Curious and Unusual Deaths

I could not agree more with what one reviewer, who said "constantly working in the title of the show at the end of every story was extremely irritating". Seriously. It's so bad that I came here just to review on how obnoxious and irritating this is. What a headache. It's a shame because the show is otherwise quite a great idea.

This seems to be the Canadian equivalent of 1000 Ways To Die, which I used to watch when i was younger. It has the same dark humor that seems inappropriate when talking about deaths. Now, I am all for making light of heavy topics; however, in some cases it doesn't seem... respectful. This is one of those cases. Everyone does have a different opinion of when they think its appropriate, and that is okay, but for me it seemed disrespectful towards the dead. I had the same issue with 1000 Ways To Die when I watched that.

I also found the use of cheesy jokes annoying as opposed to entertaining. However, if you're bored and need a distraction or background noise, season two is on Netflix for your viewing pleasure. And, if this show interests you, check out 1000 ways to die (if you haven't already).

I would have easily given this series an 8 or 9, but the overworking of the title is horrible. As others have pointed it out already, most of the times it feels extremely disrespectful towards the victims and their families. Other times it feels they are trying to turn serious and horrific tragedies into dark humor, but I am certain the humor really doesn't go well even within that category.

If you want to enjoy watching it, then my suggestion is that their template will be pretty obvious after you watch a couple of episodes. Just skip 10-20 secs as soon as you realize this template is coming

'stupid humor--> led to --> Curious and Unusual death'

The Narrator has a deep and soothing voice, I pity the poor guy who always had to keep saying what his idiotic writer wrote for him.

This show was not terrible. It was interesting to see what story would come next.I found myself looking up several of them to see what was changed.

I found episode 5 the most interesting. I always wondered exactly how Brandon Lee died.

I would have rated it higher if not for a few things.

Like the other reviewer said, it seemed like the narrator was making light of the deaths. It was disrespectful and whoever had that idea should be ashamed.

One other thing was the constant repetition of words and phrases. If I had a dollar for every time the narrator said "explains" when introducing the experts I'd be rich. I think a different word was used only once when he said "according to" instead. IMO that and constantly working in the title of the show at the end of every story was extremely irritating.

I would watch it for the knowledge you can gain and the warnings. However it is odd and more unnerving than need be. Overdoing and dragging out the drama, trying to make cute or clever segway and summaries, repeating scenes and lines over and over. With a little change this could really be my of tea.