I Watch Films: The Hound Of The Baskervilles (2002)
The Hound Of The Baskervilles (2002) In Cornwall in the 1890s Lord Baskerville is killed, mauled by a hound. Doctor Mortimer (John Nettles) covers it up as a heart attack – there’s a legend of a curse and he wants to avoid scandal. When the heir Sir Henry Baskerville arrives from America, the doctor visits consulting detective Sherlock Holmes (Richard Roxburgh) and his partner (in detecting) Dr John Watson (Ian Hart). Holmes agrees to take the case, but can’t accompany Baskerville to Baskerville Hall, so he sends Watson. There he and Sir Henry get to learn about the history of the Hall, some of the neighbours, and the landscape (the moor and the mire). This is, perhaps, the best known Sherlock Holmes story and although slightly shuffling events the plot remains on track. More interesting is how Holmes’s infuriating habits, a little exaggerated here, actually cause conflict with Watson. A highlight is Richard E Grant as archaeologist Jack Stapleton, who knows more than he i...
