The inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb.The inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb.The inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb.
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A Winter Watkins Wonderland
Gatiss's trek through the MR James back catalogue for fresh Christmas scares continues apace in Count Magnus. In essence the whole thing is built around the undoing of the pompous Herr Wraxhall, here played with glorious panache by the brilliant Jason Watkins. It's a role made for him really and his increasing consternation is a thing of serious wonder. There's a nicely Hammeresque vibe to the foreign "otherness" of the Swedish locale and the gothic atmosphere and local character feel spectacularly camp. As with all of these Gatiss seasonal spooks the big shocks feel a little underdone and the end a little flat, but the journey and the casting is more than half the fun here. Long may the format continue!
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- Royal Standard of England, Forty Green, UK(Interior and exterior of pub)
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