Jenna Ortega says Wednesday season 2 was inspired by Poe's The Masque of the Red Death, a short story Mike Flanagan fans will be familiar with
Not to say that suddenly we're the goriest show of all time
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“I think the feel that we’re going for is a little bit more horror-inspired,” Ortega toldVanity Fairrecently, though it’s worth noting that she cited the 1964 film adaptation of Poe’s 1942 work, starring Vincent Price, as aspecificstarting point. “Not to say that suddenly we’re the goriest show of all time. I mean, there [are] six-year-olds watching.”
That said, Wednesday creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are leaning into horror tropes, even with the titular misanthrope herself. “We’re doing this thing now where Wednesday just kind of appears. She is a little bit of a jump scare herself,” Ortega went on to explain.
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