I watched the league of gentlemen and inside nr. 9 before this series and I enjoyed the first season very much. It has a sort of weird kind of humour which is exaggerated at times but all in all very enjoyable. My favorite characters were Dawn French and the theatre group which performed 'snow white'. So all in all I have a very positive opinion about the show but for me the story ended with season one. It left open some questions but for me it was complete that way. Nonetheless I looked forward to seeing season 2 and it was a bit of a disappointment. I watched only the first two episodes and that was enough. Maybe the killing of the former characters was a bit far-fetched for me. And the new characters were not so interesting either. So in my opinion the first season was great but the second not so much.

As actors, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith are chameleons - they have a gift for transforming themselves into a variety of characters, young and old, male and female. Few, if any, of their characters are very appealing, though. As writers, they love the bizarre, the grotesque, the offensive - not necessarily a bad thing, but this show is often more bizarre and grotesque than it is entertaining. Still, the plot is tangled enough to keep you watching. The second season plays more like a slasher film, with the main characters of the first season getting eliminated one-by-one, and it feels disjointed, but they do manage to pull it all together with a good twist at the end. It's hard to recommend (or not) this show because it's for specialized tastes only, maybe the best advice would be to watch one or two episodes to see how it tastes to you. **1/2 out of 4.

Maybe it's not as funny as The League, but it's brilliant! If you really are a fan of dark comedy, then nothing can please you more than Psychoville. It's the darkest and weirdest comedy I have ever seen! It never gets boring, since it's full of surprises. You never know what is going to happen next. So, apart from being funny, it's suspenseful as well. Amazing how many ideas two comedians can have. Rece's and Steve's abilities to play different characters are amazing. I bet most actors can't change that much.Production values are very high, it's movie quality. Pity it lasted only two seasons.

Psychoville is a genuinely interesting little black comedy. It is a take-off on horror movies, but one that manages to create some genuine intrigue (as opposed to the Scary Movie series, which was funny but whose story was disposable). The characters are a varied and fairly imaginative array of grotesques.But it is also inconsistent. Sometimes it's very funny, other times just uncomfortable. The worst episode of season 1 was easily #4, which broke the formula of inter-cutting the stories of multiple characters and just had a straight half-hour sketch based on the mother-son serial killers, who I never even found that interesting in small doses.I should note that I'm not a big fan of horror movies, and at times the horror elements creeped me out a bit. I would expect horror movie fans to enjoy this series more than I did.While the end of season one paved the way for season 2, I decided to skip it. I don't regret watching season 1, but for me, that was enough.