence of its own. Like some monstrous thing whose unfathomable lifetime is spent forcing humanity to exploit itself— sacrifice itself, in its name. Within this premise, I want to tell a story of choices, made in a world that indoctrinates its working youth to value profit and wealth perpetuation beyond all else. Will we end up on some cosmic balance-sheet? Or will we be saved by foolish things like love and relationships and guilt and hope?”
Un premier aperçu (via comicsblog) :
