Post updated 6/27/25. See updates below.

It feels like ages since the Season 3 finale of FROM, MGM+’s awkwardly titled but incredibly entertaining horror series, dropped back in November, 2024. The season finale left us all reeling, with some huge revelations, twists and one terrifying character death.

Ever since, we’ve been wondering when Season 4 would drop and whether we were in for a long wait. There hasn’t been much news other than the fact that filming would begin sometime in 2025 and the first episode is slated to air in 2026. I was hopeful that it would be early 2026, but we’re already nearing the end of June and this has grown incredibly unlikely.

Now, actors on the show are posting to their social media accounts that filming has at last begun on the new season in Nova Scotia. Simon Webster (who plays Ethan Matthews) posted a photo of himself in a trailer on-set and Liz Saunders (who plays Donna) shared the news to her Instagram as well.

This is good news, obviously, and means we’re on the road back to Fromville. The bad news is that this means we definitely won’t be getting the new season in January or February like I’d hoped. I’d guess that we’re looking at April, 2026 at the earliest (Season 1 was an April release) or June/July at the latest (like Season 2). Worst case scenario would be October/November (like Season 3) but I doubt we’ll see it pushed that far back with filming already underway.

Of course, there is no set release date so this is speculation on my part. Creator John Griffin has said of Season 4, "With the culmination of season 3 we have, in many ways, reached the end of the beginning. In season 4, a new journey begins. The question is whether it will lead our characters home, or deeper into this unrelenting nightmare."

Deeper into the nightmare, obviously. FROM is MGM+’s biggest hit and I’m confident it will continue to be renewed until all they’ve told the whole story and (most of) our questions are answered (mostly). If only Amazon would put this on Prime Video or license it to Netflix, this could be a major hit.

FROM tells the story of a mysterious town, referred to only as The Town (or Fromville) where people from all over the country find themselves stranded, unable to leave, and haunted by dark forces. Evil monsters hunt on the townsfolk at night, and deeper, more terrifying evil lurks below. The residents struggle to survive all while trying to untangle the mystery of the Town and how they can escape. Like the Hotel California, you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

Season 3, like every season before it, was something of a mixed bag, with a few episodes in the middle dragging, but overall I really enjoyed it, with the back-half of the season really ramping up the intensity and leading to some very compelling fan theories. It’s been a grueling wait for Season 4, but it looks like we’ll just have to wait a bit longer than we hoped.

Que sera sera.

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Since it’s been awhile, I thought revisiting my favorite FROM theory would be fun. I still think that the malevolent beings that rule this strange world are evil fairies. Call them demons if that suits you better, but I’m talking about fairies from the old stories – not Tinkerbell or her ilk, but the really frightening, nefarious fae that steal babies, put changelings in their place, and trap humans in their strange lands for hundreds of years.

This theory has led to some scoffing indignancy from some readers. Fairies to many modern TV viewers are all glittery and happy and sprinkle magical dust on children. They’re plastered all over modern entertainment in a very girly, pink and purple sort of way. But the fae of old are quite the opposite. They’re dark and dangerous. Even the ones that aren’t strictly evil in the biblical sense are often prone to doing terrible things. Even their practical jokes can be rather awful if you’re on the receiving end.

There are clues that this theory could be correct. The opening credits song is performed by the band The Pixies, for instance. Is that a coincidence? Other clues include:

The talismans the Fromville survivors hang on their doors are reminiscent of past traditions. People used to hang iron on their doors to keep fae and other wicked spirits out at night. The whimsical nature of fae is also present in the Faraway Trees. There’s certainly something about the area surrounding Fromville that feels like an enchanted forest – or a haunted one. If you take fairy and replace it with “evil spirit” maybe it becomes more palatable. I go into a lot more detail about these scraps of evidence in this post.

What I don’t believe is happening is that this is some modern experiment run by actual humans. I would be quite upset if that’s all this was. But I’m the kind of viewer who really appreciates a good supernatural story. Don’t get me wrong, I love when the supernatural is just aesthetic, like in the first season of True Detective. In other shows, however, like Yellowjackets – despite how far that show has fallen – I’m still rooting for supernatural explanations over the mundane. “It was all hallucinations caused by toxic fumes” is about as satisfying to me as “It was all a dream.”

Given how many revelations we got at the end of Season 3 I think we can safely rule out the mundane and safely predict quite a few more answers in Season 4. Hopefully not all the answers, though. I think a five-season arc would be perfect for FROM, and besides, I don’t want it to end!