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Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King: Battleground (2006)
Episode 1, Season 1
Best episode of the series
4 January 2023 - 2 out of 2 users found this review helpful.
If you're looking for a horror story, this ain't it, despite ultimately deriving from Stephen King. "Battleground" is nonetheless a cool and entertaining fantasy story in which toys come to life to avenge the death of the toymaker against the assassin who killed him.
In the hands of lesser writers, the choice to have no meaningful audible dialogue (apart from stuff like grunts and yells) in the episode would feel gimmicky, but in this case the artsy choice worked well.
Odd as it may seem, genuine tension exists as the toys struggle to take down their murderous foe and it had me hooked until the satisfying end.
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