Chapelwaite: Chapelwaite Books Included

June 26, 2022 9:03 PM - Season 1 (Full Season)

A successful whaling captain estranged from his family is compelled to take the seat of his ancestral home in rural Maine (ofc, Stephen King). His foreign-found wife perishes during the voyage, leaving him with three children. There was a damned good reason Charles Boone left to seek a life on the seas.

The mini is much more serious than the post might reflect.

posted by porpoise (6 comments total)

Books included, sure, why not.

I'm only halfway through, got some initial "Lost-ey" vibes but I'm confidant that it's not the case.

Its visceral (visually, too). I think I can see what the pacing is trying to do, but it can feel uneven when it lingers on characters that might not be so relevant.

This ticks a whole bunch of boxes for me. Emily Hampshire being the one doing the 1880's Lovecraft-esque costume horror is a big bonus.
posted by porpoise at 9:11 PM on June 26, 2022

This was a valiant effort by Brody and Hampshire but the pacing seemed interminable!
posted by Sparx at 6:10 PM on June 27, 2022

Yeah, not worth spending the time to discover the "ending." Hampshire is great, Brody brought his A game, but. Not much to work with.
posted by porpoise at 12:47 AM on July 1, 2022 [1 favorite]

The trailer gave me hope for a powerful horror in the vein of The VVitch. I really wish that is what we had gotten.
posted by Monochrome at 6:21 PM on July 2, 2022

This should have been 90 minutes long, not FIVE HUNDREDDDDDDDDD come on guys
posted by EXISTENZ IS PAUSED at 7:57 PM on July 8, 2022 [3 favorites]

I am catching up on it now and at E4 I feel like there's been 30 minutes of story across ~4 hours of Adrien Brody staring mournfully at things, the Schitt's Creek lady stoically setting her jaw, and townsfolk being assholes.
posted by Shepherd at 5:38 PM on July 26, 2024