As a fan of the CryptTV web-series that this show is based on, I was excited to hear this story was getting adapted into a full-length TV series. However, I was disappointed by the execution, as it doesn't even feel like the same story. If you are expecting or hoping for a horror series with great practical effects, scares, and gore, like the original, this is not it.
The show takes a "young-adult fantasy" approach rather than even making it a horror series. Even with a much larger budget, the story, acting, effects, and overall quality feels much worse than that of the original pair of YouTube short films. The story is very slow in the first few episodes and the side characters of Trisha and Nolan are very one-dimensional and unlikeable. Even if they were to take the concept of CryptTV's original films and take a young-adult approach, I would've been much more interested to watch a series just following Carrie battling different monsters and exploring the lore of the Disciples of Dawn, as she is the only interesting character in the show.
Unfortunately, it does not do its source material justice, and feels like something straight off The CW. The characters and story were much more developed and flushed out in the original web-series which totalled less than a half-hour in run time than the eight episode series we were given. I truly hope the creators of CryptTV get another chance to show off their talents in mainstream media as they are some of the best and most original horror writers of the 21st century.
The show takes a "young-adult fantasy" approach rather than even making it a horror series. Even with a much larger budget, the story, acting, effects, and overall quality feels much worse than that of the original pair of YouTube short films. The story is very slow in the first few episodes and the side characters of Trisha and Nolan are very one-dimensional and unlikeable. Even if they were to take the concept of CryptTV's original films and take a young-adult approach, I would've been much more interested to watch a series just following Carrie battling different monsters and exploring the lore of the Disciples of Dawn, as she is the only interesting character in the show.
Unfortunately, it does not do its source material justice, and feels like something straight off The CW. The characters and story were much more developed and flushed out in the original web-series which totalled less than a half-hour in run time than the eight episode series we were given. I truly hope the creators of CryptTV get another chance to show off their talents in mainstream media as they are some of the best and most original horror writers of the 21st century.