Plus, there's some great archival footage on offer - for example, Vincent Price and Peter Cushing in period dress, interviewed on set in 1973, talking about how Victorian London in the fog makes for a good horror location, but the best is an old castle, yes, yes. ♥
Gatiss visits backlots, archives and filming locations which makes it more than just a clip show (I like the tangibility of it, if that makes sense). There's a good sense of humour about the whole thing, too. (The first episode is called "Frankenstein Goes to Hollywood", after all.)
And, amusingly, in the second episode the 2nd movement from Beethoven's 7th is used as incidental music. That's the second mention of it here in two days...
ETA: in the final episode, Gatiss touches on the fact that Canadian taxpayers bankrolled Shivers and the furor in Parliament died away when the film made a tidy profit. Tee hee.
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Plus, in the third/final episode, he goes to an LA fan con and films at a zombie walk. He touches a little on horror fan culture, but mostly to frame a discussion on zombie movies and what causes this fannish affection for zombies and horror.
Also, he's grown a beard and for one of the episodes wears dark jeans, a slim jacket and a faded stripy tshirt. Looks good!
Speaking of which - make sure to watch the new series The Walking Dead if you can - zombie TV and it's awesome!
I've been noticing a lot of talk about The Walking Dead, so I'll check it out. (Did you ever see the pilot for Babylon Fields?)
The beard is a surprise. But, I think it works for him. Makes him look friendly and not at all Mycroft-y. I also remember him as that old guy mad scientist from DW who turns into the giant bug-thing and they kill him at the cathedral? *imdbs* From "The Lazarus Experiment".