I haven't watched any other Mike Flanagan tv shows but I really want to and am so looking forward to it after this (the haunting of hill house is top of my tv show watchlist for sure), but I have watched pretty much all of his movies and I seriously love the stuff this dude makes. Not a single thing of his that I have watched has been anywhere near bad, they've all actually exceeded my expectations. Like this one for instance, I didn't know what to expect going into it but what I got was one of the best tv shows I've ever watched (I think it's top 3 shows I've ever watched now to be honest). Not super focused on being that scary but the scares it did have actually got me pretty good, that jesters random pop ups freaked me out.
I loved the way it told its story and how it based each episode/death after an Edgar Allan Poe story, like a midnight dreary, the masque of the red death, murder in the rue morgue, the black cat, the tell tale heart, the pit and the pendulum, and last but definitely not least the raven. It's just so cool to me, and I adore the way he twists the source material and makes his own interpretation on it, it's awesome. The Masque of the Red Death is probably my favorite episode by far (close second is The Tell Tale Heart which once I realized what the episode was called it all clicked and I couldn't help but just sit there in awe at how cool it was). Just everything that happened in masque was perfect, the way it sets off the rest of the series, and especially the way it ends. Right before it happened it clicked for me and I realized what was going to happen and the anticipation couldn't even match what it felt like when it happened, seeing it made me feel so, disgusted but also amazed.
I loved the little bits and pieces we got of the story when Rodrick was telling it and coming to the realization of how these people were going to die and just sitting there waiting for it to happen, it's such good suspense and when it finally does happen. It doesn't shy away from showing the whole thing and dragging it out, making some of the most interesting yet brutal scenes. Mike is seriously a genius for the way he put together and directed this story.
Also the soundtrack in this show was filled with bangers, pretty much every song for the vibe and was just a good song. Really enjoyed the music choices they made, as well as all the sound production, contributed to most of the stuff that kind of freaked me out and all the cool scenes were so much better because of the sound design.
Please please please watch this, it is so much better than I ever could have expected. Every part of it was so well done and I'm so glad I decided to sit down and watch it.
I loved the way it told its story and how it based each episode/death after an Edgar Allan Poe story, like a midnight dreary, the masque of the red death, murder in the rue morgue, the black cat, the tell tale heart, the pit and the pendulum, and last but definitely not least the raven. It's just so cool to me, and I adore the way he twists the source material and makes his own interpretation on it, it's awesome. The Masque of the Red Death is probably my favorite episode by far (close second is The Tell Tale Heart which once I realized what the episode was called it all clicked and I couldn't help but just sit there in awe at how cool it was). Just everything that happened in masque was perfect, the way it sets off the rest of the series, and especially the way it ends. Right before it happened it clicked for me and I realized what was going to happen and the anticipation couldn't even match what it felt like when it happened, seeing it made me feel so, disgusted but also amazed.
I loved the little bits and pieces we got of the story when Rodrick was telling it and coming to the realization of how these people were going to die and just sitting there waiting for it to happen, it's such good suspense and when it finally does happen. It doesn't shy away from showing the whole thing and dragging it out, making some of the most interesting yet brutal scenes. Mike is seriously a genius for the way he put together and directed this story.
Also the soundtrack in this show was filled with bangers, pretty much every song for the vibe and was just a good song. Really enjoyed the music choices they made, as well as all the sound production, contributed to most of the stuff that kind of freaked me out and all the cool scenes were so much better because of the sound design.
Please please please watch this, it is so much better than I ever could have expected. Every part of it was so well done and I'm so glad I decided to sit down and watch it.
