Tag: Stephen Hall

  • The Gates review – retrofuturist tale of serial killer’s spirit on the rampage

    The Gates review – retrofuturist tale of serial killer’s spirit on the rampage

    Horror-thriller is a confusing mashup of science, religion and spiritualism, cursed with a sloppy script and bad actingThis horror-thriller occupies the same Victorian shadowlands as The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Penny Dreadful; a not-quite-modern epoch, with its zesty mashup of science, religion and spiritualism, retrofuturist tech and plain retro beliefs. It makes an invigorating…