The Bottom Line: "Mediocre"
Despite the fact that this new show was airing on UK just a few days after the US premiere it wasn't advertised much (or at all that I saw)
I decided to watch it because I'd heard the webisodes were very popular and I've always been very interested in cryptozoology which is what this show deals with.
The overall look of the show is very dark and most of the exterior scenes in the interior of The Sanctuary were CGI. I really like the character of Dr Magnus and she was always very calm and not at all jaded by what she had to deal with however I wasn't entirely convinced by her headhunting of Will Zimmerman, sure she had been watching him for a while but Zimmerman didn't seem all that special to me. And I really didn't like all effects that accompanied his noticing various clues it was a bit cheesy.
I LOVE anything to do with monsters and creatures but I didn't think the design of the inhabitants of The Sanctuary was all that naturalistic, although I don't think it was meant to be.
The monstrous tendril like growth on the boy was extremely disturbing and I want to see where the story goes. I hope there is a lot of mythology to this show and it not about just fighting monsters but since the creatures in The Sanctuary are dealt with sensitively I don't think it will be like that.
I'm going to continue to watch this show and give it a chance because it is very intriguing although I have given it a medium because this episode didn't grab me.





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