'Night Visions' never had a chance. It's Canadian and it seems that 9/11 distracted audiences in the US away from watching it. It's really too bad. I'd never heard of it, but if the rest of the episodes are like these first two, this seems like a tragedy that it didn't find a market.
'Passenger List' was brilliant. There were some incredible nuances in the script and direction that echoed the best of Rod Serling. It grabs interest at the very first. What are the chances that an investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board just happens to be at the site of an airliner crash? As he investigates, things are a little more than off for him. As the story moves along, things are a little more than off for the viewer. Sound is distorted in places to cause subtle unease. Visuals are lightly stretched and lighting is arranged to cast worrisome shadows. Aidan Quinn does a great job with the character and his face conveys the proper anguish and confusion when needed to further enhance the story. Frankly, this one is really good.
'The Bokor' is a fairly straight up grisly horror story with a surprise ending in the EC comics tradition. There are some good scares here, though all is not what it seems.
Both tales tend to be intense in places such that sensitive viewers should be aware that you may be surprised by some things you didn't want to see. But, as it is, this is a great start to a series no one seems to have heard of.
'Passenger List' was brilliant. There were some incredible nuances in the script and direction that echoed the best of Rod Serling. It grabs interest at the very first. What are the chances that an investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board just happens to be at the site of an airliner crash? As he investigates, things are a little more than off for him. As the story moves along, things are a little more than off for the viewer. Sound is distorted in places to cause subtle unease. Visuals are lightly stretched and lighting is arranged to cast worrisome shadows. Aidan Quinn does a great job with the character and his face conveys the proper anguish and confusion when needed to further enhance the story. Frankly, this one is really good.
'The Bokor' is a fairly straight up grisly horror story with a surprise ending in the EC comics tradition. There are some good scares here, though all is not what it seems.
Both tales tend to be intense in places such that sensitive viewers should be aware that you may be surprised by some things you didn't want to see. But, as it is, this is a great start to a series no one seems to have heard of.
