The idea is cool. Create a shivering two sentences, tease the first at the beginning of each half-hour segment and reflect the horror at the end of the show with the second sentence. And, while I don't particularly like gory drippy horror, I do enjoy "Twilight Zone" and other programs which creep me out. The problem here is execution. I'm easily scared. I screamed during a showing of "Audrey Rose" and that was a truly terrible film. I watched two episodes of this and wasn't even a little bit scared. In the case of the premiere episode, I guessed the ending in the first few minutes. There was also a concern about the choice of tales. While I only watched the first two episodes I couldn't help but notice that there was a unifying theme -- women being abused and getting back in a kind of "Burning Bed" manner. It wasn't so much creepy as sad. The women's movement has come this far only to be placed back into a box of victim/cruel and crazy revenge seeker. It didn't wow me. The production values are strong and the acting solid but I won't be coming back for more.
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