D irected by Peter Berg, American Primeval chronicles the traumatic events of the Mountain Meadows Massacre during the Utah War in 1857. Aside from the thrilling storytelling, fans have grown ...

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Netflix’s new Western series is a bleak and bloody affair. American Primeval pulls no punches in its six-episode limited run. Murder, rape and mayhem and suicide fill this relentlessly brutal world.

“American Primeval” certainly thinks so. The new six-part Netflix series helmed by “Friday Night” Lights director Peter Berg and written by “The Revenant’s” Mark L ...

With its point-blank executions, slit throats, hangings, head-bashings, and gruesome scalpings, “American Primeval” is not for the squeamish. Entertainment Critic Entertainment Critic Nick ...

Hell, apparently, is Utah in 1857. At least that's the way it looks in "American Primeval," Netflix's new Western, for which "brutal" isn't a strong enough adjective. It's savage and primal and ...

American Primeval is a Western set before the Wild West was formed. As such, there are no saloons or cowboys here, not in a traditional sense. Nostalgia has been stripped away completely ...

Right now there's been no word on a second series of the show. American Primeval is listed as a "limited series" which would indicate it could only get a one season run. However, the series ...

Enter: The new Netflix Western American Primeval, which comes in hot with characters facing down violence and adversity by the wagonload. This six-episode series doesn’t build up its characters ...

Scalpings. Rapes. The sibilant impact of arrows puncturing flesh. The eye-catching Netflix mini-series “American Primeval” (premiering Thursday) contains all of those in its six episodes ...