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I’ve seen every Hound adaptation on DVD and this is the worst one by far. I don’t mind Frewer’s Holmes too much, and I found Welsh’s Watson to be serviceable, but there are two things that completely sink this movie.

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First, many of the high points of the story are completely absent! It literally ends about 3/4s of the way through the story without an abrupt, pointless ending. Much of the fun of the story is missing…discovery of Holmes on the moor? No. Mention of the villain as a throwback to Sir Hugo? No. I could go on. The ending is particularly dumb - the motivation of the villain is never explained…if you’d never read the story, you’d be wondering why he did it. And of course, he throws himself into the open in full view of everyone without a prayer of realizing his ambitions. Easily the worst screenplay of Hound ever written.

Second, the atmosphere is uneven. The London scenes are good and the Baskerville Hall interiors are well done, but the moor looks like a schoolyard park…dark and foreboding? Hardly. It looks like a travel brochure for Ireland.

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There are so many other good adaptations - Brett’s, Ian Richardson’s, etc. Skip this piece of junk.

I really don’t want to waste too much time reviewing this movie. In fact, I wasn’t going to write a review at all, until I saw the average five star rating. It turns out, the other review here is an advertisement, which is perfectly legal…why not?

But I must warn you, this is an AWFUL adaptation of Hound of the Baskervilles. While Kenneth Walsh is a very good, though somewhat elderly Watson, Frewer is embarrassing to Watch as Holmes. In an interview, Frewer claimed that Brett did not play up Holmes’ intellect enough. If you Watch Frewer’s Sherlock films, not only will you see a performance that lacks intellect, but falls into the kind of accidental slapstick that Monty Python would praise and try to emulate for true comedy.

Perhaps it is because I am a fan of Brett that I was so turned off by this particular production. But looking again at my collection, I have both Cushing performances (excellent), the Rathbone movie (also excellent), the Roxburgh adaptation (I might be spelling his name wrong..that version had atmosphere, but misfired on the relationship between Holmes and Watson), and this version simply does not stand on its own for any reason I can think of. In fact, it sinks deep into the proverbial mire.

There are so many wonderful Sherlock Holmes movies out there…why waste your ninety minutes and your money?

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