Mists gather here, and sea fog, and eerie stories. That’s not because there are more ghosts here than in other places, mind you, it’s just that people that live hereabout are strangely aware of them. You see, day and night, year in year out, they listen to the pound and stir of the waves. There’s life and death in that restless sound, and eternity too...

Rick and Pamela buy a haunted house by the seaside for only £1200?!! Living the…

The literal yellowface scene for the “geisha” ballet performance about 10 minutes in was... *sigh* Can we just agree to end yellowface caricatures?

Having said that, this is an interesting take on the Sleeping Beauty fairytale from an iconoclast. I didn’t find it as successful as Bluebeard; this one felt more disjointed, but the strength of the acting (and costumes, other than the aforementioned gaffe) carries it through. Somehow at once stark and lush, it’s a unique adaptation at the…