This is solid and at slight moments brilliant, but like other Mike Flanagan films or shows, it suffers from super white an American stuff that feels very true to Flanagan's hero and major influence Stephen King. But the thing about King is that his works are only amazing when adapted by another artist which will result into something amazing rather than the awkward but solid novels he writes. In other words, this is solid but by no means a horror masterpiece as many claim it to be.
Hamish Linklater, Rahul Kohli and Mildred Essoe (who kinda pays homage to Marcia Gay Harden from The Mist) give some amazing turns here. Zach Gilford is flat as hell, even in Friday Night Lights he wasn't great but it wasn't as distracting here since there he was a football player, here he's supposed to be an ex-con with a huge guilty conscience and most of the heavy lifting of the series is done by Linklater, who should submit to the Emmy's as a lead since he's the biggest head on the poster (a very gorgeous poster btw).
Also, it got predictable. Perhaps Flanagan shouldn't use heavy makeup on actors who aren't elderly, because I kinda wasn't surprised by the big episode 3 reveal. And there's no need to do a Salem's Lot remake, this is technically it and Flanagan pays homage to King in a great way.
Review by DeletedBlockedParent2021-10-06T07:45:16Z
This is solid and at slight moments brilliant, but like other Mike Flanagan films or shows, it suffers from super white an American stuff that feels very true to Flanagan's hero and major influence Stephen King. But the thing about King is that his works are only amazing when adapted by another artist which will result into something amazing rather than the awkward but solid novels he writes. In other words, this is solid but by no means a horror masterpiece as many claim it to be.
Hamish Linklater, Rahul Kohli and Mildred Essoe (who kinda pays homage to Marcia Gay Harden from The Mist) give some amazing turns here. Zach Gilford is flat as hell, even in Friday Night Lights he wasn't great but it wasn't as distracting here since there he was a football player, here he's supposed to be an ex-con with a huge guilty conscience and most of the heavy lifting of the series is done by Linklater, who should submit to the Emmy's as a lead since he's the biggest head on the poster (a very gorgeous poster btw).
Also, it got predictable. Perhaps Flanagan shouldn't use heavy makeup on actors who aren't elderly, because I kinda wasn't surprised by the big episode 3 reveal. And there's no need to do a Salem's Lot remake, this is technically it and Flanagan pays homage to King in a great way.