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True Horror is a new four-part series of dramatised documentaries, starting with Hellfire Farm, which centres around artist Bill Rich (Adam Leese, above) and his wife, Liz (Amy Morgan), who together with their children, inhabit a haunted farm, presumably not moving in intentionally, i.e. selecting a haunted one, as that would be completely hatstand.
The billing states they experience “a nightmarish crucible of demonic activity”, but – and presented in 2.35:1 for the intended cinematic style – it’s mostly jump scare after jump scare, even if some are quite entertaining.
If you like this kind of thing, then it’ll be fine for you. For me, it was like a series of elements from recent horror movies like The Conjuring series, the second of which is based on the Enfield Haunting.
On the plus side, think of this as The Conjuring done in 45 minutes… so you’ve saved well over an hour of your life by watching this instead of that 😉
True Horror begins tonight at 10pm on Channel 4. Once broadcast, it will be on All4, but isn’t yet available to pre-order on Blu-ray or DVD.
Score: 4/10
Series Directors: Tom Kingsley, Rob Savage, Gareth Tunley, Amanda Boyle
Series Writers: Tom Kingsley, Rob Savage, Gareth Tunley
Music: Jack Thorburn Matthias
Rev David Holmwood: Llyd Evans
Liz Rich: Amy Morgan
Bill Rich: Adam Leese
Ben Rich: Samuel Jones
Becca Rich: Lola Sheehan
Electrician: Kristian Phillips
Birdman: Edmond Wells
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