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I had no idea about this film, for some reason. I saw that Benedict Wong was in it, a very underrated actor, and decided to give it a go. What a delight! Some people have pointed out some flaws relating to dogs sniffing around the houses, a police cruiser sitting outside a house all night and nobody noticing, etc., but there have been some incredibly missed clues in police investigations to missing persons in recent years that defy belief, so for me, and given that it was a horror, that wasn't a problem. I too, picked up on the Blair Witch thing (overrated film, although mostly decent) and I also picked up on the comedy angle which reminded me of the wonderful Vampire comedy, Innocent Blood (not without its flaws but still a great film). In fact, there was something vaguely pythonseque about it in places, but on the whole, one of the best little horror flicks in years. Too often nowadays, directors of horror think a jump-scare or two will be enough, this added a creepy atmosphere to a couple of small jump-scares along with a head-scratching mystery to leave us with something unique. I shall be watching this director's future with interest.

OK, once in a while, some of the choices made by some of the characters in this historical drama/action series make you want to scream at the TV but, films and TV have always been that way. And without that kind of thing going on, we wouldn't have the cliffhanger.

I started watching this as I liked the Vikings but, apart from that strange accent they do to indicate that they are speaking in old Norse, I think this was a pretty different series. Historical action/drama, yes, but more Kilngon warriors kick ass than Vikings. Instead of Sto-Va_ka, we got Valhalla. The clothes and hiarstyle were pretty much the same for the Danes. And the dialogue was sopt on. I suspect that "qapla" in English must be something like "destiny is all!" It would have been nice to see Michael Dorn do a cameo as the character of Uhtred was clearly a carbon copy of Worf only in reverse.

These are not criticisms, by the way. Absolutely loved it from start to finish. I just hope we get something like this from the Star Trek franchise one day. Wonderful!