10 Cursed Islands to Visit Ahead of ‘Widow’s Bay'

We’re very close to the arrival of Widow’s Bay, the rare horror series from sci-fi standout Apple TV, and a tale that takes us to an island off the coast of New England where, it’s said, “bad things happen.” Situating frights on an island is a well-worn offshoot of the classic locked-room horror story—something you can also achieve by plunging your characters into, say, a mountain hotel in the middle of winter or a haunted ship in space or a distant ocean. Without access to an escape route, or with outside interference like a sudden storm, the hapless characters must fight to survive whatever monsters or ferocious killers are chasing them down. So while we wait for Matthew Rhys and Stephen Root to whisk us away to Widow’s Bay—which looks like it leans on very dry small-town humor in addition to bumps in the night—here are 10 of our favorite movies that take place on cursed islands. Enjoying one last vacation before their third child is born, an English couple decides to rent a tiny boat and visit an island in the Mediterranean off the coast of Spain. When they arrive, they realize why they were warned against the side trip: it’s populated entirely by children, all of whom are infec

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