classicsoncall Review of Deadtime Stories: Volume 2

Deadtime Stories: Volume 2 (2011)

"I tried to warn you to put it back."

[5/10 · 11 June 2023]

I think I'm in the right place to post this review because there seems to be some confusion between Volume 1 and Volume 2 of "Deadtime Stories. I'm going with the three stories titled 'Valley of the Shadow'. 'Wet' and 'Housecall'. The best thing I can say here is that the series was narrated by George Romero himself. I'd never seen him before and he didn't look like I might have expected, that is, he looked pretty normal for an old guy. But I have to echo most of the other reviewers here, the chapters are lackluster and not all that scary. The first one is almost comical in the way it ends with the female expedition leader akin to ventriloquist Jeff Dunham's Jose Jalapeno on a stick. The mermaid story had promise but ended in kind of a whimper. The last one was probably the best, with a little bit of a twist to your standard vampire tale. I would question however, why a vampire, in this case, Doctor Marsten (Bingo O'Malley), would have a ready tool kit for taking out vampires if he himself was one. With nothing better to do you might check this out, but no way does it approach "Night of the Living Dead" territory.