I just finished this and was mostly blown away. I wanted to give it a 9 but there was one big thing that kept me from doing it, and it's really just a personal pet peeve. (I'll explain in a minute.)
I loved the story, which basically revolves around super rare records that hardly anyone has heard. It's claimed that those who have are either dead or insane. The main character is a woman who, for a fee, hunts down and acquires rare records and wants to find these partly just for the thrill of it, but also because she wants to hear something that rare and hard to obtain.
The story is in bite-sized, 17 minute or so segments, which for some odd reason suited me perfectly, allowing me to watch it in short intervals. I love this idea! It didn't feel like a "show" to me but more like short story segments that were serialized into a whole, and it just kept getting better and better with each episode. This might not be for everyone, and of course you can binge them all in one sitting and spend about the same time you would watching a movie, but I found the length perfect for watching in small breaks between other activities and work.
I LOVED the ending. It doesn't wrap everything all up neatly and yet stil felt fulfilling. Perfection.
The cinematography, score, performances, really just everything about this was stellar.
My biggest problem with this thing is a personal preference /pet peeve thing: The main character starts out as an aloof, disinterested hipster. It was a big turnoff for me. Despite it fitting with the story and being performed very well by the actress, it just made me question whether I wanted to keep watching. Thankfully, the character became much more emotive and relatable for me as the series went on. The first several episodes were my least favorite.
Highly recommended. If Shudder keeps producing things like this, they're going to win viewers, for sure.
I loved the story, which basically revolves around super rare records that hardly anyone has heard. It's claimed that those who have are either dead or insane. The main character is a woman who, for a fee, hunts down and acquires rare records and wants to find these partly just for the thrill of it, but also because she wants to hear something that rare and hard to obtain.
The story is in bite-sized, 17 minute or so segments, which for some odd reason suited me perfectly, allowing me to watch it in short intervals. I love this idea! It didn't feel like a "show" to me but more like short story segments that were serialized into a whole, and it just kept getting better and better with each episode. This might not be for everyone, and of course you can binge them all in one sitting and spend about the same time you would watching a movie, but I found the length perfect for watching in small breaks between other activities and work.
I LOVED the ending. It doesn't wrap everything all up neatly and yet stil felt fulfilling. Perfection.
The cinematography, score, performances, really just everything about this was stellar.
My biggest problem with this thing is a personal preference /pet peeve thing: The main character starts out as an aloof, disinterested hipster. It was a big turnoff for me. Despite it fitting with the story and being performed very well by the actress, it just made me question whether I wanted to keep watching. Thankfully, the character became much more emotive and relatable for me as the series went on. The first several episodes were my least favorite.
Highly recommended. If Shudder keeps producing things like this, they're going to win viewers, for sure.