After a very creepy opening first episode we jump straight into this True Terror With Robert Englund episode 2 review.
I always seem to watch these episodes right before I go to bed. The first opening episode weaved 3 tales that genuinely gave me chills.
After the thousands of hours of horror content I get to watch every year I can count on one hand how many of them actually gave me chills.
Our second episode revolves around three more stories but this time all three revolve around mysterious creatures.
Two raging ranch hands who battle a flying man-eater in the Arizona desert. Our second story tells the story of a young Theodore Roosevelt who trespasses into the lair of a half-human predator and finally a story about a demon who preys upon villagers in rural Pennsylvania.
I really love the structure of this particular show. Mixing this live-action re-enactment with various interviews and Robert’s ominous voice over. It’s a cocktail of brilliance.
What I will say thou, however, is that the terrible CGI in this episode completely detached me from the scary and well-rounded narration. The CGI flying monster in the opening segment of the episode is hilariously terrible. Sharknado CGI quality terrible.
Thankfully as the story goes on we see more POV footage from the eyes of the beast. I don’t get why they didn’t do this throughout, it adds to the mystery of the creature’s appearance and takes nothing away from the accounts of those involved. This particular display almost spoofs the stories and doesn’t quite take them seriously.
Whilst I don’t necessarily believe in giant alligator faced winged beasts that’s not to say they don’t exist. I’m always a skeptic looking to become a believer and my curious mind will always draw a balance between what’s fact and what’s fiction until proven otherwise.
The Theodore Roosevelt piece was well done our creature this time around was certainly more believable if albeit looking like a giant Chewbacca roaming the woods.
Last but certainly not least the final story was the scariest. The demonic story for me was the only scary story in this particular episode. I feel as thou showing the creatures really stole the intimidation away from the piece.
Overall
In the opening episode we had such tension and genuinely scary moments. When explaining the unknown you want to feel as thou even thou you’re being fed information you want to still remain bias. You don’t need to see cheesy creatures to get your point across.
The fun is in the mystery, it’s what makes these legendary tales so perfect. Forever guessing, forever inquiring, forever in people’s memories.
I personally think they could have handled all three stories in a much spookier way.
Let’s hope episode 3 goes some way towards getting back on track with the creep factor.
True Terror With Robert Englund Episode 2 review by Sean Evans
If you missed our episode 1 review CLICK HERE
Our Rating
Summary
The weaker of the first two episodes held together with perfect timing and delivery from Robert Englund who holds the breaking strands of these rather weak creature feature pieces.
Wonderful costumes and solid acting is sadly overshadowed with hilarious bad CGI that renders the tales more terrible than terrifying.
