... and reappears as a zombie? Now that might be a drama worth watching. Have to be honest, this lady vanished long before the ending, and never even made it to the start of 'In the Flesh'.
The BBC remake/update claims to have been based closely on the book, 'The Wheel Spins' rather than Hitchcock's film version, so why keep the film's title if not to (falsely) lure fans of the film? Pedantic gripes aside, this was a perfectly watchable, serviceable escapist drama which was apparently bumped from the Christmas schedules. Maybe there were legal reasons, but any others were sheer madness since this is perfect post-pud entertainment. Having it as a stand-alone in the March Sunday evening slot cruelly exposes the pointlessness of either a remake of the film or another adaptation of the novel.
The central premise is a tad confused (so they all lied conveniently for different reasons?) and rather distractingly every single character was a 'face'. Is it us or is Tom Hughes the new Jonathan Rhys-Myers? This is not a compliment. If he is a better actor, he needs to appear in something worthwhile, fast.
And one look at the photo from 'In the Flesh' explains why neither of us sat down with a cushion and a cuppa to watch it. BBC3 may have turned up something classy in 'Being Human' but there's just something about zombies.... It is a prejudice on our part, we admit, so maybe in the middle of the night, feeling a bit like the undead, we will take the leap. Meanwhile there are zombies of the everyday variety all around, as anyone who commutes will tell you.
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