[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Earlier this week I watched all three episodes of Mrs Wilson in one evening. It's a superbly written and acted miniseries, particularly so because Ruth Wilson is playing her real life grandmother, giving the events an extra sense of authenticity and meaning. This is particularly evident at the end of the last episode in a post-credits scene I found very emotional and hard-hitting. I could quite happily watch it again this year and highly recommend it to everyone who likes period dramas.

This is a bit different, but I'm currently re-watching the entire series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and I'm halfway through the third season. Watching the show in such a short space of time (usually three or four episodes each night) is good because it shows how the writing improves, the budget allows for more convincing visual effects, and it looks like the actors gradually settle into the characters and the relationships between them. It's a show which is very cleverly written and aware of the cinematic history, stories, and conventions of horror, sci-fi, and teenage dramas as it draws on all sorts of vampire lore and has references to such films as The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Network, Alien and The Exorcist.