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“In the series, Oliver must navigate the mystical, surprising and sometimes dangerous world where there is never a quiet night and the monstrous guests can be a little high maintenance. ‘Oscar’s Hotel’ transports its audience to a whimsical, fantastical universe where Oliver, a twenty-something manager’s assistant, finds himself as the temporary proprietor of his uncle’s magical hotel when Oscar leaves unexpectedly on cosmic council business. Oliver’s struggle to manage the hotel takes him on surreal adventures with its eccentric residents.” (official synopsis via Indiewire)
Oscar’s Hotel for Fantastical Creatures is gloriously, psychedelically, off the chart, all your wackiest come alive at once in heartstoppingly eye-poppingly brilliant technicolour wonderful.
There’s no other way to describe a show where the extraordinary is commonplace and the insane and over the top are delightfully par for the course.
The residents of the hotel, where an octopus is the chef and large cod play repossessors, are nothing short of utterly magical, so out of the realm of the banal everyday that Oliver (Chris Kendall) has quite a time of it when his uncle played by Andrew Ableson leaves him of the hotel while he attends to some otherworldly business.
With suitably fantastical creatures supplied by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, and a host of remarkable actors and YouTube stars such as Patrick Stewart, Alfred Molina, Grace Helbig, Mamrie Hart, and Hannah Hart, lending their voices and bodies to some outrageously fabulous characters, this is one series that won’t bore you in any way, shape or size.
PJ Liguori, who goes under the YouTube moniker, KickthePJ, has crafted a series that dazzles the senses, tickles the funny bone, delights the sense of the absurd, all while making you feel like you’re inside the most amazing dream anyone has ever had.
If the show is anything like the trailer, then we’re in for a mind-bendingly trippy ride indeed.
Book me a seat, a room and a Vimeo subscription – I’m there, and will be moved in for the duration.
Oscar’s Hotel for Fantastical Creatures first episode is now live on Vimeo with subsequent episodes released each week.
(source: Indiewire)