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美国国家公共电台 NPR Shudder Puts The Screaming In Streaming Video

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:

Some of TV's biggest hits over the past few years have been ridiculously scary.

(SOUNDBITE OF SCREAM)

SHAPIRO: Take "American Horror Story," "Stranger Things," "The Walking Dead." Now, just in time for Halloween, NPR's Neda Ulaby looks at an upstart streaming service feeding the hunger for horror.

NEDA ULABY, BYLINE1: We've already got Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, so why a place just for horror? Craig Engler knows. He's the general manager for Shudder2. This specialty3 streaming service is taking off, he says, because, well, one, horror has a lot of fans. Two, it's a bargain to make, and three, more people like it than they realize.

CRAIG ENGLER: People think horror is just the "Halloween" movies or "Friday The 13th."

ULABY: But horror is also Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" and the "Alien" movies and "The Silence Of The Lambs." And it's Stephen King.

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "CREEPSHOW")

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) Daddy, what's happened to you?

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As character) I don't know.

ULABY: Right now, the biggest hit on Shudder is "Creepshow," a series inspired by Stephen King's short stories.

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "CREEPSHOW")

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #3: (As character) I'm going to call the doc.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As character) Don't you dare.

GREG NICOTERO: I think one of the intentions with "Creepshow" was to draw people to Shudder.

ULABY: That's "Creepshow's" executive producer Greg Nicotero. He also produces the smash cable hit "The Walking Dead" on AMC. AMC created Shudder four years ago, partly because of "The Walking Dead's" stunning5 success. The idea is cornering the market on smart, interesting horror with a place where fans like Nicotero can scratch their itch4 for scares with, for example, a twisty ghost story that was a box-office hit in Indonesia.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "SATAN'S SLAVES")

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #4: (As character, speaking Indonesian).

NICOTERO: "Satan's Slaves" - it was so crazy good, and I loved it so much.

ULABY: Because of the tightness of its focus, Shudder can be a great place for first-time feature directors to show their films. Coralie Fargeat is French. Her feminist6 horror thriller7 is called "Revenge," and she told me why it's better to be on Shudder than Netflix.

CORALIE FARGEAT: You have so many movies and so many algorithm that make you appear or disappear or you don't knows.

ULABY: Shudder puts you in front of the eyeballs that want to see your work, she says. The top two best-reviewed horror movies of the year, according to the website Rotten Tomatoes, stream only on Shudder. One is by another female director from Mexico City.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID")

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #5: (As character, speaking Spanish).

ULABY: "Tigers Are Not Afraid" is a darkly gripping fairy tale about children orphaned8 by drug cartels.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID")

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #6: (As character, speaking Spanish).

ENGLER: Horror travels super well, right? The things that we're afraid of are universal.

ULABY: Shudder's general manager Craig Engler.

But streaming services face terrifying competition now from Apple, Disney, HBO and more. They're all adding or expanding streaming as we speak. Laura Martin analyzes9 media for Needham. She believes Shudder and its parent company AMC are taking a smart approach.

LAURA MARTIN: Because the fans are so rabid...

ULABY: Forget competing with giant services like Netflix, Martin says - smarter to focus on enthusiastic fan bases that love relatively10 cheap content and promoting it to each other. Oddly, that makes Shudder not unlike another AMC streaming service that specializes in high-end British television.

MARTIN: So I actually think this is sort of an inspired choice that AMC is pursuing here.

ULABY: Viewers seem to agree. That service, Acorn11 TV, has more than a million subscribers. Shudder's numbers remain publicly shrouded13 in mystery, says its general manager Craig Engler.

ENGLER: Which is a shame because the metrics are awesome14. We are growing by leaps and bounds. Almost every month, we set new records in terms of viewership, in terms of subscriber12 acquisition.

ULABY: When it comes to who actually subscribes15, Engler did disclose that almost half are women. And...

ENGLER: There's a huge overlap16 between Shudder members and people who read books.

ULABY: Giving horror fans something eerily17 in common with fans of British TV shows and fans of NPR.

Neda Ulaby, NPR News.

(SOUNDBITE OF WILLIAM STROMBERG & THE MOSCOW SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA'S "THEME FROM FRANKENSTEIN")


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1 byline sSXyQ     
n.署名;v.署名
参考例句:
  • His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
  • We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。
2 shudder JEqy8     
v.战粟,震动,剧烈地摇晃;n.战粟,抖动
参考例句:
  • The sight of the coffin sent a shudder through him.看到那副棺材,他浑身一阵战栗。
  • We all shudder at the thought of the dreadful dirty place.我们一想到那可怕的肮脏地方就浑身战惊。
3 specialty SrGy7     
n.(speciality)特性,特质;专业,专长
参考例句:
  • Shell carvings are a specialty of the town.贝雕是该城的特产。
  • His specialty is English literature.他的专业是英国文学。
4 itch 9aczc     
n.痒,渴望,疥癣;vi.发痒,渴望
参考例句:
  • Shylock has an itch for money.夏洛克渴望发财。
  • He had an itch on his back.他背部发痒。
5 stunning NhGzDh     
adj.极好的;使人晕倒的
参考例句:
  • His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
  • The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。
6 feminist mliyh     
adj.主张男女平等的,女权主义的
参考例句:
  • She followed the feminist movement.她支持女权运动。
  • From then on,feminist studies on literature boomed.从那时起,男女平等受教育的现象开始迅速兴起。
7 thriller RIhzU     
n.惊险片,恐怖片
参考例句:
  • He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
  • I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时,总带一本惊险小说看。
8 orphaned ac11e48c532f244a7f6abad4cdedea5a     
[计][修]孤立
参考例句:
  • Orphaned children were consigned to institutions. 孤儿都打发到了福利院。
  • He was orphaned at an early age. 他幼年时便成了孤儿。
9 analyzes e2e80b8320e1dd8d4c035d41fd7e44e5     
v.分析( analyze的第三人称单数 );分解;解释;对…进行心理分析
参考例句:
  • This approach analyzes management by studying experience usually through cases. 这个学派通常从实例获得经验,用以分析管理。 来自辞典例句
  • The econometrician analyzes statistical data. 经济计量学者要分析统计材料。 来自辞典例句
10 relatively bkqzS3     
adv.比较...地,相对地
参考例句:
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
11 acorn JoJye     
n.橡实,橡子
参考例句:
  • The oak is implicit in the acorn.橡树孕育于橡子之中。
  • The tree grew from a small acorn.橡树从一粒小橡子生长而来。
12 subscriber 9hNzJK     
n.用户,订户;(慈善机关等的)定期捐款者;预约者;签署者
参考例句:
  • The subscriber to a government loan has got higher interest than savings. 公债认购者获得高于储蓄的利息。 来自辞典例句
  • Who is the subscriber of that motto? 谁是那条座右铭的签字者? 来自辞典例句
13 shrouded 6b3958ee6e7b263c722c8b117143345f     
v.隐瞒( shroud的过去式和过去分词 );保密
参考例句:
  • The hills were shrouded in mist . 这些小山被笼罩在薄雾之中。
  • The towers were shrouded in mist. 城楼被蒙上薄雾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
14 awesome CyCzdV     
adj.令人惊叹的,难得吓人的,很好的
参考例句:
  • The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
  • That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.
15 subscribes 9b0145af9c3657ee49d881e38790e2a2     
v.捐助( subscribe的第三人称单数 );签署,题词;订阅;同意
参考例句:
  • The library subscribes to 40 magazines. 这个图书馆订购四十种杂志。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • He subscribes to a number of journals concerning his subject. 他订阅了许多与他的学科有关的杂志。 来自辞典例句
16 overlap tKixw     
v.重叠,与…交叠;n.重叠
参考例句:
  • The overlap between the jacket and the trousers is not good.夹克和裤子重叠的部分不好看。
  • Tiles overlap each other.屋瓦相互叠盖。
17 eerily 0119faef8e868c9b710c70fff6737e50     
adv.引起神秘感或害怕地
参考例句:
  • It was nearly mid-night and eerily dark all around her. 夜深了,到处是一片黑黝黝的怪影。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
  • The vast volcanic slope was eerily reminiscent of a lunar landscape. 开阔的火山坡让人心生怪异地联想起月球的地貌。 来自辞典例句
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