It's 1817 Massachusetts. A boy named Charles Boone barely escapes his father's murderous rage about the Worm. 33 years later, Captain Charles Boone (Adrien Brody) has his three children who have lived all their lives on his whaling ship. On her death bed, his wife pleads for their children to settle down and find a home on land. Charles receives an inheritance after his cousin's death. It's the mansion Chapelwaite and a saw mill in the small town of Preacher's Corners, Maine. There is a darkness there and the Boone family is hated by the locals. Rebecca Morgan (Emily Hampshire) is hired as the children's governess but she's secretly writing an expose on the family. There be worms.
There is some good brooding and it has the great Adrien Brody. I've recently finished Midnight Mass and there is a marked difference between the two. This one is less and is mostly atmosphere. It's based on the Stephen King story "Jerusalem's Lot". It's a bit slow and could probably be squeeze into a 6 or 8 episode series. It could have been done more with the racism. More could have been done with the worms, the book, and the everything. There is suppose to be a saw mill and we never get there. The story feels rather thin despite having so many elements. The thinness can be solved by simply having fewer episodes.
There is some good brooding and it has the great Adrien Brody. I've recently finished Midnight Mass and there is a marked difference between the two. This one is less and is mostly atmosphere. It's based on the Stephen King story "Jerusalem's Lot". It's a bit slow and could probably be squeeze into a 6 or 8 episode series. It could have been done more with the racism. More could have been done with the worms, the book, and the everything. There is suppose to be a saw mill and we never get there. The story feels rather thin despite having so many elements. The thinness can be solved by simply having fewer episodes.