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A lot of horror fans think horror has to be gore and ghosts. The horror in this episode is crushing poverty, that denies a young woman her choices. Escapist fun, it ain't. Well-acted, real, and devastating, it is.

What people who continue to claim this series is not horror fail to realize is that this is the absolute horror called real life. Real life. Not like reality tv. These are situations that plague society because no one wants to face reality and what people truly are. Watching the first episode, I was kind of lost until the middle of the episode and then all of a sudden put all the pieces together of what was happening. And then the episode ended and I was left saying "holy sh8t" while binging the next 7 episodes.

I'd never heard of Monsterland before this and I wasn't sure of what to expect. This episode was SOOO good! The thought behind most, if not all, of the episodes is that the monster is the one that's in us. The monster is built into our circumstances and the choices we make from them. Although it gives me slight Blackmirror vibes, it's definitely its own vehicle. What you initially believe to be the threat is only on the surface. When you dig into the characters and their situations, that's when the ride begins. Excellent episode.

Disturbing mood and story. It begins unsettled and keeps that momentum throughout. Good actors and direction. Roll with each story, they all have their own in Monsterland. The main actress is from the comedy Booksmart. I had a feeling she'd be able to pull off more, like a Brie Larson and Jennifer Lawrence did. This actress can carry it.

This episode, clocking in at about 50-ish minutes, spent 50-ish minutes on character development and world building. Then that was it. No plot, no scares, and no conclusion - it just ends. If you want to be left confused and frustrated just watch Mulholland Dr.

The direction and cinematography are great. The pacing was near perfect for the story being told. If you didn't connect with the main character at all and her very talented acting then you might be missing a piece that many others have been touched by one way or another, mental health. Purely a psychological horror which are all to uncommon these days. But from the trailer i gather some episodes will be plenty gory.

So to "NOPE NOT GOOD", how about you give a different episode a try. If you couldnt at least give this episode a 5/10 for cinematography, editing and writing/pacing then i dont no why you bother reviewing anything if those things dont matter to your scoring... You may have found the story and lack of gory horror to not be your taste, but im sure i could pick a golden era classic masterpiece which you'd find boring. Doenst make it any less of a masterpiece. You dont have to like everything.. nor do you have to rate things poorly when this is the case. Gripping story to me and Im already into episode 2 as i write this.

Actually convinced some of the people who wrote reviews on this episode never passed 4th grade english

"what's the point of the alex" well the story explores how we view monstrosity and then subverts those ideas by showing us monstrosity in a different form

i am not claiming this episode is especially profound but proudly rating it when you cant even understand the basic premise of the series which is already explained in the synopsis is so odd....

alex was apart of the story because alex is a "monster" jack's dad is a "monster" toni is also a "monster" jack is a "monster" in the making probaby. (this paragraph can be ignored im trying to meet the character limit)

... and likely just in general - I truly believe this young woman will grow up continuing to perfect her craft till shes up there with the Streeps and Therons and I better include Robbie who is sensational beyond comprehension - anyhoo, the writing could have sucked but I'd of still given it a 7 for her performance - and for anyone paying attention who wants a protip - any and I mean ANY film or television that has been produced by or in part by Megan Ellison and Annapurna is almost a shoe in for a very good to great (to excellent of course) film or show - (in fact I'm crushing on her so hard just cause she'd saved me with this week's release of kajillionaire and Monsterland - sooooo Kk enjoy yall

A man drowns a woman in a lake, takes off her face, puts inside a box, stores in the trunk of his station wagon and drives away. Meanwhile, in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, the down on luck waitress Toni is a single mother raising her daughter Jack, who has special needs, but she does not have money to leave Jack at a nursery and work. When the man stumbles upon the diner where Toni works, he introduces himself as Alex and offers US$ 100.00 to her to talk with him. Later he returns to the diner and asks the waitress Jasmine where Toni lives. Out of the blue, Alex knocks at Toni's home in the middle of the night and offers US$ 1,000.00 to spend the night at her house and park his car in her garage. She accepts the offer, but is curious with the boxes in the trunk of the station wagon. Toni has one night stand with Alex and she steals his car keys to check the trunk, but he surprises her with the open trunk. He asks her to open a box and tells a weird story. When Toni wakes up on the next morning, she sees a woman at home preparing the coffee, and she tells that she is Alex.

"Port Fourchon, Louisiana" is the weird first episode of "Monsterland". The plot is intriguing, and the story of Toni is very dramatic and unpleasant. Her final choice indicates who the monster is in this episode. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Port Fourchon, Louisiana"

This one shocked me visually and mentally. Pretty original and entertaining. I almost wanted to turn it off at a point but wanted to see what happens in the end. Worth the Watch and was very unpredictable.

Sets up with great development and acting....and then continues with set up...and more set up.....and then.....the writers realize this is for MONSTERLAND not DRAMALAND, so they quickly add some "horror" (note the quotation marks). Once done, with 9 minutes left, they wrap it up.

Disappointing because this could have been really good. As part of an anthology, the first episode should captivate the audience. This does not.

Give me a break, this is not horror its horrible !!!

A good story that ended up being anti-climatic. Alex was not really needed. It could've easily been the chain smoking waitress that gave the girl the "speech".

And why was there no retribution for the dude that slapped her (undisciplined) child and knocked her head against a wall. This is the second episode I've seen where a male ahole gets away scot-free. New Orleans being the other episode.