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Rating: - Excellent idea, mediocre execution
Pretty good series of shorts, though I think stretching each story out to an hour wasn't a good idea. Most were okay, but a few felt padded.

The reason that I didn't rate the series higher is that I got the feeling watching this that most of the directors were straight out of film school. I was wondering if this series was in some way related to King's dollar baby project.

Easily the best episode was the first one: 'Battleground'. No surprise there, the story was adapted by Richard Matheson's (Stir of Echoes, Duel) son and directed by Jim Henson's son Brian.

The rest of the episodes don't feature quite that level of talent, though most are worth a watch. The only one that I didn't like at all was the second episode 'Crouch End'. It's a shame, as the story is terrific, but the direction was very clumsy.

The actors featured do a pretty good job overall. I especially remember William Hurt from 'Battleground', William H. Macy from 'Umney's Last Case', Peter Livingston and Henry Thomas from 'The End of the Whole Mess', Tom Berenger from 'The Road Virus Heads North' and Richard Thomas from 'Autopsy Room Four'

Overall the series is worth a rent. Generally the stories are able to overcome the so-so production values.

I didn't know where else to fit it, but I do have to say that the other stand-out episode was 'The Fifth Quarter'. That was an excellent little nail-biter of an episode.

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