Scififan54
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It was beautifully filmed and extremely authentic, you really felt as if you were there. It also had decent acting and the script was not bad. But there was unintentional comedy, especially in Orlok's scenes. His voice was so rasping it sounded as if he had bad asthma.
The horror scenes were histrionic to the extreme and again caused unintentional comedy. It was hard to stay interested.
The main problem was with the pacing. It was glacially slow, so much so that I nearly fell asleep several times. I am a horror buff and enjoy vampires and zombies but this was a poor relation of Bram Stoker's Dracula or interview with a Vampire.
The horror scenes were histrionic to the extreme and again caused unintentional comedy. It was hard to stay interested.
The main problem was with the pacing. It was glacially slow, so much so that I nearly fell asleep several times. I am a horror buff and enjoy vampires and zombies but this was a poor relation of Bram Stoker's Dracula or interview with a Vampire.
Despite being made for TV this is one of the best films ever made. Impactful, intelligent and so savage it tears out the heart. We watch as the world collapses into ruin.
The first half of the film focuses on two normal, working-class families, the Kemps and the Becketts. Ruth is pregnant by her boyfriend, Jimmy, and the two teenagers decide to marry. They go so far to find themselves a new home which they proceed to renovate. But in the background trouble is brewing in Afghanistan. The Americans and Russians are sabre-rattling and before long the world is edging closer and closer to nuclear war. The juxtaposition of news reports, government announcements with the day-to-day life of the families is powerful. The film is made in a docudrama way, informing the audience of statistics and facts in between dramatic scenes. The lives of Ruth and Jimmy become dimmer in the light of fast-moving world events. In fact, nothing seems important any more when faced with the end of civilisation. The characters struggle with these appalling events.
In the second half, after the bombs have dropped, focus is taken away from the characters and we see the dreadful effects of nuclear war. The earlier scenes are quite honestly some of the most horrific I have ever seen. And I'm a horror film buff! Because we have now invested in the characters, we care what happens as we see Ruth drag herself the ruins of the city.
People lose everything. Time progresses, six months, a year, ten years. Even those who survive are destroyed. We see the beginning of the next generation, people born after the war or were babies when it happened. Life is feral, atavistic, and civilisation is all but a memory. We are taken back to mediaeval savagery. In the end, even the basic building-block of life - language - is lost and the people can no longer communicate. People are emotionally blank, destroyed by the horrors they have seen, morality and love are no longer traits of the human psyche.
It was written by Barry Hines and.directed by Mick Jackson, both of whom follow in the tradition of gritty, ultra-realistic kitchen-sink drama from the 1960s onwards. It stars.relatively unknown actors from the north of England, adding to the realistic, authentic atmosphere.
The Day After which came out the previous year pales into significance compared to this masterpiece. Made on a shoestring, the BBC live up to their reputation of sterling drama and expertise.
If it's dystopia you're in to, you cannot get better than this. I first saw this 40 years ago and I have never, ever forgotten the raw power of this film.
The first half of the film focuses on two normal, working-class families, the Kemps and the Becketts. Ruth is pregnant by her boyfriend, Jimmy, and the two teenagers decide to marry. They go so far to find themselves a new home which they proceed to renovate. But in the background trouble is brewing in Afghanistan. The Americans and Russians are sabre-rattling and before long the world is edging closer and closer to nuclear war. The juxtaposition of news reports, government announcements with the day-to-day life of the families is powerful. The film is made in a docudrama way, informing the audience of statistics and facts in between dramatic scenes. The lives of Ruth and Jimmy become dimmer in the light of fast-moving world events. In fact, nothing seems important any more when faced with the end of civilisation. The characters struggle with these appalling events.
In the second half, after the bombs have dropped, focus is taken away from the characters and we see the dreadful effects of nuclear war. The earlier scenes are quite honestly some of the most horrific I have ever seen. And I'm a horror film buff! Because we have now invested in the characters, we care what happens as we see Ruth drag herself the ruins of the city.
People lose everything. Time progresses, six months, a year, ten years. Even those who survive are destroyed. We see the beginning of the next generation, people born after the war or were babies when it happened. Life is feral, atavistic, and civilisation is all but a memory. We are taken back to mediaeval savagery. In the end, even the basic building-block of life - language - is lost and the people can no longer communicate. People are emotionally blank, destroyed by the horrors they have seen, morality and love are no longer traits of the human psyche.
It was written by Barry Hines and.directed by Mick Jackson, both of whom follow in the tradition of gritty, ultra-realistic kitchen-sink drama from the 1960s onwards. It stars.relatively unknown actors from the north of England, adding to the realistic, authentic atmosphere.
The Day After which came out the previous year pales into significance compared to this masterpiece. Made on a shoestring, the BBC live up to their reputation of sterling drama and expertise.
If it's dystopia you're in to, you cannot get better than this. I first saw this 40 years ago and I have never, ever forgotten the raw power of this film.
If only all TV was like this. We'd all be addicted, watching 24/7. I have never seen such powerful, heart-breaking tragedy. It shows the depth of depravity and the height of compassion.
Chappell and his officers are trying to break up a sex ring which is luring young boys into the making of snuff films. You see the filth and grime, the evil of the perpetrators and the agony of the victims.
Chappell is haunted by his failure to protect a boy called Patrick. He sadly leafs through the evidence of Patrick's abuse, rape and murder. He becomes obsessed with saving another boy, Brendan, who is on the run from abuse and disbelieving parents. As he and his team continue to delve, they find Brendan is being lured into the same ring that killed Patrick.
I will reveal no spoilers but the ending is the most tragic and heartbreaking piece of TV I have ever seen. It stays with me 25 years later. I wept when I saw it, and I weep even now.
Chappell and his officers are trying to break up a sex ring which is luring young boys into the making of snuff films. You see the filth and grime, the evil of the perpetrators and the agony of the victims.
Chappell is haunted by his failure to protect a boy called Patrick. He sadly leafs through the evidence of Patrick's abuse, rape and murder. He becomes obsessed with saving another boy, Brendan, who is on the run from abuse and disbelieving parents. As he and his team continue to delve, they find Brendan is being lured into the same ring that killed Patrick.
I will reveal no spoilers but the ending is the most tragic and heartbreaking piece of TV I have ever seen. It stays with me 25 years later. I wept when I saw it, and I weep even now.