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For the residents of the place known only as “the Town,” that feeling of being trapped in your small hometown is literal: Once you set foot in the place, you can never leave it. That’s more than just a metaphor in the sci-fi series From: the Town is surrounded by woods inhabited by bloodthirsty creatures, a fact hapless new residents the Matthews family discover only after it is too late to leave.
While statistically, there must be plenty of people out there who are perfectly content to stick around the place where they grew up, this queer boy ain’t one of them. And I can’t be alone, because there are lots of other shows about the nightmarish potential of seemingly pleasant little communities, most of them featuring characters who are in some way trapped there, including these 10 standout examples. From is
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