The narrative becomes compelling right from the first few minutes, keeping you intrigued with new developments whilst slowly fleshing out its characters before soon getting under your skin with its creepy supernatural elements.
The sound design is one of the main reasons why the story and atmosphere remain so effective; it's masterful: always present when the narrative wants you to feel something, and making the hairs rise on the back of your neck when a diabolical new piece of information is revealed or something gruesome is witnessed.
Every character is well-written and well-acted, with a particular shoutout to Ben Mendelsohn who delivers a career-best performance here. The whole cast is superb, though. I enjoyed seeing every character develop one way or another, particularly the snippets of backstory unveiled at important parts of an episode.
I've never read the Stephen King novel, so all I can say as someone who knew nothing going in, is that this proved a thoroughly satisfying series with no weak episodes. The writing and direction was exemplary, the acting was awards-worthy, the content was chilling and enthralling in equal measure... technically it was just brilliant. Highly recommend!
9/10.
The sound design is one of the main reasons why the story and atmosphere remain so effective; it's masterful: always present when the narrative wants you to feel something, and making the hairs rise on the back of your neck when a diabolical new piece of information is revealed or something gruesome is witnessed.
Every character is well-written and well-acted, with a particular shoutout to Ben Mendelsohn who delivers a career-best performance here. The whole cast is superb, though. I enjoyed seeing every character develop one way or another, particularly the snippets of backstory unveiled at important parts of an episode.
I've never read the Stephen King novel, so all I can say as someone who knew nothing going in, is that this proved a thoroughly satisfying series with no weak episodes. The writing and direction was exemplary, the acting was awards-worthy, the content was chilling and enthralling in equal measure... technically it was just brilliant. Highly recommend!
9/10.