The River - Small Screen Review

The River - Small Screen Review

After seeing the two part premiere of The River I have to say that this is a very good and creepy show. The “found footage” type works so well with the show. Giving us static camera views along with hand held camera views which add this overall dread and tension. Normally we get a view of what we are supposed to see, but with this we are left with limited views that make us wonder “what’s going on behind them?” or “what is that moving over there?” things like that. Hell the first episode alone is rather spooky. The search crew finding a welded shut door and once opening it finding some voodoo statues and weird wooden child casket. Then that creature/spirit coming out and terrorizing them all. Shit the second one was worse with that little girl ghost haunting them where that tree was with all those creepy hanging dolls.

Episode One - Pilot/"Magus" (Part 1)

Six months ago, Emmet Cole - adventurer and host of The Undiscovered Country - disappeared while on an expedition deep in the uncharted waters of the Amazon River. The fruitless search and subsequent 'memorial service' left thousands of fans in shock at the loss of their icon. But now his emergency beacon was activated and his wife Tess - who reluctantly faced reality - organizes a search party to find Emmet Cole. The team comprises of her estranged son Lincoln, who was more than ready to leave the past behind; Emmet's long-time friend and Undiscovered Country producer Clark Quietly, Magus mechanic Emilio Valenzuela and his daughter Jahel; Lena Landry, daughter of cameraman Russ Landry who disappeared along with Cole; and Captain Kurt Bryndilson, head of the expedition. But what they don't know is that this journey will take them to a place where magic comes alive and things are never what they seem. The team unleashes a ghost that terrorizes the boat and kills Jed. It tells Tess that Emmet is alive.

Episode Two - "Marbeley" (Part 2)

When Jahel becomes possessed by Emmet Cole's spirit, Tess becomes undeterred from her goal of finding clues to her husband's whereabouts. And when the team discovers a tree draped in children's dolls, an old legend reminds them that the dolls ward off the "spirit of the abandoned girl." But when a crew member disappears, Tess realizes she must endure the ongoing horrors in order to reunite her family.