Popular Reviews of Overbrook

There are several ways you can show an audience that Something Is Wrong With The World of the show. One is to have the wrongness appear so gradually that it’s hardly noticed until it’s everywhere. Another is Overbrook.From the first episode, the show is brutally upfront about just how off the town is. From people-without-faces, to stairs that only appear on Tuesday and cut you in half if you climb them wrong, to seemingly self-propagating froyo shops, there’s nothing quiet or hidden about the bizarre people, places, and happenings that the characters are dealing with. Rather than sneak up on you with weird, Overbrook hits you over the head with it. Repeatedly.And it’s PERFECT.Vincent’s absolute matter-of-factness somehow makes everything wrong with the town MORE unsettling, and the way she takes it stride at once funny and upsetting. And as the show goes on, what at first seems like genuine disengagement, starts to look a whole lot more like distancing herself from everything (and everyone) as a means of self-protection. The writing, acting, and voices are amazing, especially the rapport between Vincent and Wynn. Vincent’s acerbic edge is balanced nicely by Wynn’s (way too) laid back personality, and you pretty much take turns being annoyed at them for different reasons, mostly because you’re invested in what’s happening.I did run into some issues with sound balance listening to this show. Some of the scenes had half the dialog very quiet, the other loud, so I had to keep changing the volume if I wanted to hear what was going on. That said, the show’s absolutely good enough to be worth it.Recommended if you like sarcastic new-adult characters, horror comedy, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, and very clever use of what amounts to invasive species.

To date there is no other podcast where the words "Major character death" make me crack up with laughter every time. Absolute quality banter.

An unnerving audio drama produced by a frog that's both:1) funny from the moment the content warnings kick in AND2) the only AD that's captured what I imagine it's like being friends with Jesse Hall in real life