New Delhi, July 10 -- I can't remember starting a column with a confession, but here goes. I've tried to write this piece for days, and I believe its curse can only be lifted after I tell you that I took significantly longer than usual to watch Widow's Bay (Apple TV) because I could only watch it in the daytime. Despite this being a legitimately funny series, it is unsettling and frightening enough for me, an admirer of inventive and intricate horror, to give it the rightful respect and wrangle with it only while the sun is up. What a series.

Created by Katie Dippold, Widow's Bay tells the story of a picturesque and quaint New England town with a mayor who wants to turn it into a tourist-friendly getaway, like Martha's Vineyard. As a New...