Let me start by saying that I have not read the novel... nor any other by Sir Athur Conan Doyle(although I certainly would like to, in particular those regarding this character... the detective, not the dog), so if you want to know how well this follows it, this is not the place to look, I'm afraid. The plot isn't bad, and it did manage to surprise me more than once(if I would have been if I had looked my way through the book, I couldn't tell you... literally), and it develops reasonably. The pacing is fine. The acting varies, for all concerned... Frewer goes back and forth between what one might call a good performance and what would be more accurately described as a parody of a stereotypical Brit. There aren't really any stand-out players, in either end of the spectrum. The music is adequate. The technical aspects of this are average, and at times below that. The effects probably won't impress anyone. The "hound" is never that terrifying of a sight, and doesn't instill nearly as much fear as indifference. In general this isn't really sufficiently scary as to warrant being noted for it. I recommend this to fans of horror and crime-mystery stories, and/or Matt Frewer, but you are undoubtedly capable of finding more worthy ways to spend 90 minutes. 6/10
The Hound of the Baskervilles
(2000 TV Movie)
"My dear Watson... what, by chance, are we doing in this?"
2 July 2008