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Post by Shrink Proof on Feb 8, 2014 17:29:47 GMT
Anyone else see this? Shearsmith & Pemberton of (League of Gentlemen and Psychoville fame) are back at the Amicus-like portmanteau game. Half hour pieces all set in a place that's Number 9. The first one was "Sardines" and was mostly filmed inside a wardrobe. The usual mix of darkness and humour with a suitably grim denoument. Bodes well for the rest of the series (and the first one's still available on the BBC iPlayer).
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Post by dem bones on Feb 8, 2014 21:39:48 GMT
The usual mix of darkness and humour with a suitably grim denoument. Bodes well for the rest of the series (and the first one's still available on the BBC iPlayer). Can't argue with any of that. By Pemberton - Shearsmith standards (if nobody else's), Sardines was almost subtle, and it suited. On the evidence of the series opener, looks like we've a new 'must watch.' |
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Post by David A. Riley on Feb 9, 2014 11:28:38 GMT
Anyone else see this? Shearsmith & Pemberton of (League of Gentlemen and Psychoville fame) are back at the Amicus-like portmanteau game. Half hour pieces all set in a place that's Number 9. The first one was "Sardines" and was mostly filmed inside a wardrobe. The usual mix of darkness and humour with a suitably grim denoument. Bodes well for the rest of the series (and the first one's still available on the BBC iPlayer). I certainly did enjoy this. From an entry on my blog on Thursday about it: I very much enjoyed Inside No 9 last night, with its opening episode "Sardines". An amazing cast list - and a genuinely scary climax. How is it that some of the best horror on TV these days is comedy? Last night's episode was written by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, both of whom appeared in it. |
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Post by stuyoung on Feb 14, 2014 9:57:33 GMT
Really enjoying this series so far. Looking forward to the next episode.
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Post by Shrink Proof on Feb 14, 2014 13:29:38 GMT
The second one was completely different to the first but just as much fun. The whole half hour seemed to have been shot in about five long takes. The almost total lack of dialogue (which was appropriate as it centred on two burglars who had to keep quiet as they attempted to steal a painting from an occupied house), coupled with the thieves' febrile attempts to cope when Fate dealt them yet another card from the bottom of the deck, lent an air of something approaching borderline despair at times. This was accentuated by Shearsmith & Pemberton's trademark trick of randomly throwing in another unexpected-yet-unpleasant detail from the protagonists' lives - a bit like suddenly finding a hair in what you thought was a tomato juice...
Investigate soonest.
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Mar 13, 2014 20:58:08 GMT
A brilliant series. The anthology format was used beautifully, with each episode completely stylistically different from the last. My reaction to the opener, 'Sardines', was that it was like something out of a Pan Book of Horror Stories. 'A Quiet Night In', the silent farce episode was a complete contrast to the more dialogue based first episode, though, as with all the episodes, there's a sinister turn to events. 'Tom and Gerri' is psychological horror, 'The Last Gasp' is a morbid comedy of manners, and 'The Understudy' mixes the supernatural with elements of Macbeth.
But it was last night's final episode, 'The Harrowing', that went full tilt into horror mode. Teenage babysitters in peril, macabre paintings, siblings that have elements of Boris Karloff and Morticia Addams (and might just be upmarket cousins of Edward and Tubbs from Royston Vasey's Local Shop), an unseen relative upstairs in the spooky old house, and an ambiguous ending where the supernatural option is far more palatable than the alternative! Grimly funny, with a score that felt like it belonged in an 80s horror film. A great end to the series, and the good news is that a second run has been commissioned already.
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Post by Dr Strange on Mar 14, 2014 11:14:47 GMT
Yes, I've enjoyed this series as well. The final episode reminded me of Ti West's House of the Devil - except it was much, much better.
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Post by Shrink Proof on Mar 14, 2014 21:19:59 GMT
The final episode leaves a really unpleasant taste in your mind...
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Post by Shrink Proof on Apr 14, 2014 19:53:25 GMT
For those who missed this, it's now out on DVD...
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Post by Shrink Proof on Apr 6, 2015 20:37:36 GMT
A heads up to fellow Vault inmates...
Series 2 of "Inside No 9" is now up and running. Two episodes have already been broadcast but are available for a little while longer on the BBC iPlayer. The same mix of blacker than black comedy, warped characters, intermittent intrusive creepiness and existential despair.
More of the same, and very welcome. A must-see...
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Apr 8, 2015 16:57:12 GMT
Thanks!
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Post by mattofthespurs on Apr 8, 2015 17:15:09 GMT
Ive bought the first series on DVD.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Apr 9, 2015 15:17:08 GMT
The second episode is a parody (I think!) of a type of film that has been popular for the last 15 years or so. Unlike those, this one is only 30 minutes long, however.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Apr 17, 2015 13:26:57 GMT
Last night's episode, "Cold Comfort," was a minor masterpiece. Highly recommended.
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Post by dem bones on Apr 17, 2015 13:44:03 GMT
Last night's episode, "Cold Comfort," was a minor masterpiece. Highly recommended. Agreed, but I reckon that goes for all of them to date. Personal favourite of new series is the second and arguably darkest episode of the lot, The Twelve Days Of Christine. David Warner seemed to be enjoying himself in last week's out and out funny (if still bleak) The Trial Of Elizabeth Gadge. |
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