Apple TV’s new horror series is scarier because it’s also hilarious

Apple TV+’s ‘Widow’s Bay’ is a 10-episode horror-comedy set on a haunted New England island.

The series leans on cursed-town mythology and episode-by-episode horror subgenres to mix scares with humor.

Creator Katie Dippold and the cast, including Kate O’Flynn, Matthew Rhys and Stephen Root, aim to keep the story grounded in character reality.

The preview suggests Apple TV+ is using the show to expand deeper into genre TV, where jokes and scares are meant to reinforce each other.