Dreams in the Witch House

If you are an avid Lovecraft reader, as I am. The you will be as confused on this episode being called "Dreams in the Witch House" Does it have a Witch? Yes. Does it have a rodent with a man's face? Yes. But other than the names of characters that's about it. No geometric studies of an odd room, that opens a door way to another dimension as the story goes. What you get is a chopped up story of a lost twin and drug use to another dimension. The scene in the church carries on way too long and honestly has no substance to the rest of the story. It's not a bad story but it shouldn't carry the moniker of the Lovecraft tale. If you've never read the story it will be a great episode but it fell flat.

It was more of a pleasant surprise to see Ron aka Rupert Grint (hehe) in this episode.

The premise was somewhat intriguing and started simple. Brother felt helpless as he was unable to save his sister and that guilt carried over to his adulthood.

Overall the episode was alright. It got a bit draggy in the middle. The added villain with its disgusting rat and that house felt a bit random and pushed in. Especially since it is the villain that caused the ripple.

The ending was somewhat a downer but acceptable. Disgusting for sure.

But if it keeps rupert grint back, im all for it. Nice seeing Ron again in the screen.

Years after seeing his twin sister die, and her ghost transported to a dark forest, Walter Gilman vows to get her back.

I was so excited to see this story adapted, and was even more excited when I saw Rupert Grint's name appear, I figured for him to feature that it was going to be something special.

Sadly this came as something of a disappointment, I was expecting something bleak and macabre, but was instead faced with something a little more Alice in Wonderland.

Some things worked, the visuals, the acting, Grint in particular was great, and there was some atmosphere.

Sadly there were more detractors, the story itself just didn't work on any horror level, it lacked tension, it lacked excitement, it needed to be more bleak. Pacing was poor, it was just too pedestrian, the script was distinctly average, at times if felt a little amateur.

The biggest disappointment so far this series, this was the one I had high hopes for, 5/10.

Had been looking forward to this episode as this is one of my favourite of Lovecraft's short stories. Typically though I was left disappointed. Instead of the nightmarish, hallucinatory tale of other dimensions, child sacrifice and unknowable Alien gods, here we have a rather run of the mill ghost story that only borrows a title, a setting and some characters from the source material, while pretty much ignoring all the interesting details of the source. Given the author's utter disdain for what he saw as the childish notion of 'souls', the afterlife and any form of spirtual redemption this is a very frustrating watch.

Anyway...Rupert Grint ( in very good form) plays a spiritualist desperate to bring back his dead sister and in the house of the title he seems to have found a way to the 'other side' but must now fight off a long dead, vengeful witch and her horrific familiar. As a stand alone horror for those with no knowledge of Lovecraft's wider Mythos this is decent enough, If derivative, slice of scares. If, like me, you were hoping for something a bit more grown up from a series helmed by avid Lovecraft disciple Guillermo Del Toro you will be disappointed and a tiny bit annoyed.

A young guy is there when his twin sister dies. Her spirit is dragged off into a copse. He loves her so much that he spends the rest of his days trying to see her and get her back. He becomes part of a ridiculous agency that should be helping him. This place is a sham and he is the only one really trying to do something they are setting out to do. He ends up in a house, drinking a kind of elixir that brings him close to his sister, but she can't leave. Meanwhile, a witch shows up and gets in the way. This seemed endless and his quest really unclear to the viewer. It just didn't work for me. It's sad because the Lovecraft stories hold up well on their own.