So, Mike Flanagan is back with yet another horror series on Netflix. I've only watched half of the episodes by now, but it's definitely Flanagan.
The first couple of episodes are overlong character introductions, and overall the pacing feels a bit off. I still have three more episodes to go, but I'm quite sure the whole would be better if compressed to five or six instead of seven. It's exactly the same issue that haunted The Haunting of Hill House (it ended up being quite good, and I hope this does the same).
This time Flanagan's obvious Stephen King worship is flying high in the night sky. The characters are straight from King's books, and the story seems to have some resemblance as well. Maybe because of that the only surprise this far has been the fact that the story appears to be quite different from what I expected based on the short description (like the one on IMDb).
Anyone else watching this?
The first couple of episodes are overlong character introductions, and overall the pacing feels a bit off. I still have three more episodes to go, but I'm quite sure the whole would be better if compressed to five or six instead of seven. It's exactly the same issue that haunted The Haunting of Hill House (it ended up being quite good, and I hope this does the same).
This time Flanagan's obvious Stephen King worship is flying high in the night sky. The characters are straight from King's books, and the story seems to have some resemblance as well. Maybe because of that the only surprise this far has been the fact that the story appears to be quite different from what I expected based on the short description (like the one on IMDb).
Anyone else watching this?