Lore (TV Series) Elizabeth Bathory: Mirror, Mirror (2018) User Reviews

Good episode but how accurate is it really?

[Just-A-Girl-14 · 8/10 · 19 September 2021]

I enjoyed this episode. The acting, costumes and atmosphere were all great. My issue here is that Lore is supposed to be based on actual people and events. While Elizabeth Bathory was indeed a real person and she is labeled by Guinness World Records as the most prolific female murderer, tales that she bathed in the blood of virgins to retain her youth, were generally recorded years after her death, and are considered unreliable. We simply don't know how many girls she tortured and killed or why she did it.

Also, I still miss the narration from the first season. It's just not the same without Aaron Mahnke's narration. He gave the viewers valuable information that cannot be replaced by a few lines on the screen.

Nice

[gianmarcoronconi · 9/10 · 12 March 2022]

Beauty at all costs in this truly disturbing and blood-soaked story that tells how far the desire to stay young and beautiful at all costs can push you.

All the stars are because of the setting and costumes

[3Lina3 · 5/10 · 1 June 2019]

...they created a nice atmosphere. As for writing, it's mediocre at best. And turning this whole character and story into the ''she bathed in blood of young fresh-skinned mea.. I mean girls because she believed she could get her youth&beauty back that way'' trope... Come on! It's just a legend that was among peasants at best. If this show was any serious and if they were trying to make it really interesting they could make something else out of this Elizabeth Bathory story. For example, it could be a story about this woman being a troubled sadistic individual and it could dwelve into non-trivial reasons why or a story about one great slander or something else. For once, it could be more historically accurate. They also don't cast actresses and actors that looked anything like people back then. Instead they just always have to cast someone that looks like the models you see in modern era's magazines, i.e. what is considered attractive in our era. Everything (including people) has to be visually perfect, sterile and eye-pleasing at the expense of historical accuracy. That's boring to me.

Episode 2

[gemordi · 29 October 2018]

I loved the first episode and the new direction the series has gone in. And this is another good episode that explains where the 'mirror mirror' legend has come from.

Sad to see people worrying about casting in a show like this, in this day and age. Most stories of this type have all kinds of casting that works both ways.

Horrible. Zero nuance and no history.

[janellemacdonald · 1/10 · 15 January 2024]

Season 2 is unwatchable, but this episode in particular was infuriating. They didn't include any historical nuance, including the very legitimate questions about the veracity of claims about Elizabeth Bathory and the political motivations to get rid of an inconvenient woman in power. They completely gave up the documentary quality, historical background, and nuance included in the first season, and in the Lore podcast, in favour of mind-numbing generic horror. Earlier episodes contained historical information, some critical analysis, and you felt like you learned something. It included reenactments but it was interesting because it was a documentary series about folklore. Creepy because it was true. The second season is poorly researched, if researched at all. Not creepy, not true, and not entertaining. 0/10 would be a better rating if it were possible. I thought Lore was supposed to be about folklore. This was about nothing. Utter waste of time.

Poorly casted episode

[darthjudas · 22 October 2018]

They wouldn't have had a black servant in Hungary in 1609. Terrible casting like this ruins great shows such as this one for me.