Channel Surfing at The End of Days – Hen & Chickens
CHANNEL SURFING AT THE END OF DAYS, written and directed by Callum Pardoe, takes the form of a series of short vignettes – glimpses into people’s lives in the moments before the world instantaneously and unexpectedly ends.
Pardoe’s script excels at depicting the unusual, mysterious, and supernatural. A woman is tasked by an unsettling being to deliver an ancient letter to a private investigator. A grieving father is tormented by a beastly entity. Two brothers bicker about whether or not to contact their dead parents via séance. Pardoe demonstrates an excellent ability to build intrigue and suspense. These vignettes perfectly balance comedy and pathos along with a growing sense of dread, and the effect is gripping.
By contrast, the more mundane scenes of everyday life somewhat fal...