How do the different interpretations of Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles by Douglas Hickox (1983) and David Attwood (2002) affect the audience, and which version do you prefer?
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How do the different interpretations of Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles by Douglas Hickox (1983) and David Attwood (2002) affect the audience, and which version do you prefer? The two versions of The Hound of the Baskervilles show a discrepancy in different ways. Firstly, the audience get an overall view that in the 1983 version, it is more of an investigation rather than anything else. This appears to make the audience have their own theory what is to come at the end. David Attwood's interpretation is more a horror movie as there are more gruesome visuals during it. I think that David Attwood wanted to make the audience think that Holmes was dealing with something that was supernatural; and he did this quite well. The audience gets a feel of this when Beryl tells Watson (who she thinks is Sir Henry) to go back to London, and "to never...

