Day 520: Nightmare of Eden Part 3

So we get to know the Mandrels in this story, in particular this episode. They're fairly mindless beasts, wandering about and trying to kill various people. There are three main points to be made about the Mandrels, one of which we'll look at tomorrow, but the rest are fair game for today. The first is their design. They're not the most menacing of beasts, with far too large eyes, and bell-bottom legs that make them appear vaguely endearing. This is combined with the fact that they grapple their opponents, and almost hug them to death makes them some of the less monstrous monsters that we've seen on the series.

But this is at odds with the way in which they're directed. Frequent jump scares are apparent with the Mandrels, and we often see their destruction, such as a particularly harrowing scene where they're let loose into the passenger cabin and begin to kill various innocent people. There's clearly an attempt to make them a threat, and yet the design holds things up, making things worse for the story as a whole. But, we can still appreciate what they try to do with them, and the third point, which we look at tomorrow, will certainly change things completely.