Not a Magnus Archives Replacement
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“The pros:
Justin McElroy has an amazing voice for horror.
The cons:
Justin McElroy only narrates the intros and outros, and feels a little bit wasted.
The stories themselves leave a lot to be desired. They aren’t really scary, they just fit the shape of a scary story (which admittedly does work to scare some people). They lowkey feel like they were written by someone who wanted to capitalize off The Magnus Archives ending, so they threw together some campfire stories in order to leech off an available audience and advertise their other shows to them. They feel like they were written by someone who doesn’t fully understand that what made TMA so good was the very human insights we get into the people telling their stories, as well as truly uncanny, relatable moments that feel like they could happen to you.
For example, the first episode of this podcast has a sad woman (there’s really no other character to her besides being sad) be verbally abused by her dead parents via the phone, until she crashes her car in the same place they did. It’s not really relatable, the characters are flat and uninteresting, the relationship between the woman and her parents is unexplored, and it leaves you not caring about or relating to her.
The decision to have these stories be acted out like a radio drama rather than read by a narrator doesn’t serve the genre well. Understanding how a character feels, really getting inside their head, these are strong tools in a horror writer’s toolbox, and we’re unfortunately missing out on that here. Without better characterization, there’s no reason to care about the characters, which makes it hard to engage in horror
I, like a lot of people, found this podcast because The Magnus Archives had ended, and I think the producers counted on that. However, instead of creating a well-crafted collection of horror stories, they’re just churning out whatever bland mush they can to grab a ready audience.”
coyoteTale via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/26/21
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“The story was great but the background sounds are too loud and invasive and the episode was difficult to listen to. I realize it’s a way to create mood, but I found it harsh and unpleasant. I’ll listen to another but will give up if it’s similar.”
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United States of America ·
03/29/21
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“God these horror stories are so lame there's obviously a fundamental misunderstanding of how to write horror - not to mention all the "be very afraiiiid!" stuff feels handholdy enough that I feel like I'm enjoying a halloween kid's show. Which would be fine, yknow, like maybe...”Read full review »
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United States of America ·
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