Post Mortem: No One Dies in Skarnes

I agree with the praise thus far in most of the other reviews. This fresh and relatively light take on an old genre (like not even using the "V" word) was a treat. For a change, I didn't feel there were too many episodes for the content. The ending works as a one-and-done or as the basis for more seasons - whichever way the financing wind blows. That's viewer consideration of the highest order.

But let's not overlook the role of the score. I'm usually not very conscious of that element, apart from Tarantino flicks, since he invests so heavily in beating us over the head with his playlists. Brilliantly. In this case, the background music finds the sweet spot between eerie and quirky to perfectly complement what we're seeing. Silje Katralen earned the right to take a bow for her excellent contribution as music supervisor.

Wonderful show with a cast that handles the dark storyline with confidence and an easy going charm. The four leads nail their roles perfectly and capture the tone of the show perfectly. Hopefully this will be the first season of many.

I loved it. Is it super innovative? No. Was it kind of predictabe? Yes. Is that a bad thing? Not at all. This show's concept has been done before, but this show tried to perfect it and it delivered something lovely.

The comedy side of it is subtle. It doesn't make you laugh out loud, but the series doesn't take itself too seriously. It's a different kind of humor from the over-the-top kind of humor that American shows can have.

I liked the pacing. Finally a show that's not flashing guns and explosions and twists and drama every 5 minutes. It wasn't slow either, plenty of progress every episode.

And the show even had many likable characters.

Although I'm really thankful that it didn't end on a horrible cliffhanger, I'm really hoping it gets to continue in a second season.

This story is interesting, original approach about something near to vampirism, but inherited from mother. It worths watching because is a short series and will not get your time so much.

This dry slice of Norweigan urban horror took me completely by surprise and I rather got on with it. Assuming it at first to be a standard Scandi-noir it takes a fantastic turn and gets seriously dark, ludicrously tense and utterly engaging. It does move rather glacially at times and feels rather open ended but I was a huge fan of the character stuff - the determined police chief, the hapless but glorious Odd and the sinister doctor. Hopefully this gets a little more, but certainly worth a look if you've passed it by or want to have a little bloody taster of Norwegian TV.