Castle Rock (TV Series) Filter (2018) User Reviews

Castle Rock - Filter

[Scarecrow-88 · 7/10 · 21 August 2018]

"Filter" doesn't necessarily give us a hell of lot but does offer some context to the yet-to-be-named character of Skarsgård, who tells Pangborn he's not the Devil. But at the very end of "Filter", Skarsgård tells Pangborn that he shouldn't have left him in Warden Lacy's trunk. In the previous episode, there was a flashback revealing Pangborn, much younger, pulling over Lacy, hearing the banging in the trunk, seeing Skarsgård (who, despite 30 years, hasn't aged), and yet not interfering, leaving "the kid" in there. Arriving at Ruth's after a successful search for Lacy's car in an auto junkyard, Pangborn isn't prepared for blood on Skarsgård's hand, panicked and rushing into the house, finding it in disarray with bloody handprints and drops leaving us with that unknown of her condition. The series has been building to this, although to the extent of what damage Skarsgård would cause to those close to Deaver wasn't quite sure. Deaver was too busy learning from Molly that *they* killed his adoptive father, finding Skarsgård in his temporary stay (in the supply house where the pastor often kept a lot of items and stored junk) eyeballing intensely a recording in the woods, and finding himself stuck in a "quiet room" inside an RV of two "associates" of his deceased adoptive father's (Willie (Rory Culkin) and Odin (CJ Jones)). Molly's admission of *their* guilt not only stuns Henry but leaves him considering her crazy, not willing to accept that he was just as involved in the demise of Matthew as she was. He decides to carry Skarsgård to a mental institution, Juniper Hill (a long-standing King story location), not knowing that doing so would result in violence and escapees! And when Henry notices the recording from Matthew of him as a kid, following him into the woods as Skarsgård seems transfixed, it inspires him to visit those same steps, using the footage as a type of map, eventually locating "members of Matthew's church", Willie, translator for and follower of Odin, a deaf "auditory specialist". This "special meeting", well it is quite bizarre as the conversation by Odin to Henry speaks on Voices from God and cutting through the "schisma" in order to truly hear without too much noise intrusively interrupting the message...hence, the quiet room with polyurethane foam. Odin goes into some jargon on audio and all that, knowing Henry is suffering in his right ear with agonizing, piercing sound...it is one of those surreal moments that takes you aback. Deaver trapped in the quiet room, receiving colorful visions that aren't coherent, seems to find himself further and further down the rabbit hole. His son comes to visit, playing chess with Ruth who remains in and out of dementia, often confusing present with the past...the frustration Henry suffers makes so much sense and the ache of Alan is palpable. The fire making its way to town remains a topic of conversation.

Filter Isn't A Filler!

[AhmedSpielberg99 · 7/10 · 16 August 2018]

Filter continues to advance the main plot forward in a very unsettling way, but it doesn't offer a lot to make any advance to the subplots that have been established in the previous episodes.

Loved the little, yet surprising use of music. This is how to terrify and shock viewers without relying on cheap techniques. That being said, I felt a bit bored because of the slow-pacing.

(7.5/10)

"Death is swallowed up in victory."

[classicsoncall · 8/10 · 4 February 2023]

Without yet revealing who The Kid (Bill Skarsgård) really is, new developments occur to propel the weird story going forward. Henry's (André Holland) father is reburied, having been exhumed in the prior episode, while Henry's son (Chosen Jacobs) arrives for a visit. Henry brings The Kid to the Juniper Hill Psychiatric Hospital for treatment and recovery, only to have him leave amid a news broadcast of a fire, further deaths and escaped mental patients. As I felt she would at some point, Molly Strand (Melanie Lynskey) admits to pulling out the breathing tube of Henry's father causing his death, with a shocking statement that she did it because Henry wanted his father dead. Confused and angry, Henry retraces his path into the woods from a videotape of his younger self made by his father, only to have it lead to a mute black man, Odin Branch (CJ Jones) and his sign interpreter Willie (Rory Culkin). Odin explains how Henry's father Matthew heard the Voice of God in the woods, and how the ringing in Henry's ears is a 'schisma', the sound of the universe trying to reconcile all possible pasts and presents. Brining Henry into an anechoic chamber he built to filter out the world's noise, Odin locks him in where he undergoes visions and hallucinations as a child. I have to say, the situations presented here are pure Stephen King, even if he didn't write the screenplay. It turns out the term 'schisma' is actually a real word, but has nothing to do with the meaning assigned to it in the story. It's an arcane musical term you can look up on Wikipedia that's virtually impossible to understand.

Very good!

[joaofelipefeijo · 10/10 · 16 August 2018]

This show is really great.. there is no such thing as a slow-pacing when you talk about Stephen King's narrative. Each chapter gives us a piece for the puzzle, but the main plot is kept carefully hiden. And that's how it is supposed to be! Great show! Great story! Great casting! Great King!

The wait is worthy

[iniyan_arul · 10/10 · 26 September 2018]

It's exactly goes how I expected.. The speed of the wheels is striking up a little bit now... This is the kind of movie everyone wants to get from such a script like this. The ending made me got me up from my bed.. it's supposedly surprised... In particular that deaf guy with ton of physiological words is the best part of a movie scene every horror lovers want to drown in... It was spectacularly well directed

Best tv show based on Stephen Kings Novels

[matiasbockerman · 10/10 · 16 August 2018]

Best episode so far, getting more and more tense, atmosphere is so bloodcurdling...think this is the best tv show at the moment.

Filter

[bobcobb301 · 7/10 · 19 August 2018]

While it seemed like the show was turning the corner the last few episodes, this came off as a step in the wrong direction. Alan was just walking around angrily cursing and "The Kid" seemed like a drunkard out of his mind the whole hour.

I was wondering where they were going with the deaf guy, but it made sense when he said "not deaf, perfect." Good horror moment there.

Just a little below the quality we are used to from Castle Rock.