Prime Video has debuted first-look images for the Amazon Original series “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” based on the hit Gimlet podcast, ahead of its summer debut on July 7, 2023.
Final Destination 2’s Justina Machado stars in the title role.
The eight-episode, half-hour series is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired tale, a macabre urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, gentrification, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest.
The plot sees “Dolores Roach is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her is boyfriend missing, her family long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis, who gives her room and board and lets her give massages for cash in the basement under his dilapidated storefront, Empanada Loca, the only remnant of her former life. When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, ‘Magic Hands Dolores’ is driven to shocking extremes to survive, and in the face of unexpected professional success, Dolores and Luis become dangerously symbiotic, and Luis must unleash his own peculiar predilections.”
“The Horror of Dolores Roach” also stars Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, and K. Todd Freeman. Cyndi Lauper, Marc Maron (“Glow”), Jean Yoon (Kim’s Convenience), Judy Reyes (Smile, Birth/Rebirth), and Jeffery Self (“Search Party“) have all signed on for recurring roles in the series.
Initially created by Aaron Mark as a one-woman play, Empanada Loca, Mark created, wrote, and directed the original podcast and penned the series pilot script. Dara Resnik will serve as co-showrunners and executive produce the series alongside Gloria Calderón Kellett and Roxann Dawson, who directed the pilot. Daphne Rubin-Vega; Jason Blum, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold, and Chris Dickie executive produce for Blumhouse Television; Dawn Ostroff, Mimi O’Donnell, and Justin McGoldrick for Spotify; Gloria Calderón Kellett produces for GloNation Studios.
Jason Blum, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold of Blumhouse Television, Chris Giliberti, and Justin McGoldrick of Spotify executive produce. Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, and K. Todd Freeman also star.
Prime Video will exclusively premiere all eight episodes of “The Horror of Delores Roach” on July 7, 2023.
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