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The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
2019-Apr-15, Monday 19:09
No, not the novella by H. P. Lovecraft, though that is legitimately one of my favorite horror stories ever, and is my father's favorite horror story.
A month or so ago I saw a bunch of people posting on Facebook about a BBC Adaptation of the short story, done in the style of a true-crime investigative podcast like Serial and updated to the modern era. That sounded great to me, and I finally worked through it today, finishing the last few episodes all in a rush.
I'm not much of a true crime enthusiast other than the few books we've read for book group (In Cold Blood, etc), but I really liked this adaptation! The original work already has the same structure, with the conspiracy in the past that kills off Joseph Curwen and Dr. Willett working with Charles's father and the mysterious gentleman to kill off Curwen in the present, so making it two people working on a podcast called "Mystery Machine" and the people they rope in to help them fits the structure. Even the fundamental changes to the occult elements work, because it's still about a conspiracy down through the ages to rule the world.
It's only ten episodes and the longest is just over half an hour. I highly recommend it.
A month or so ago I saw a bunch of people posting on Facebook about a BBC Adaptation of the short story, done in the style of a true-crime investigative podcast like Serial and updated to the modern era. That sounded great to me, and I finally worked through it today, finishing the last few episodes all in a rush.
I'm not much of a true crime enthusiast other than the few books we've read for book group (In Cold Blood, etc), but I really liked this adaptation! The original work already has the same structure, with the conspiracy in the past that kills off Joseph Curwen and Dr. Willett working with Charles's father and the mysterious gentleman to kill off Curwen in the present, so making it two people working on a podcast called "Mystery Machine" and the people they rope in to help them fits the structure. Even the fundamental changes to the occult elements work, because it's still about a conspiracy down through the ages to rule the world.
It's only ten episodes and the longest is just over half an hour. I highly recommend it.
