I concur with much written by other reviewers. As old fashioned entertainment it ticks all the boxes. As a U. K. reviewer however I can't fathom what the creators were thinking of when they set the episode 'somewhere in Britain'? Other than the principle actors, David McCullam, Jill Haworth and Edward Mulhare, Scottish, English and Irish respectively, (even their accents wavered) the accents were atrocious! What benefit to the story was setting it outside of the U. S.?
As has also been mentioned the supposedly British Police Officers, seemingly just on patrol (it's unlikely that a village would have more than one officer) would not have been armed with firearms. All they would have had to defend themselves were wooden truncheons! Today only a limited number of police in the U. K. carry firearms. Most have nothing more than a baton (the successor to the truncheon) and pepper spray, most don't carry tazers regularly either.
McCullam's performance was quite nuanced and he managed to convey much with just his eyes, when in full makeup. Mulhare's performance was as one would expect. I've not come across Howarth before but she seemed reasonably accomplished.
The story didn't do much for me but was of its time although I thought the special effects were good and not particularly over the top.
Worth seeing once.
As has also been mentioned the supposedly British Police Officers, seemingly just on patrol (it's unlikely that a village would have more than one officer) would not have been armed with firearms. All they would have had to defend themselves were wooden truncheons! Today only a limited number of police in the U. K. carry firearms. Most have nothing more than a baton (the successor to the truncheon) and pepper spray, most don't carry tazers regularly either.
McCullam's performance was quite nuanced and he managed to convey much with just his eyes, when in full makeup. Mulhare's performance was as one would expect. I've not come across Howarth before but she seemed reasonably accomplished.
The story didn't do much for me but was of its time although I thought the special effects were good and not particularly over the top.
Worth seeing once.