Torchwood: Dead Man's Switch
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Average rating4
This is essentially a set of three ghost stories linked by the presence of Bilis Manger and by Beethoven's “moonlight sonata”. The framing device sees the narrators of each story waking up together on a stopped train, but it's incidental to the stories themselves. Each features a very different central character, told in the first person with only brief appearances by other actors apart from Melvin (as Manger).
All three are good stories, creepy despite their short length, and they do a good job of complementing one another. I felt that the third was the best, but part of that comes from the contrast with the first two, building suspense in a way that wouldn't work if you hadn't heard those previously. They aren't gory, being more of the ‘spine-tingling' genre of horror, in the style of, say, Tales of the Unexpected although I should note that the result also qualifies as an ‘adult' release because of swearing and drug references. I coincidentally happened to listen to this on Halloween, and it was a good day for it; a nice piece of old-fashioned horror with well-written characters.
This is essentially a set of three ghost stories linked by the presence of Bilis Manger and by Beethoven's “moonlight sonata”. The framing device sees the narrators of each story waking up together on a stopped train, but it's incidental to the stories themselves. Each features a very different central character, told in the first person with only brief appearances by other actors apart from Melvin (as Manger).
All three are good stories, creepy despite their short length, and they do a good job of complementing one another. I felt that the third was the best, but part of that comes from the contrast with the first two, building suspense in a way that wouldn't work if you hadn't heard those previously. They aren't gory, being more of the ‘spine-tingling' genre of horror, in the style of, say, Tales of the Unexpected although I should note that the result also qualifies as an ‘adult' release because of swearing and drug references. I coincidentally happened to listen to this on Halloween, and it was a good day for it; a nice piece of old-fashioned horror with well-written characters.