The Stain was once again a loving tribute to the horror genre this week.
Here’s our review…
Good lord, that was intense.
Ive said many times before that this is truly the Golden Age of horror television.
At times,The Stainis spinning its wheels.
Lets start this discussion of this weeks putrid magnificence with the heart ofThe Strains depravity, Thomas Eichorst.
Last week, we were left with the Saturday morning cliffhanger of Dutch in Eichorsts clutches.
This week we learned what this base creature was like before he became a vampire.
Yeah, Eichorst was worse.
He was an impotent little shell of a man who had no heart or drive.
Eichorsts controlled fury was something to behold as it felt like Dutch was in intense danger every second.
And every slow blink on Eichorsts face, every lip lick, and every nostril flare promised something horrific.
So we learned just how socially impotent Eichorst was in the pre-Reich days of Germany.
How he was a shy nebbish who channeled the Nazi version of George McFly.
All this rejection created rage within Eichorst and now Dutch was trapped with that coiled rage.
Seriously, EAT THE PINEAPPLE!
Was one of the most terrifying lines Ive dialogue Ive heard in a very long time.
Yeah, screw him and his Nazi rapist ass.
Dutch did not fail to escape because of her gender, she failed to escape because of circumstances.
There is just this unique swashbuckling swagger that actor Miguel Gomez pulls off as Gus.
Look at his bond with his new charges the Guptas.
Is there ever a family that would be more unlikely to embrace Gus than the Guptas.
Two Indian helicopter parents who desperately want to send their daughter to med school?
But they have, because Gus is brave and willing to sacrifice anything to keep the Guptas safe.
Because that is Gus, the true hero ofThe Strain.
Man, I cant wait to see where this goes.
There was also Setrakians continuing quest for the Oxido Lumen.
He finally found out who had the book, that monk boy he saved decades ago.
Rating:
4 out of 5
