Guillermo del Toro is known throughout the world as adirector and producer. However, in 2009, this figure of cinema along with Chuck Hogan released a horror novel. Based on the work, the series "Stamm" was created. Reviews on the screen version of the novel are mostly positive. What is the story of the multiseries film produced by the FX channel? And who played the main roles in it?
"Stamm": reviews, actors, creators of the project
The novel "Stamm" narrates about the virus of vampirism,who was brought to New York. From the very beginning, Guillermo del Toro planned to film this story, but the long search for financial support exhausted the director, and he published the book. The co-author was American novelist Chuck Hogan.
Cash to film the workFound after 5 years: the FX channel agreed to broadcast the TV series "Stamm". Reviews of the pilot series promised a warm welcome from the public. Directed a trial episode of del Toro himself. He subsequently produced the whole series.
Most of the shooting took place in Canada. About $ 500,000 went to create images of vampires and other monsters from the series.
The broadcast "Stamm" was released in July 2014, and a month earlier a multi-part picture was shown at a TV festival in Texas.
Short story
In the first episode of the series "Stamm" del Torosharply puts before the main characters the main problem of the film: no one knows where the vampire virus is brought to New York, its spread must be stopped at any cost. If you can not cope with the infection, the whole city (or even humanity) will die out.
The series features an interesting detail of many"Facts" from the life of vampires. For example, in most horror movies, a frightening "enemy" is perceived as a given, and the writers do not elaborate on why the anti-hero became so. Guillermo del Toro approached the creation of a vampire thriller differently: he came up with an explanation for vampirism - as if he were provoked by a parasite. This parasite is transmitted to another person when a vampire bites.
The appearance of bloodsuckers is also non-standard:they do not have fangs, but under the tongue there is a sting with which the villain simultaneously drinks blood and infects a person. Vampires communicate quite primitively because of anatomical changes: they are not able to reproduce long sentences, only monosyllabic phrases and words.
Number of seasons
Reviews for the series "Stamm" gave hope forsuccess, so in August 2014 it was decided to release the second season. And a year later a third was announced. The fourth season, which FX channel will present in the summer of 2017, will be final.
Scenarios for the subsequent series were not inventedon the go, as is often the case with television shows. Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan pre-planned the plot, releasing the novel "Strain" in the form of a trilogy. The third and fourth seasons of the series show the events of the final book. Accordingly, in the fourth season everything will end, the continuation of the project should not wait.
Cory Stall and his character Ef Goodwether
Positive feedback about the series "Stamm" (2014) concerned not only the work of the film crew, but also the cast.
The main role in the project was performed by Corey Stall(series "House of Cards"). His character Ef Gudwether is the chief epidemiologist of New York. Therefore, when "Boeing" is found at the airport of the metropolis, full of infected people, Goodweather first leaves for the scene.
For a long time, a doctor and a scientist can not understand whathe actually collided. When Ef hears from his colleague Abraham Setrakian the version of the transferable vampirism, he reacts very skeptically. But over time, he has to accept an obvious fact.
While Dr. Goodwether battles the mysteriousthe virus, in his life there are many changes: divorce, struggle for custody of his son, unfair accusation of the authorities and constant persecution of vampires. However Efa will manage to finish the business up to the end.
David Bradley as Abraham Setrakian
English actor David Bradley also received a major role in the project "Strain". The television series for the whole 3 seasons has become for him a permanent place of work.
For a long time Abraham could not enter into an open confrontation with evil spirits because of his physical weakness. However, when I met Dr. Efa and Dr. Nora Martinez, I joined their group.
Actor David Bradley at the time of the series"Strain" was already far beyond 70. Behind the artist - participation in popular franchises "Harry Potter" and "The Avengers". Also Bradley played Lord Walder Frey in "The Games of Thrones".
Mia Maestro as Nora Martinez
Actress Mia Maestro appeared in the image of Nora's doctorMartinez in the film "Strain". Reviews about the show from the audience - the evidence that the audience liked the selection of actors: Mia Maestro, David Bradley and Cory Stoll pleased with their serious approach to the assigned roles.
Nora Martinez - the heroine of Mia from the series "Stamm"professional epidemiologist. In Gudwether's team, she takes the place of the second most authoritative specialist. From time to time a spark escapes between Efoym and Nora, but in hard working conditions they can not develop their romance.
Other performers of roles
"Stamm" - a television series, included in the filmography of Kevin Durand, Jonathan Hyde, Richard Zammel, Sean Astin.
Kevin Durand ("Living Steel") appeared on the screensin the image of Vasily Fet - an Ukrainian, working in the Bureau of Pest Control. An unusual biography for the character of the American TV series. Nevertheless, the character of Vasily Fet enjoys popularity among the audience. Especially since the Pied Piper is almost the successor of Ef Gudwether.
Jonathan Hyde, the star of Jumanji and Anaconda, played billionaire Eldritch Palmer, who sponsored vampires just to get immortality.
The series "Stamm": reviews of viewers
When the series was just launched into the broadcast,the rating of his expectation was 98%. Guillermo del Toro - a master of thrillers and horror films, so the public was waiting impatiently for his multi-part film "Strain".
Reviews about the show from the viewerspositive in 70% of cases. The audience was impressed by the details of the plot. Minor details of the fight against vampires, which were covered by the director, conveyed on the screen an atmosphere of realism. Plus, the FX channel does not stint on special effects.
Fans of horror will find for themselves a lotinteresting in the project Guillermo del Toro. Gloomy style, disgusting, not inspiring any drops of sympathy vampires, mean musical accompaniment. However, not all reviews and reviews on the TV series "Stamm" were positive.
Criticism
The series "Stamm" reviews critics received mixed. Professional observers found more omissions on the part of the film crew than the audience.
Of course, the film has scenes of open andaggressive confrontation between people and vampires. However, there are not as many of them as we would like. About 30% of viewers who left the reviews on the site Kinopoisk, frankly admitted that they did not wait until the end of the first season and stopped watching the show. The main reason is the tightness of the plot. The expectation of a rapid development of events is tiring. Sometimes you forget how this whole story began.
Perhaps del Toro is too involved in details and forgot that active action should be the basis of any film, even a multi-part.
