Candle Cove, the first season of Nick Antosca’s recently canceled Channel Zero anthology horror series, is anchored by a single image: a child-sized figure (Cassandra Consiglio) made of stolen baby teeth. Unnamed and unspeaking, the creature sustains itself by consuming the baby teeth of Iron Hill, Ohio’s children. This idea of arrested childhood feeding parasitically on the real thing informs much of the season’s story. Child psychologist Mike Painter’s (Paul Schneider) deceased twin Eddie (Luca Villacis) is the psychic force which animates the tooth-child, draws Mike back to Iron Hill, and preys on the town’s children via the titular television program, Candle Cove. When Eddie attempts to seize control of … Continue reading The Fight for Endless Childhood in Candle Cove