THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES is another of the dumb Canadian Holmes films starring Matt Frewer. To describe his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes as the worst ever would be a fair statement, I think. He's a gurning buffoon with a laughably dire accent and a kind of fey, foppish personality totally at odds with the calculating character of the Conan Doyle stories. A real dud, in other words.
The only decent performance in this production comes from Kenneth Welsh doing a passable impersonation of Dr Watson. The famous Gothic masterpiece is brought to life in an entirely unconvincing way here, in fact I think this is probably the least realistic of all the filmed versions of the story. The hound itself looks like something out of a cheap B-movie horror flick and the supporting cast give singularly unbelievable performances. What happened to the wonderfully spooky atmosphere of the novel, all of the creepy moments? THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES is Holmes-by-numbers, nothing more.
The only decent performance in this production comes from Kenneth Welsh doing a passable impersonation of Dr Watson. The famous Gothic masterpiece is brought to life in an entirely unconvincing way here, in fact I think this is probably the least realistic of all the filmed versions of the story. The hound itself looks like something out of a cheap B-movie horror flick and the supporting cast give singularly unbelievable performances. What happened to the wonderfully spooky atmosphere of the novel, all of the creepy moments? THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES is Holmes-by-numbers, nothing more.