I am not a fan of horror movies, usually- and definitely do not like gratuitous "gore." But this British production got me. And it is Diana Rigg's performance that won me- and that "makes" the series work. It is a dazzling virtuoso performance. Diana Rigg embodies the character of H Vesey so masterfully- she had me feeling "zero at the bone" (Emily Dickinson, pardon me..). It was one of the most deliciously terrifying movie entertainments I've ever had the pleasure of shivering through. Like an intellectual roller-coaster: Rigg keeps upping the ante, her behavior ever more outrageous and demonic, a preposterous crescendo of horror.
But the huge bonus.. is that, somehow, Ms Rigg also manges to be bleakly? black-ly? hilarious. So you are both holding your breath in abject fear and laughing despite yourself. How she does this is beyond me- because her character is truly monstrous. But there it is. Bravissimo Diana!
But the huge bonus.. is that, somehow, Ms Rigg also manges to be bleakly? black-ly? hilarious. So you are both holding your breath in abject fear and laughing despite yourself. How she does this is beyond me- because her character is truly monstrous. But there it is. Bravissimo Diana!