Review of See No Evil: The Moors Murders

I am surprised that this series got so many positive reviews. Perhaps I am completely spoiled by Emlyn Williams' book "Beyond Belief", which is the definitive book on the case, written in the late sixties. It is profoundly eerie, giving you a sense of "being there" that this series completely seems to ignore. It feels like a TV movie, with an almost total lack of real atmosphere. And if ANY case deserves to scare you, or has the power to, this one does. Brady and Hindley were truly, and I believe happily, evil. They exulted in it. The actor playing Brady could have been used to much greater effect, and is the only one in the film that really delivers. The period production lacks HORRIBLY- this is comparable to some VH-1 ham-handed treatment of the sixties where everyone is wearing headbands and peace signs. Things like this give a film heft, gravity, and atmosphere. And this has none, in my opinion.