The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002 film) the Sherlock Holmes fansite "BakerStreetDozen.com" wrote, "In the end, it is a compelling, if somewhat infuriating, film to watch. Not a great Holmes film, and certainly not the greatest version of this story, but it is fascinating television drama." "The A.V. Club" called the film "A very interesting, if not completely successful, adaptation." The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002 film) The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 2002 television adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel of the same name. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate the case of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a
The Hound of the Baskervilles and sole heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, who is the new master of Baskerville Hall. The death was attributed to a heart attack, but Mortimer is suspicious, because Sir Charles died with an expression of horror on his face, and Mortimer noticed "the footprints of a gigantic hound" about 50 yards from where Sir Charles lay dead. The Baskerville family has supposedly been under a curse since the era of the English Civil War when ancestor Hugo Baskerville allegedly offered his soul to the devil for help in abducting a woman and was reportedly killed by a giant spectral hound. Sir