Waste of time

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Did you people see the same film I saw?

Admirable film.

I was just going to my favorite station Chiller and found a marathon of a show that I had never heard of "All Souls" Propped up in my bed, I was taken into the best series that I have seen in a while that has not come out of Britian. Checking online, I was disappointed to find out that the 6 episodes that I saw were the only 6 episodes made of the show. I am so saddened that once again a good show was cut because it did not make the mainstream looks for the network. I would love to see how they would made out for the one season or even if it would have gotten a stronger following and carried on for a few seasons. We will never know and at least I am able to see the 6 episodes and enjoy them on Chiller.

Canadian-made TV show about a haunted hospital in Boston. Similar to KINGDOM HOSPITAL, in one sense, and X-FILES in another. The generic lead at least has the right look and feel, and the pilot has him as a promising young intern working at All Souls Hospital. Get it? All souls? Our young doctor runs into apparitions and mysterious messages almost from the get-go. He has a mystery to solve involving the disappearance of several patients, and is aided in his quest by your typical Jimmy Olsen-type sidekick, an orderly who seems to be able to access almost any locked office or private file. The special effects aren't bad for a TV show, the gore is minimal, and the action and suspense builds nicely for awhile -- until we get to the big climax involving a Nazi-type doctor (played by one of the worst actors I have ever seen) performing hideous experiments on those missing patients. At this point, everything sort of deflates because, after all, this will be an ongoing TV series and you can't very well play everything out in the first episode. Our hero ends up staying at this cursed hospital rather than heading for Yale, where he really belongs, and goes on to solve various mysteries, usually involving the supernatural to some degree. He is The One, apparently. How do I know? Because the bad guy called him that in the pilot. OK to watch when there's no HOUSE, MD or SCRUBS or even an old X-FILES episode on. And ALL SOULS certainly is better than that wretched Stephen King-penned KINGDOM HOSPITAL.

While the pilot was not the most defining episode to begin a series, it set the tone for a mix of mystery, suspense, and chills. This show delivers on a much deeper level that outright scares you would find in some other shows on television right now. This is a far different show than anything I ever seen on tv. The closest thing I would compare it to, as far as atmosphere and mood would be The Shining. The concept is a much different one than I am used to. It incorporates themes that hardcore science fiction shows use. It has what I call an apocalyptic tone to it, where "one man will come and he will lead us to salvation or damnation." While maintaining a grounding rod in reality. It is still early on in the show, but from my standpoint All Souls delivers the chills and the right dose of action and suspense to make it successful. Don't listen to my opinion, give the show a chance and formulate your own you might be surprised...

Reminiscent of Lars von Trier's TV work, "The Kingdom," this hour-long series is set inside a prestigious hospital in Boston which is haunted by the ghosts of past medical experiments. As is often the case with these hybrids, "All Souls" doesn't quite work as either a medical drama or a supernatural thriller, but the mix offers intriguing possibilities and may attract a loyal (though probably small) following. Two members of the cast stand out: Irma P. Hall lends strength and substance to whatever scene she's in and one hopes to see her role expanded in future episodes, and Grayson McCouch -- the bright spot in the short-lived "Legacy" series -- makes an attractive and appealing hero, especially when the writers strive for an "A" in Anatomy by contriving scenes which allow him to take his shirt off.