What's it about: Some describe it as the town at the edge of the
world. When Melody and Michael Devereux come to Collinsport
on their honeymoon, they don't know the secrets that are hidden behind closed
doors. But those secrets will be unearthed when an innocent is viciously
murdered. Collinsport will be a town
divided. One woman's rise to power will lead to further death and destruction.
Families will be ripped apart. Blood will be spilt. And the dark forces that wait in the shadows will wait
no more. For in Collinsport, death is never the end...
The Cunninghams: Harry genuinely hated his father and wished
he was dead but now it has actually happened he is conflicted. It's something
you think but don't mean. He, Amy and Tommy will make an unusual family but I
could see it working. You would think Harry spitting insults at Angelique would
encourage her to flay the skin from his bones but it has quite the opposite
effect. She likes the fire inside of him. And despite her unholy alliance and
supernatural powers I believe her when she says she didn't kill Andrew. She has
no reason to lie.
Standout Performance: Kathryn Leigh-Scott. I just think she's
fabulous. Give her more to do please.
Sparkling Dialogue: 'Isn't marrying you a quick and sure way
of signing your own death warrant?'
'We need to stop pretending that the supernatural isn't
real. Collinsport is a town blighted by creatures of the night.'
Audio Landscape: Birdsong (it's so unusual to have a sound
effect that isn't trying to scare the shit out of you that it really stands
out), doorbell, pouring a drink, pub crowd, an angry mob (Big Finish doesn't
have a good track record at convincing with these but these scenes are brilliantly
done), cocking a gun,
Standout Scene: The final scene is to die for. Finally...he
has arrived!
Result: 'It's time for us to stop waiting to die!'
Reasons to love Bloodlust at this point; it is completely unlike anything else
that Big Finish has ever put out before in it's serial nature, it has an
enormous cast of characters that are all well defined, it is juggling two
murder plots with a plethora of suspects, there is an unusually dominant female
presence which is hugely refreshing, it deals with elements of the TV show but
has added all manner of intriguing extra characters and is pushing the
established ones in fresh directions, the standalone Dark Shadows audios are
being slotted into the central narrative to add further weight to the series
and range as a whole, the serial is being scripted and directed by fresh talent
(and some old talent that hasn't been exhausted out of constant employment in
the Doctor Who ranges)... I might have been a little skeptical in the early
episodes of Bloodlust because the set up took a little while to get going but
now things are complicated and dramatic and running away at a rate of knots.
It's probably the most substantial thing Big Finish has brought out in about
three or four years, thanks to its serial nature and the fact that it is set in
one place. Unlike Doctor Who, Blakes' 7 or Jago & Litefoot there is no need
to maintain the status quo at the end of a story - people can be bumped off or
treated appallingly and that is a very exciting prospect. Actions have
consequences. Emphasis on Quentin is exciting...but it is the Angelique
material that is the most exciting again. And Maggie Evans is on the warpath
and anybody in their right mind would pay good money for that. And the ending
had me salivating for more...the character I have been waiting for more than
any other! Stirring stuff: 9/10
1 comment:
If you like Kathryn Leigh Scott so much then you really should try Beyond the Grave and Harvest of Souls. And you're right, she's terrific.
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