October Faction (TV series)

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October Faction
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Genre
Created by Damian Kindler
Based on
The October Faction
by
Starring
ComposerTim Welch
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers
  • Damian Kindler
  • James Thorpe
  • Eric Birnberg
  • Thomas Walden
  • Lydia Antonini
  • Matthew McCluggage
  • Steve Niles
  • Ted Adams
  • John Calvert
Producers
  • Mohamad El Masri
  • John Calvert
Production locations Toronto, Ontario
Cambridge, Ontario
Cinematography Miroslaw Baszak
Editors
  • Ben Wilkinson
  • Lisa Grootenboer
  • Michael Doherty
  • Hugh Elchuk
  • Don Cassidy
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time36–49 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Netflix
ReleaseJanuary 23, 2020 (2020-01-23)

October Faction is an American supernatural drama television series created by Damian Kindler, based on the comic series of the same name by Steve Niles and Damien Worm. It premiered on Netflix on January 23, 2020. [1] The series stars Tamara Taylor, J. C. MacKenzie, Aurora Dawson-Hunte, Gabriel Darku, Wendy Crewson, Megan Follows and Stephen McHattie. In March 2020, the series was canceled after one season. [2]

Contents

Synopsis

October Faction follows the story of a monster-hunting couple, Fred and Deloris Allen, and their twin teenage children, Geoff and Viv. Following the death of Fred's father Samuel, the family decides to go back to their home town Barrington-on-Hudson, in New York, to arrange the funeral. Haunted with childhood memories of his brother's death and the incessant arguments with his parents over his inadequacy and his choice in women, Fred is repulsed by his childhood home. The children soon begin showing supernatural tendencies. During an impromptu séance Viv has visions of a creature with long hair chained to the seafloor, struggling to free itself. Her brother Geoff accidentally reveals a teacher's deepest, darkest secret about his wife in front of his classmates. Both are ridiculed by the popular cliques for being outsiders.

Fred and Deloris are members of Presidio, a secret organization tasked to protect humanity from various breeds of monsters. They must hide their identities from the townsfolk and appear to live a normal life. This proves hard from the start as strange things begin to unfold in the sleepy little town.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Presidio" Director X Damian Kindler January 23, 2020 (2020-01-23)
Fred Allen and his wife Dolores work for Presidio, an organization that hunts and kills various supernatural creatures. During a Presidio assignment, Fred is notified his father, Samuel, has died. He takes his family back to Barrington-on-Hudson, his hometown in upstate New York, for the funeral. At his boyhood home, he and Dolores clean the house of Presidio weapons and files, as his parents and his brother, Seth, were also Presidio agents. At the wake, other teens from the town are rude to Fred and Dolores' seventeen-year-old twin children, Viv and Geoff. To impress them, Geoff suggests a seance to contact their grandfather to find where money that is rumored to be in the house is hidden. During the séance, Viv makes a psychic connection with Alice Harlow, a woman who is chained to concrete blocks underwater. The connection revives the woman and releases the chains. After the woman surfaces, it is apparent she is not a normal human.
2"No Country for Old Vamps"Director XMohamad El MasriJanuary 23, 2020 (2020-01-23)
The Allens have settled into Fred's old home, and the twins are attending the local high school. Alice attacks Presidio agents in Boston and accesses the Presidio computer to learn the location of the Allen family. Fred begins to clean out Seth's old room and discovers a large ritual symbol on the floor. Geoff is bullied by a teacher and suddenly reveals embarrassing personal information in class that humiliates the teacher. The twins go on a school field trip. Alice disables the school bus and blocks it with a truck. She freezes time to get close to the twins unnoticed. She realizes Viv was the one who released her and leaves. Later, Viv finds one of the sketches she did before the field trip showed the scene of the truck blocking the bus. Fred's father is not dead but being held prisoner by Presidio. He is interrogated about the symbol Fred found but won't cooperate.
3"The Horror Out of Time"Damian KindlerGeorge StraytonJanuary 23, 2020 (2020-01-23)
Presidio electronic communications are on lockdown since the computer breach in Boston. Fred has to meet with a Presidio agent to give her a copy of the symbol he found in Seth's room. They sleep together as they have been having an ongoing affair. Dolores goes out for a drink and is attacked by a gang of creatures seeking revenge for her and Fred killing their brethren. She is able to fight them off and escape. Viv confides in Geoff and her new friend Cathy about her premonition about the truck and the bus. Geoff strikes up a conversation with Steve Thompson, a student he sees in the school hall and finds out later that he had been killed in a car wreck. The agent returns to Presidio with the photograph on the symbol and indicates Samuel Allen has succeeded in some clandestine experiment that maybe a threat to a Presidio project called "The Initiative". The leader of Presidio indicates Fred and Dolores may be a threat also. Fred and Dolores track down the gang that attacked Dolores only to find they have already been killed.
4"Soirees of Future Past"Damian KindlerKeely MacDonaldJanuary 23, 2020 (2020-01-23)
In 1995, Fred and Dolores are fighting monsters in Bangalore and Dolores is wounded in the abdomen. When she receives medical treatment, the doctor informs them that Dolores will not be able to have children. In the present, Dolores and Fred go to Presidio headquarters in New York City, and Geoff decides to throw a party at their house while they are gone. Alice arrives at the party and slips through time to get to past the all the students unnoticed. Steve reappears to Geoff, and Geoff has visions of the night Steve died. Viv meets a boy, and he talks her into going outside where he forces himself on her. She begins to fight back, but the boy is thrown off her by a hooded stranger with a scanner attached to his eye. He scans Viv and leaves. Alice makes her way to Samuel's study and finds a secret room full of artifacts. Fred and Dolores return home unexpectedly and see the aftermath of the party. They begin to chastise Viv and Geoff. Alice is startled when she hears the Allen's voices and hurriedly grabs a small urn off a shelf, setting off a security alarm. Fred and Dolores grab weapons to pursue the intruder. Geoff and Viv walk in and see the weapons and the room full of artifacts. Alice escapes into the woods and Fred and Dolores try to figure a way to explain everything to the twins.
5"Truth and Consequences" Megan Follows Melissa BlakeJanuary 23, 2020 (2020-01-23)
6"Open Your Eyes"Megan FollowsChristina WalkerJanuary 23, 2020 (2020-01-23)
7"Nadir" Mina Shum James ThorpeJanuary 23, 2020 (2020-01-23)
8"Alice"Mina ShumKeely MacDonald & Mohamad El MasriJanuary 23, 2020 (2020-01-23)
9"Bonds of Blood" David Frazee Melissa Blake & George StraytonJanuary 23, 2020 (2020-01-23)
10"The October Faction"David FrazeeDamian Kindler & James ThorpeJanuary 23, 2020 (2020-01-23)

Production

Development

On September 28, 2018, it was announced that Netflix had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes. Damian Kindler, Director X, Megan Follows, Mina Shum, and David Frazee are set to direct some episodes. [3] [4] The series was created by Damian Kindler who will also act as writer and executive producer. Additional executive producers are set to include James Thorpe, Steve Niles, Thomas Walden, Eric Birnberg, George Strayton and Melissa Blake. Production companies involved with the series include High Park Entertainment and IDW Entertainment. [5] On March 30, 2020, Netflix cancelled the series after one season. [2]

Casting

Sometime after the series order announcement, it was confirmed that Tamara Taylor, J.C. MacKenzie, Aurora Burghart, Gabriel Darku, Wendy Crewson, Megan Follows and Stephen McHattie would star in the series. [6] [7] In October 2018, Maxim Roy was cast in a recurring role. [8]

Filming

Filming for the first season took place on location in Cambridge, Ontario from September to December 2018. [9]

Release

On January 8, 2020, Netflix released the official trailer for the series. [10]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 29% with an average rating of 5.5/10, based on 7 reviews. [11]

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