Sometimes there is a real benefit for enthusiasm over experience, and there are plenty of podcasts that prove it. After my waxing lyrical about him previously, it goes to show how forgettable it is that I can’t remember him appearing in it. I guess that’s just the hoarder in me.Īccording to the credits on the series’ website.
Strangely enough though I can’t bring myself to unsubscribe. Every time I open my podcast app it crosses my mind to listen to one, but I have so many others I’d rather listen to that this number will just get higher.
There is nothing in season five that couldn’t have been included in an earlier season.Īs I finish writing this review, I have eight episodes of this series languishing in my “unplayed” list. I feel that the premise has been stretched to breaking point. Final thoughtsįour years is quite a run, and producing five series in that time is no mean feat. One thing that is guaranteed to drain all emotion from a performance is being a tough guy, and Graham Casner is a tough guy. As you will no doubt remember from my review of The Storage Papers, one thing that really bugs me is a flat delivery, especially when the actor is supposed to be in the action, rather than just telling a story. I heard him being interviewed and it does seem to be his actual voice, which is unfortunate. The actor who plays the main character Graham Casner sounds like he is doing a bad (circa fistful of dollars era) Clint Eastwood impression. There are very few really good performances here. My main problem with this show is the voice acting. Unfortunately, expensive special effects alone do not a good podcast make. There are certainly good elements here, and the production value is very high. This series frequently pops up when people ask for recommendations for podcasts on the various horror groups on Facebook, in fact that’s how I discovered it.
Season 5 returns to Svalbard, and that’s all I’m telling you! But is it any good? Seasons 3 and 4 sees more snowy horror, but this time at the other end of the earth, in Patagonia. That however, is the least of their worries.
Just as they arrive, a massive storm blows up and strands them there. The team of scientists who live at the outpost have broken contact and the rescue team get sent in to see what went wrong. Seasons 1 and 2 followed a team of engineers sent to outpost Fristed in Svalbard, the far north of Norway. It’s mostly told in the form of recordings made by the team. Each episode has a brief introduction and recap, and then the main story begins. Its format is almost found footage in nature. The White Vault is a Lovecraftian horror series. I’ll listen and watch most things, so it really takes something special to make me quit. I like to think that I’m a patient man, or maybe a cross between a pushover and a glutton for punishment. It’s really not often that I give up on a series, but unfortunately I can’t go on with this one.