#MOVIE REVIEW SHERLOCK HOLMES 2015 MOVIE#

#MOVIE REVIEW SHERLOCK HOLMES 2015 MOVIE#

The gorgeous technicolor, the overblown score all give almost a lurid feel to the overall affair, something which doesn’t let up, as the movie transitions into the present and Holmes and Watson are listening to the past event as narrated by Dr. Their lechery and privilege are evil, and yet evil begets evil, as the girl escapes, and Hugo Baskerville in a fit of rage goes after her and is murdered by the mythical hound of the moor. The opening event of the movie is the event that originates the curse of the Baskerville – Sir Hugo Baskerville showcases his propensity for privileged violence on an individual of a class lower than him, in front of his friends, while the daughter of said man is locked upstairs, and his friends converse with Hugo on options of “sharing” her, so to speak. Holmes : A Mysterious Search for Human Identity! Related to The Hound of the Baskervilles – Mr. There is a romance in the air, both in the danger and beauty of the moor in question, as well as the romance of the gothic kind – the eerie mystery of Baskerville hall, the curse of the Baskerville lineage, it all lends itself to that gothic image which Hammer studios indulge to its full potential. Part of the reason why the adaptation lends itself so well to the horror genre is the source material – Doyle’s story is very much a pseudo-ghost story, a folkloric tale that is eerily atmospheric. The resultant adaptation might feel weird, but surprisingly it is also the best.

The result – alchemy which creates a product that works perfectly well as a product of the studio in question, while also showcasing the flexibility of the source material. The studio in question – Hammer studios in the 50s. The adaptation in question – Arthur Conan Doyle’s seminal Sherlock Holmes novel The Hound of the Baskervilles. There are some partnerships that just works – an adaptation merging perfectly well with a studio known for creating movies in a specific genre during the 50s.

Movie review sherlock holmes 2015