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Midwinter of the spirit.

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WhoTheFuckIsSimon · 23/09/2015 21:42

Someone come and hold my hand.

I'm on my own in the worlds most deserted caravan site in a forest. there isn't another caravan in sight. Why did I decide to watch this?

Ive got to take the dog out for a wee in a bit.

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SonnyNoChance · 23/09/2015 21:48

I m shitting myself and im not even alone!

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WhoTheFuckIsSimon · 23/09/2015 21:52

It's dark and stormy outside. Pitch black, with funny noises!

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WhoTheFuckIsSimon · 23/09/2015 22:00

I've had to turn over and miss the last minutes. She was walking up the stairs and the music was getting spooky.

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Lovelydiscusfish · 24/09/2015 22:43

Have just watched this on catch up. I thought it was great, but dh watched it with a cup in front of one eye and the other eye closed.

Am looking forward to the next one. The ending was actually less frightening than I expected.

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WhoTheFuckIsSimon · 24/09/2015 22:56

I am kind of kicking myself for missing the last minute. I'm such a wuss! But I was scared again this evening taking the dog out for a wee in the dark! Still on the spooky caravan site in the forest on my own.

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Lovelydiscusfish · 24/09/2015 23:30

In those circumstances I'm not sure I'd have watched it at all - I actually deferred watching it on Wednesday as dh was out and I was on my own, even though I'm in a village surrounded by next door high ours, etc.

Having said that, the ending might have made you feel less scared, as it was, in a way, quite anticlimactic I thought. Well, significant for the storyline, but not that scary.

EachandEveryone · 27/09/2015 19:43

Oh it's brilliant

Wdigin2this · 30/09/2015 21:51

It's good, but is it just me that finds it hard to understand what Merilee is saying?

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WhoTheFuckIsSimon · 30/09/2015 22:09

Bugger forgot this was on.

Will have to watch ep 2 on catch up.

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Lovelydiscusfish · 30/09/2015 22:53

I'm still really enjoying it. Somehow it isn't quite as frightening as one feels it should be. (I'll be sleeping with the light on, mind).
A shame there are only 3 episodes - I'd like a massive series of it. Is it based on a book, does anyone know?

CalonDu · 30/09/2015 22:59

Yes, it's based on a book called Midwinter of the Spirit by Phil Rickman - definitely worth reading, as it's about 500 pages long and is much, much creepier than this, mainly because the tv adaptation has compressed a few storylines to get everything into three episodes.

Lovelydiscusfish · 01/10/2015 21:09

Thanks CalonDu - have googled the books, and am definitely adding them to my Christmas list!

Am hoping this series might presage a longer one, based on the other books. The acting, the script, all of it really, seem very good to me - one of the better things I've seen on telly for quite some time!

No one I know seems to be watching it - am wondering why it's not more popular.

JasperDamerel · 01/10/2015 21:13

I'm a big fan of the books, and am Hoping that they will make a longer series.

bigbadbarry · 01/10/2015 21:17

Read the books! They are fab.

colleysmill · 10/10/2015 22:17

Ooooh just started watching this on my recorded shows - it's a bit spookier than I expected

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