the hound of the baskervilles be one of the most gripping and brooding and atmospheric thriller ever write . it perfectly capture the victorian psyche incorporating a it do all the element of gentlemanly chivalry and courage against fiendishly twist evil and callousness . add a dose of the supernatural set against the dark and forbidding moor of dartmoor and the stage be set . unfortunately this film achieve the almost impossible in capture absolutely nothing of the original . the main character be preposterous and bear no comparison whatever with conan doyle description . i be not aware that sherlock holmes have a convoluted mixture of southern hemisphere accent and watson reminds me of an east london spiv . the plot do not stay true to the book and the drug taking scene be not in context and appear merely a gratuitous . there be no need for the maker to have improve the original story by add scene of their own e. g watson be shot and holmes fall into the mire etc . best of all the hound and when eventually see and be obviously an import from the lose world look a it do a cross between a sabre toothed tiger and a crocodile . this be poor fare and a waste of a lot of money and time . bad it be the late in a long line of failure to tell this story with the imagination and attention to detail it deserve . conan doyle have do the work and it merely need faithful reproduction . sadly it appear there be no one able enough for this task .