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Is that the 1974 series, or the 2004 one, or anything new?Salem's Lot on Sky SciFi. Still great! Tap, tap, tapping at the window still creepy as fuck.
I didn't realise Tobe Hooper directed it but that explains a lot.
Is that the 1974 series, or the 2004 one, or anything new?Salem's Lot on Sky SciFi. Still great! Tap, tap, tapping at the window still creepy as fuck.
I didn't realise Tobe Hooper directed it but that explains a lot.
HooperIs that the 1974 series, or the 2004 one, or anything new?
Sorry, that doesn’t ring any bells. I think I’ve only watched the late 70s one and as a kid. I know it scared the shit out of me at the time but can’t remember who was in it.Hooper
Hutch.Sorry, that doesn’t ring any bells. I think I’ve only watched the late 70s one and as a kid. I know it scared the shit out of me at the time but can’t remember who was in it.
Perhaps a discussion for a book thread, but arguably my favourite King novel, and I love many of them. The chapter when the main character and the skeptical doctor sneak into the local morgue to watch a recently deceased corpse to check that of course it was not going to raise at sunset is one of the most terrifying passages of any book I’ve read. As was the passage when the teacher is at his home telling the main female character someone had died the previous day in his guest room and he fears he might have become a vampire, and then says ‘there’s someone upstairs’. Brilliant stuff.I watched Salem's Lot again recently and it has all the strengths and drawbacks of Tobe Hoper (not counting Poltergeist where I'm 100% in the "Spielberg directed this"camp). The scary stuff still really works, these are some of the scariest vampires ever. The character stuff however falls flat and half of Salem's Lot is a small town soap opera where you have to be engaged by the many characters and sub-plots for its 3 hours running time.
There is a new feature film coming out and as a fan of the novel I'm curious to see what they did. The 2004 version is dreadful btw., never do that to yourself
Yes the 70s one.Is that the 1974 series, or the 2004 one, or anything new?
Mr Inbetween.
I found it on Hulu.
An Australian black comedy-crime drama about a hit man balancing work with his more sedate home life. Only 3 seasons but it left you wanting more.
My sawdust prose can't do it justice so here's a wee clip to give you a flavour of it.
Mr Inbetween.
I found it on Hulu.
An Australian black comedy-crime drama about a hit man balancing work with his more sedate home life. Only 3 seasons but it left you wanting more.
My sawdust prose can't do it justice so here's a wee clip to give you a flavour of it.
I’ve watched them and my conclusion is that they are simultaneously well done and clever but also boring and pointless.Every new Don't Hug Me I'm Scared episode is now streaming on 4OD
A sort of reboot of the web series.
I've only watched one so far but it was alright.
I must have found them less boring as I have already finished it.I’ve watched them and my conclusion is that they are simultaneously well done and clever but also boring and pointless.
Really? I am reluctant to watch as I liked the first one so much and the law of diminishing returns and all that....Episode 1 of season 2 of the White Lotus dropped on Sky/Now TV last night and, like season 1, it was absolutely fantastic! Already likely to be my TV show of the year.
I saw that last year. It stays slow - should blatantly have been a movie not a series.Fans of Stephen King might be interested in Chapelwaite, a new series based on his short story Jerusalem’s Lot, which apparently is a prequel to Salem’s lot.
Set in the 19th century (or early 20th, not sure), it revolves about a widower and his kids who are left the family house of a cousin after he died in a small community in Maine, and decide to move in but quickly realise all is not well with the town or the house they’ve inherited.
First episode starts slow, but it is still promising, with good production values. On Paramount+
Really? I am reluctant to watch as I liked the first one so much and the law of diminishing returns and all that....
And it won't have Murray Bartlett in it (will it??) and he was just fabulous in it.
It‘s still written and directed by Mike White who I think is one of the best writers of US films and TV shows. Reviews for this have been great.Really? I am reluctant to watch as I liked the first one so much and the law of diminishing returns and all that....
And it won't have Murray Bartlett in it (will it??) and he was just fabulous in it.
I'll give it a whirl then....I just really, really liked the first one and don't want to be disappointed.It‘s still written and directed by Mike White who I think is one of the best writers of US films and TV shows. Reviews for this have been great.
This diminishing return thing which often gets mentioned here often tends to be true for British TV series (this is due to a different production approach ) but it’s rarely the case for US series, which tend to improve or stay on the same level and then can tail off after several seasons, when they outstayed their welcome.
This looks promising, co written by David Simon starts tomorrow on HBO
Always worth checking subsequent seasons of series you really liked imo. Unlike sequel films, which are too short to quit midway, if a sequel season isn’t doing it for me, I’m perfectly happy to stop watching it and pretend the series ended with S1.I'll give it a whirl then....I just really, really liked the first one and don't want to be disappointed.
It’s okay. It ultimately spins the yarn of a few bad apples, in fact it‘s worse than that, it tries to pin the corruption on one cunt.
I certainly thought it was wise of the show to set S2 at a different hotel with a different set of characters. Keeps it freshEpisode 1 of season 2 of the White Lotus dropped on Sky/Now TV last night and, like season 1, it was absolutely fantastic! Already likely to be my TV show of the year.
Feel like we watched different shows. This was about how such corruption is an inevitable consequence of the war on drugs.
…and the conclusion? The viewer was drawn into perceiving the other corrupt cops were lead astray by one particular wrongun and he got what he deserved. All was well again