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Lore: Elizabeth Bathory: Mirror, Mirror (2018)
Horrible. Zero nuance and no history.
Season 2 is unwatchable, but this episode in particular was infuriating. They didn't include any historical nuance, including the very legitimate questions about the veracity of claims about Elizabeth Bathory and the political motivations to get rid of an inconvenient woman in power. They completely gave up the documentary quality, historical background, and nuance included in the first season, and in the Lore podcast, in favour of mind-numbing generic horror. Earlier episodes contained historical information, some critical analysis, and you felt like you learned something. It included reenactments but it was interesting because it was a documentary series about folklore. Creepy because it was true. The second season is poorly researched, if researched at all. Not creepy, not true, and not entertaining. 0/10 would be a better rating if it were possible. I thought Lore was supposed to be about folklore. This was about nothing. Utter waste of time.