''Borrasca'' is a horror

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and

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series written by Rebecca Klingel and based on her short stories of the same name, which she published on

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under the

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C.K. Walker in 2015 and 2016. The series stars Cole Sprouse and is produced by

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. The first season ran from May 25 to July 14, 2020, while the second season ran from October 6 to November 10, 2022.

Premise

At age 12, Sam moves with his family to the former

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of Drisking,

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. He befriends two local kids named Kyle and Kimber, who help him get used to bizarre things that are treated as normal by the townspeoplestrangest of all is the occasional loud grinding noise in the distance which supposedly emanates from Borrasca, described only as "a place where bad things happen". When Sam's sister Whitney disappears a few months later, five years pass without answers until more people suddenly start disappearing. Sam, Kyle, and Kimber investigate why so many residents have disappeared over the years, why the remaining townspeople seem not to care, and how the disappearances appear to be connected to the

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s on a nearby mountain.

Production

"Borrasca" was originally released as a four-part short story on the

page r/nosleep in 2015, and Klingel expanded the story with a fifth part in 2016. "Borrasca" won r/nosleep's awards for both Best Series and Scariest Story in 2015. After the story went viral, filmmaker Mike Flanagan hired Klingel to join the writing team for his

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horror series '' The Haunting of Hill House'', '' The Haunting of Bly Manor'', and ''The Fall of the House of Usher''. The podcast series was originally released on

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, and

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, and was later also released on other platforms.

Cast and characters

* Cole Sprouse as Sam Walker ** Charlie Shotwell as Young Sam Walker * Daniel Webber as Kyle Landy **

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as Young Kyle Landy * Sarah Yarkin as Kimber Destaro ** Lulu Wilson as Young Kimber Destaro *

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as Leah Dixon * Peyton Kennedy as Whitney Walker * Jama Williamson as Lisbeth Walker * Mark Derwin as Graham Walker * Dan Blank as Ken Landy * Carmen Tonarelli as Anne Landy * Carolyn P. Riggs as Megan Destaro * Roger Howarth as Peter Destaro * Caroline Newton as Krista Portnick / Lily Walstein * Aidan McGraw as Young Parker Landy / Wes Litszick * Beau Knapp as Erik Tucker *

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as Killian Clery * James Wellington as Mr. Diamond / Tom Prescott * Jules Giselle as Phoebe Dranger * Ella Anderson as Paige Berry *

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as Young Kristy Nanbelt / Woman #5 * Jack McGraw as Kaiden Whitiger *

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as Mrs. Tverdy / Woman in White * Rebecca Field as Kathryn Scanlon *

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as Jimmy Prescott * Debbe Hirata as Grace Clery * Cara Santana as Meera Daley * Michael Deery as Phil Saunders ** Christian Isaiah as Young Phil Saunders * Aramis Knight as Mike Sutton ** Rhys Alterman as Young Mike Sutton * Seychelle Gabriel as Emmaline Bonham * Sam Jaeger as Owen Daley * Violet McGraw as Wyatt Litzick * Kristen Tepper as Amanda Litzick * Mace Coronel as Parker Landy / Boyfriend / Burnout * Julia Henning as Kristy Nanbelt / Woman #2 / Nurse #1 *

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as Kevin Vanderveld * Staysha Holcombe as Receptionist *

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as Pastor / Officer Jameson *

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as Officer Ramirez * Gary Galone as Deputy #1 * Mara Shuster-Lefkowitz as Woman #1 * Sheila Carrasco as Nurse #2 * Dominic Bria as Police Officer #3

Episodes

Season 1 (2020)

Season 2 (2022)

Reception

Awards

References

External links

* * {{Podcast platform links Audio podcasts 2020 podcast debuts Horror podcasts 2020 podcast endings American podcasts American radio dramas Scripted podcasts Binaural podcasts QCode podcasts