This War of the Worlds review contains spoilers.
War of the Worlds episode 5
It gives with one hand and takes away with the other, The War of the Worlds. Episode five came so close to leaving us on a note of sweet and tender romance instead of abject bleakness, but in the end, must have thought the better of it.
The final image of this instalment was superlative horror: a beautifully shot corpse drifting in a lake of Arthurian mist, its pregnant womb bloodily scooped out like a balled watermelon. “I don’t believe in the existence of angels,” sang Nick Cave over the top. Me neither, Nick. After this, who could?
The baby-abduction from last week, we learn, was not done on an alien whim. For some dread scheme, the robot dogs are harvesting kids – up to and including 16-week-old foetuses.
Whoever came up with this plan, we also...
War of the Worlds episode 5
It gives with one hand and takes away with the other, The War of the Worlds. Episode five came so close to leaving us on a note of sweet and tender romance instead of abject bleakness, but in the end, must have thought the better of it.
The final image of this instalment was superlative horror: a beautifully shot corpse drifting in a lake of Arthurian mist, its pregnant womb bloodily scooped out like a balled watermelon. “I don’t believe in the existence of angels,” sang Nick Cave over the top. Me neither, Nick. After this, who could?
The baby-abduction from last week, we learn, was not done on an alien whim. For some dread scheme, the robot dogs are harvesting kids – up to and including 16-week-old foetuses.
Whoever came up with this plan, we also...
- 3/26/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
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