As it stands Nightmare for a Nightingale sits at the bottom of the ratings here for individual Thriller episodes, a little unfairly I think, it really isn't the best of episodes, but it's rather enjoyable.
The story is great, I really like it, it has dramatic appeal, and creates the sense of passion, a passion for love, passion for money, and an overwhelming passion for success, not necessarily from the person you expect. The acting is pretty good, Susan Flannery is great as Anne, Stuart Damon and Ronald Leigh Hunt are also good. The trouble is that Keith Baxter is shocking is Tony Risanti I hate to say, his accent is like something out of Allo Allo, and when supposed to be dead he can clearly be seen breathing and fidgeting, how they allowed that scene through without re-shooting is baffling. The start is dire, but it gets better as it gets going, the middle is good, and the end is great.
Overall it's a real mixed bag, lacking the smooth sophistication of the earlier episodes, but it lacks in subtlety, it makes up for in menace.
Not bad, 7/10
The story is great, I really like it, it has dramatic appeal, and creates the sense of passion, a passion for love, passion for money, and an overwhelming passion for success, not necessarily from the person you expect. The acting is pretty good, Susan Flannery is great as Anne, Stuart Damon and Ronald Leigh Hunt are also good. The trouble is that Keith Baxter is shocking is Tony Risanti I hate to say, his accent is like something out of Allo Allo, and when supposed to be dead he can clearly be seen breathing and fidgeting, how they allowed that scene through without re-shooting is baffling. The start is dire, but it gets better as it gets going, the middle is good, and the end is great.
Overall it's a real mixed bag, lacking the smooth sophistication of the earlier episodes, but it lacks in subtlety, it makes up for in menace.
Not bad, 7/10