After last week's fun Episode, can they keep things up? Let's flip the pages and find out...
In our first tale, we get a tale of WWII Soldiers and Lycanthropes. Can this top Dog Soldiers?
In occupied France, some Soldiers are hiding out in a Jail en route to their vantage point.
They end up trapped inside with a strange woman. When one of their own makes a break for it, things look even worse.
When the Nazis- led by Jeffrey Combs!- show up in force, can they survive? Will they have an edge?
In our second tale, a bitter young man tells us the story of how he got where he was.
He collects forgotten/discarded objects, which now includes a strange creature's finger...
Unique to this tale is our Narrator's ability to constantly break the 4th Wall and fully-control the story, glossing over parts that he finds boring/unnecessary.
When the finger turns into something bigger and scarier, will things end well for him?
To find out, watch both stories.
Two solid, but very different stories. The pacing is interesting here as the former story- Down- is quite a bit shorter than the latter- Finger. I guess kudos for not extending the Story past when it needed to be. Don't make both of them the same length if they can't support it. 'Down' is a fun, somewhat-original tale that has a nice Grindhouse feel. Soldiers, werewolves and Nazis- what's not to love? Jeffrey Combs doesn't get to do too much here, but he shines in his small part. The Effects are great, with a nice old-school, Howling feel to them. It's not a real long story- as mentioned- so it is easy to enjoy for what it is. Finger is a different tale altogether. We have an all-knowing, unreliable Narrator here. The way it is presented already makes it feel different, which is nice. This one was done by Nicotero, which is always nice to see. I can't be bothered to invest the dozens of hours needed to catch up to The Walking Dead at this point, so this is much easier. This one is a quirky monster tale that isn't going to surprise you that much, but was enjoyable. This is another good, interesting Episode of a Show that I thought would never come to play. That said, maybe don't give Syfy Channel any ideas for Movies like you make up below...
Next time, more horror and more surprises. Can they keep it up? See you then...
To find out, watch both stories.
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