Another year has passed, and Acharky and I once more find ourselves in the study of the enigmatic Curator. And with that, we’re thrown into another tale of life and death, to ferry another group of doomed souls to salvation.
Will we succeed *this* time? Or are these poor journalists doomed? Let’s find out as The Dark Duo plays The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me.
As Chris mentioned when we were recording this episode, the introduction is based on the real story of Henry Howard Holmes. Note that is “based” on the story, and not the real story. Some fictionalization is involved, much like with Ourang Medan in Man of Medan. And yet, the kernel of truth is exactly what makes the fiction so compelling.
In terms of opening sections, this is one of the stronger ones for The Dark Pictures Anthology. Even though both of us knew going in that the couple was fated to die, we couldn’t help but grow fond of the doomed newlyweds almost immediately. It’s shame they had to go out that way, but that’s just what it means to be in a Dark Pictures opening segment.
Next time, we start to learn a bit more about our actual cast.
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