8 months ago

This series is an adaptation of one of Stephen King's most wonderful collection of short stories - the book is exceptional and if you haven't read it, you should most definitely do so.
Just eight of the stories were in the TV Mini Series, but they include many of my personal favourites.

The series aired on TV in 2006 - eight episodes over the course of four weeks.

Second episode is called "Crouch End" - as it based upon that part of London in the original Stephen King story.
In fact the story in the book is one of the very best - I just wish this adaption could live up to it, but unfortunately it falls way short.
I can sort of understand why - some really scary parts of the story would be very difficult to adapt to TV back then - probably not so much now with advances in CGI - but even so, it still is fairly poor - including the lead actors, who are less than convincing.
The area of "Crouch End" is supposed to have "thin spots" - which means areas where other dimensions seep through - sounds a good premise - but comes across as looking a bit weird.
Anyway, this episode is by far the weakest of the series in my opinion, but I didn't want to leave one out.

Resolution increased to HD.

Playlist for the series is here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2OOqPxiQBFCffFJYkKkAK0YkUXFZGQ8_

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