One of my favourite Sarah Jane adventures episodes. It is perfect in making you believe that this house is haunted, but not just your normal haunting, something more sinister is going on. From the monster hiding out in the grounds, to ghostly children standing in a doorway and an alien machine in the basement it has everything I think a Sarah-Jane adventures episode should be. The main villain is of course Erasmus Darkening, and with that name he has to be a villain. He is amazingly acted, and is super villain like, and a real character for you to hate. He is also very scary in the way he does things for example how he stares at you or his hand actions. Another great thing is the music and the effects, the music was just perfect for a haunted old mansion full of mystery, and the sound effects of children laughing are just freaky. There isn't really a monster in this episode apart from a creature in the grounds that follows you if you go out at night, it's glaring red eyes is all we get to see of it which makes it all the more scary. Every moment is full of tension and scariness, it's hard to put into words how much I love this episode, with everything so honestly scary. A particular scene(s) that I liked were when we see all the people Erasmus has taken on the stair well, pleading to be set free, and the scenes in the nursery and the pool room when things are being thrown at them and ghostly childish writing on the board. Finally the scene where they go to the swimming pool and see Erasmus in the mirror, and ghostly footprints. Overall a good episode that I can talk forever about, a story that I watch quite a lot and always has me creeped out better than any other doctor who or spin off stories. Finally I loved the ending when Erasmus had been taken care off, we finish on a look at one of the windows of the mansion showing the family back to together, even in death...
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