The Boys Season One isn’t better or worse than the comic from which it spawned. It’s just a very different, very enjoyable, beast with a ton of potential.
Scary Stories: A Documentary inspires going back to reread the series, making your own art, defending literature from censorship, and flying your horror freak-flag.
So, I’ve referenced Gilliam, Jodorowsky, Troma, Peter Jackson, Kafka, and David Lynch so far, and the finale brought the grotesque excess of Yoshihiro Nishimura’s Tokyo Gore Police. I should FUCKING LOVE this movie and want to have its babies.