"Helix" does what any self-respecting techno-thriller needs to do: It makes you fear not just what's medically and scientifically possible, but also what corporations could conceivably do with all their technological and biological know-how. The first
What is Helix, exactly? It's as much science fiction as horror. It's got as much of Ron Moore's Battlestar Galactica in its blood as it does John Carpenter's The Thing. And yes, there are echoes of the zombie genre to be found in Helix, but make no
SyFy's Helix began Friday with a double dose of claustrophobic quarantine thriller, centered on a throwback virus running wild in a Greenland research station. The show benefits from putting multiple episodes together, as it needs the momentum
Helix | Friday, Syfy, 10 ET/PT. Fans of sci-fi horror, and of Billy Campbell, should enjoy Helix, a mash-up of The Thing and The Andromeda Strain that sends a team of CDC scientists led by Campbell's Dr. Farragut to a remote Arctic research facility
SyFy's Helix began Friday with a double dose of claustrophobic quarantine thriller, centered on a throwback virus running wild in a Greenland research station. The show benefits from putting multiple episodes together, as it needs the momentum