A growing number of people inexplicably end up in a nightmarish town they can't escape.
This might as well be a remake of Lost. However, they cranked everything up to 10, which makes it feel surprisingly fresh. It's also great to see Harold Perrineau back in a supernatural thriller. This time he gets to be a bit of a badass, which is pretty fun.
The premise is pretty compelling. Not only are these people stuck, they're hunted by smiling monsters at night. What's up with the nearby enchanted forest? Why do some of the characters come back as ghosts? Where does the electricity come from? Who is that creepy, unexplained character you just saw? Ooh, so many questions.
Oh, wait, you wanted answers? Yeah, well, don't get your hopes up. It's pretty obvious we'll be jerked around for several seasons and never get any satisfactory answers. It's going to be like Lost, where it's the journey not the destination that's important. Screw that.
But Harold Perrineau is great, isn't he? The show is definitely atmospheric, and the gory special effects look pretty good. Some of the other characters are pretty interesting. Whenever you start getting bored with soap opera relationship drama, Harold Perrineau returns on screen and does something cool that reignites your interest. And, yeah, not all the drama is soapy melodrama. Some of it is pretty compelling.
If you're OK with just a bunch of mysteries that never get solved and imagery that's there just to be creepy and will likely never be explained, this is actually pretty compelling. It's a well-made show and has a pretty good cast. And if you're like me, you just can't seem to get tired of this premise. I really do hope that I'm wrong about this being a jerk-o-rama, but it's still worth a recommendation regardless. Just don't walk in with false hope.
It's worth a 7 or 8, depending on how sensitive you are being jerked around without getting any answers. Maybe even a 9 if they answer a few questions in the third season.
This might as well be a remake of Lost. However, they cranked everything up to 10, which makes it feel surprisingly fresh. It's also great to see Harold Perrineau back in a supernatural thriller. This time he gets to be a bit of a badass, which is pretty fun.
The premise is pretty compelling. Not only are these people stuck, they're hunted by smiling monsters at night. What's up with the nearby enchanted forest? Why do some of the characters come back as ghosts? Where does the electricity come from? Who is that creepy, unexplained character you just saw? Ooh, so many questions.
Oh, wait, you wanted answers? Yeah, well, don't get your hopes up. It's pretty obvious we'll be jerked around for several seasons and never get any satisfactory answers. It's going to be like Lost, where it's the journey not the destination that's important. Screw that.
But Harold Perrineau is great, isn't he? The show is definitely atmospheric, and the gory special effects look pretty good. Some of the other characters are pretty interesting. Whenever you start getting bored with soap opera relationship drama, Harold Perrineau returns on screen and does something cool that reignites your interest. And, yeah, not all the drama is soapy melodrama. Some of it is pretty compelling.
If you're OK with just a bunch of mysteries that never get solved and imagery that's there just to be creepy and will likely never be explained, this is actually pretty compelling. It's a well-made show and has a pretty good cast. And if you're like me, you just can't seem to get tired of this premise. I really do hope that I'm wrong about this being a jerk-o-rama, but it's still worth a recommendation regardless. Just don't walk in with false hope.
It's worth a 7 or 8, depending on how sensitive you are being jerked around without getting any answers. Maybe even a 9 if they answer a few questions in the third season.