“Maiden Mother Crone” finally, fully, completely confirms the name of this show. While I’d argue Billy did a lot of it, it was Agatha’s actions that kicked off everything. The song she and her son sang, the schemes she managed to pull off: everything comes back to her, her relationships, and her mistakes. It lends cohesion to the series. It makes this twisty story more than the sum of its parts.
What is the opposite of a standard werewolf curse? In the average story, you get bitten by a werewolf and turn into one every full moon. Care to take a guess what’s different about this one?
Happy Halloween, everyone! We hope that you’ve had a ton of fun this year—and enjoyed something spooky.
“Follow Me My Friend/To Glory at the End” is an episode almost defined by its last few minutes. But the rest of the episode is also really good. It’s a chance for several very good actors to flex their dramatic muscles, delivering impassioned, desperate, and emotionally resonant performances.
With I Found the Boogeyman Under My Brother’s Crib, Ben Farthing has done it again. So far, I’ve reviewed Circus Tent and Puppets Living in Apartment (titles shortened because of how long they are) and with this third review, he’s proven it’s no fluke. This person knows how to write horror, knows how to write a strong twist, and consistently impresses me.
The conclusion. Secrets. A terrifying glance at disturbing art and an even smaller hint of its artist.
“Death’s Hand in Mine” confirmed what I had suspected: that this story was going to progress by standard story rules. And, also, seemingly my main plot theories were correct. Despite the wholly unnecessary death fake-outs that ruin some of Agatha All Along’s rewatch value, each witch will get their trial, and through each trial, they are given “back” their powers.
“Familiar by Thy Side” is an episode from a totally different show. It has a much more standard plot structure and progresses at a different pace. In any other context, “Familiar by Thy Side” plays out as a standard superhero opening journey, albeit with a more macabre tone to the whole thing.
In the second part of this slow-build horror story, Tabitha is now at The Art Gallery. Now she might have a chance to look around and see if she can figure out what happened to those men.
Werewolf by Night is a fun, campy Marvel show that disappointed me because of its marketing and presentation. If you wanted to see a horror movie done in the Marvel universe with a Deadpool level of R-rated gore, then you’re in for an unpleasant surprise.
“Darkest Hour/Wake Thy Power” made me give up. Not on watching Agatha All Along, but on understanding the rules of the trials. This episode starts with rules. There’s a clear set of them. But then they get broken, and stuff goes out of control, and Teen kind of just runs over to the Ouija board at some point and handles it.
Hello, dear reader. The Halloween season has claimed our storytelling, it has infested our tales: and you shall have so many horrors to enjoy.
And, with that in mind, with the intention set, we have a beginning. A windup—before the gory conclusion.
