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American Gothic (6 Discs)
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American Gothic (6 Discs)

Brenda Bakke, Gary Cole & Jake Weber

Customer rating on American Gothic (6 Discs): 4 out of 5 stars ( 7 customer ratings )

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Special Features

 

  • Deleted scenes
  • Regions 2/4/5

Review

 

In some ways reminiscent of David Lynch's Twin Peaks, this eerie drama series concentrated on the dark and often disturbing truths hidden beneath the surface of a small American town. Set in Trinity, South Carolina, American Gothic succeeded in its one-season run to intrigue viewers with its mysterious storylines and macabre undertones.

Gary Cole heads up the cast as Sheriff Lucas Buck, Trinity's knight in shining armor. Much of the plot revolves around Buck's attempts to get closer to his illegitimate young son, Caleb Temple (Lucas Black), who has always been told that his father was a man named Gage. Inspiring the curiosity of the local doctor and other neighbours, Caleb and the sheriff become the talk of the town. The sleepy community get even more stirred up when Caleb's cousin Gail comes to town with the goal of protecting the boy. And, to complicate things, someone else also has Caleb's best interests in mind: his dead sister Merlyn, now an angel.

Episodes Comprise:

1. Pilot
2. A Tree Grows in Trinity
3. Eye of the Beholder
4. Damned If You Don't
5. Dead to the World
6. Meet the Beetles
7. Strong Arm of the Law
8. Rebirth
9. Resurrector
10. Inhumanitas
11. The Plague Sower
12. Doctor Death Takes a Holiday
13. The Beast Within
14. To Hell and Back
15. Learning to Crawl
16. Triangle
17. The Buck Stops Here (1)
18. Requiem (2)
19. Potato Boy
20. Ring of Fire
21. Echo of Your Last Goodbye
22. Strangler

Customer Reviews

 

Customer rating on American Gothic (6 Discs): 4 out of 5 stars

Average rating (7 reviews)

Customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars gothika

frankpoole | 29/03/2009 | See all frankpoole's reviews (374) »

A really great underrated series that should have been huge but wasnt.creepy,unsettling,scary.very good.

Customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars american gothic

madnessmdb | 06/02/2008 | See all madnessmdb's reviews (3) »

they should make more horror tv like this. if your a horror fan its worth the money

Customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars Underseen, undervalued

honourablewren | 29/01/2008 | See all honourablewren's reviews (1) »

American Gothic is a tremendous tv show, much in the same vein as Twin Peaks and Carnivale. Set in South Carolina, Lucas Buch is the local Sheriff whose otherworldy powers are put to use throughout the series. The show centres upon Buck (the brilliant Gary Cole) trying to coax his son Caleb (the budding Lucas Black) to his cause with varying degrees of success.

This series was brilliantly written, acted and directed by all members of the crew. However, you wouldn't think it was that good from the shambolic treatment the dvd collection has been given.

Aired in the US order, many of the episodes are out of synch, meaning some characters who leave the show inexplicaply reappear. To add insult to injury, as the shows are not in any paticular order key plot points are revealed too early leaving the viewer vexed.

This show is definitely worth owning and not just for the cultists. However, after episode 12 the treatment of the dvd's leaves the viewer at a loss.

Technical Details

 

Brenda Bakke, Gary Cole, Jake Weber, John Mese, Lucas Black, Nick Searcy, Paige Turco, Sarah Paulson, Arnold Vosloo, Christopher Fennell, Bruce Campbell, Matt Craven, Lynda Clark, Pat Hingle, Veronica Cartwright, Ted Raimi & Alex Van

Lou Antonio, Mike Binder, Peter O'Fallon, Michael Katleman, Jim Charleston, James A. Contner, Michael Nankin, James Frawley, Elodie Keene, Bruce Seth Green, Mel Damski, Doug Lefler, Michael Lange, Oz Scott & Nick Marck

15 years and over

1995-1996

Fullscreen 4:3

English - Dolby Digital (2.0) Stereo

None listed

16 hours (approx)

Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.

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