The first episode (above) finds teenage Samantha (newcomer Amanda Bauer) reading about World War II, while waiting for her older sister Lisa (Urban Legends: Bloody Mary’s Lisa K. Lambert) to arrive from the train station. Singing while she studies, Samantha’s voice inadvertently awakens former Nazi soldier-turned vampire Jurgen (Carson Aune). We also catch glimpses of the beautiful Enid (played by Cloverfield’s Elena Caruso) and bald vampire Luke (frequent video game actor Joseph Gatt). The Dark Path Chronicles has some cool looking vampires and very creepy imagery – I love the shot of Jurgen standing against a tree.
Slapped with a TV-14, The Dark Path Chronicles pushes the boundaries of its rating in the first episode with a gnarly vampire attack. My problem with the series stems for its heavy reliance on horror themed rock music, an element that deters from the overall show. The music, performed in this episode by Boston-based rockers Junius
, is way too distracting and, combined with the shaky camerawork and quick cutting, makes it seem more like a music video than a web show.Considering the talent behind it, I’m willing to give The Dark Path Chronicles a few more tries. Hopefully it will shift away from the heavy music video influence and focus more on the story.
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