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Amazon’s Macabre Series THE HORROR OF DOLORES ROACH Starts Filming in Toronto

Amazon’s Macabre Series THE HORROR OF DOLORES ROACH Starts Filming in Toronto

Amazon’s macabre series The Horror of Dolores Roach starts filming in Toronto and Hamilton.

Filming dates: June 21 2022 – August 26 2022

Based on the hit Gimlet podcast, the limited series stars One Day at a Time’s Justina Machado as Dolores “Magic Hands” Roach.

Dolores Roach (Justina Machado) is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. With her boyfriend missing and 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, 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.

Showrunner: Dara Resnik.

Cast:  Justina Machado, Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, K. Todd Freeman, Marc Maron, Jean Yoon, Judy Reyes, Jeffery Self.

Producers: Blue Ice Pictures, Blumhouse Television, Gimlet Media, Amazon Studios.

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