I have noticed how on IMDB TV and movie reviews, there are often far more 10s and 1s than most other numbers. I have read some say they purposely give the most extreme number they can to help override opposite-type scores given by those who disagree. That is, they would rate it, say a 4 or a 5, but because many have rated the film a 10, they are giving it a one to make up for those high scores.
My practice is to save one scores for shows that are truly dreadful to watch-terrible plot, no humor, offensive scenes, etc. In going through this series in order, I have given a rating to every episode and checking for this review, I see only 5 previous episodes which I scored lower than a 4, none of them until this one did I deem only worthy of one point.
Here's why: Of all the old horror movies from the 1930s and 40s, I liked most of them, favorites being Frankenstein and The Invisible Man. Dracula was not appealing to me. If you like the concept of vampires and find stories about them worth watching, you will not be criticized by me for putting up a more positive review of this episode. All I can do is reflect what my impressions were.
Sam becomes an Englishman in 1975 who lives the life of a vampire-in fact, Sam entered inside the man's coffin, supposedly just waking up for the evening. He learns he has recently married a young woman and they are hosting two guests for a once-every-ten-year ritual called Blood Moon, when they are to make some sort of sacrifice to some "famous" vampire.
Al comes and tells Sam he is there to save his bride, because her body will be found in a couple of days near the castle, totally drained of blood. Sam spends the entire episode inside the castle, trying to figure out who will kill her, and to convince Al that vampires don't exist. The bride is happy to go along with all of this, and the two guests seem eager to be a part of the proceedings.
When Sam tells everyone that he wants to cancel the ceremony, he spurs a guest to doing it without him. He manages to save the day, and attempts to save his bride from the dire consequences that await if she is still there when his character returns to his own life.
There are no laughs in this episode, just the horror-story about rituals involving vampires. Not believing in this, I found this a dreadfully boring episode, waiting for Sam to find out what was really going on-a resolution that didn't really come because there was nothing other than this for a plot. I will say that people who love vampire stories might well agree with my score for different reasons. It seems they spent virtually the entire episode talking about this Blood Moon ritual, and preparing for it, without ever getting around to it.
My practice is to save one scores for shows that are truly dreadful to watch-terrible plot, no humor, offensive scenes, etc. In going through this series in order, I have given a rating to every episode and checking for this review, I see only 5 previous episodes which I scored lower than a 4, none of them until this one did I deem only worthy of one point.
Here's why: Of all the old horror movies from the 1930s and 40s, I liked most of them, favorites being Frankenstein and The Invisible Man. Dracula was not appealing to me. If you like the concept of vampires and find stories about them worth watching, you will not be criticized by me for putting up a more positive review of this episode. All I can do is reflect what my impressions were.
Sam becomes an Englishman in 1975 who lives the life of a vampire-in fact, Sam entered inside the man's coffin, supposedly just waking up for the evening. He learns he has recently married a young woman and they are hosting two guests for a once-every-ten-year ritual called Blood Moon, when they are to make some sort of sacrifice to some "famous" vampire.
Al comes and tells Sam he is there to save his bride, because her body will be found in a couple of days near the castle, totally drained of blood. Sam spends the entire episode inside the castle, trying to figure out who will kill her, and to convince Al that vampires don't exist. The bride is happy to go along with all of this, and the two guests seem eager to be a part of the proceedings.
When Sam tells everyone that he wants to cancel the ceremony, he spurs a guest to doing it without him. He manages to save the day, and attempts to save his bride from the dire consequences that await if she is still there when his character returns to his own life.
There are no laughs in this episode, just the horror-story about rituals involving vampires. Not believing in this, I found this a dreadfully boring episode, waiting for Sam to find out what was really going on-a resolution that didn't really come because there was nothing other than this for a plot. I will say that people who love vampire stories might well agree with my score for different reasons. It seems they spent virtually the entire episode talking about this Blood Moon ritual, and preparing for it, without ever getting around to it.
