Review: Amazingly Creepy!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2013
Holy Cow. I blew through episode one. For such a short episode, it was beyond amazing. (Can I actually give it 6/5 instead of 5/5?)The episode starts off with Vanora having some internal debate. She was told to go home by Armando - whomever that is - but is wondering if she's "strong enough to go home and save the ones she loved."Jump back 10 years to 2001. Roman, Alisha, and Vanora Sicoli are siblings living in their parents' estate, whom died years ago. We only see a small amount of interaction between the three but we know that they have a very close and a very cute relationship. I connected with them immediately and I'm really pulling for them.Roman, the eldest by 10 years, has a deep respect for his Romanian heritage, instilled by his parents, and travels back to Romania to bring his ancestors bodies home as the Romanian government has confiscated his families old estate.I'm on Alisha's side with this - it's creepy and I don't like it. Alisha has what she calls a Second Sight and is very uneasy about their ancestors being brought to their home, especially since one of the graves was covered in chains and Roman had them removed.Bad move. (This isn't a spoiler, if something bad didn't happen, well, there'd be no novel/series, would there?) Removing these chains lets out something evil that beings to stalk the siblings.I probably should not have read this at night. And I don't mean all of season one, I'm talking just episode one. Frater creates this creepy feeling, that it takes some authors entire novels to accomplish, in just 50 pages. Less than that actually because I spent 2/3 of Death Comes Home on edge.If you are a fan of vampires, gothic novels, and horror stories, this is definitely a series you need to start and you need to start it now.