I am loving this new original BBC fantasy horror 6-part series called The Fades (so no, not the band!) It's like Misfits but less for the teenager. It's dark with a sense of excitement yet it's rather foreboding!
It's about Paul who is an awkward teenager who had weird nasty dreams which he thinks are not real. Turns out he's wrong and they are and he can see The Fades!!!
The Fades are dead, upset and vengeful souls who haven't 'ascended up' - they couldn't find an opening and their lights get extinguished and are therefore stuck on earth forever hence the hating being here part! The show includes Paul’s sci-fi loving best mate Mac, his bitchy twin sister Anna, his odd outcast mentor Neil and a rather dead Sarah.....
The reason I liked this pilot is because it didn’t leave you hanging, too much - I mean there are a few things that weren't answered but that's just part of the mystic and intrigue of it all. It was funny in parts and a bit thrilling in others – they even show you the ‘monster’ up close and personal!!!
Anyway, I can't help but compare this to Outcasts (that BBC show about a colony of humans who live on a planet called Carpathia but there are weird clones that live on the other side!?!?!? No???) The problem with this was there was never enough explanation about what was going on, the characters were somewhat likeable but no enough for you to really feel for them and well it was cancelled before the whole plot was explained – boooo!
Anyway I’m sure as hell will be watching the 2nd episode!
PS: click on the title for the BBC press release about the show!!!
Read it, like it, love it
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