A wife of a rich man conspires with her brother and her lover to steal his collection of jewels. HILARITY ensues.
Seriously, I could go on more about the plot, but that would needlessly blow it for too many people. Suffice to say, what follows is a series of scenes where one person is being chased for having stolen the jewels, the jewels fall into the hands of someone else, and someone else, and it keeps going from there.
Nearly every episode of THEATRE MACABRE has been so depressing. Sure, you might think, it's a "horror" anthology, but there's dark & scary, and then there's just needlessly downbeat. THIS episode went the other way, for which I'm quite grateful.
I guess it's safe to say that Russian writers are absolute specialists when it comes to "depressing". Which makes me wish this Polish TV series had adapted more American or English writers!
I've no idea if this follows Stevenson's original story or not (so far, it seems, EVERY other episode of the series has deviated in ways that tend to be uncalled-for), but, at least, this one DOES work on its own merits, and even includes a doubly-amusing ending.
Now if only Severin Films (or somebody) could have done something about the MUFFLED soundtrack that makes it hard to hear what's being said...
Seriously, I could go on more about the plot, but that would needlessly blow it for too many people. Suffice to say, what follows is a series of scenes where one person is being chased for having stolen the jewels, the jewels fall into the hands of someone else, and someone else, and it keeps going from there.
Nearly every episode of THEATRE MACABRE has been so depressing. Sure, you might think, it's a "horror" anthology, but there's dark & scary, and then there's just needlessly downbeat. THIS episode went the other way, for which I'm quite grateful.
I guess it's safe to say that Russian writers are absolute specialists when it comes to "depressing". Which makes me wish this Polish TV series had adapted more American or English writers!
I've no idea if this follows Stevenson's original story or not (so far, it seems, EVERY other episode of the series has deviated in ways that tend to be uncalled-for), but, at least, this one DOES work on its own merits, and even includes a doubly-amusing ending.
Now if only Severin Films (or somebody) could have done something about the MUFFLED soundtrack that makes it hard to hear what's being said...