Review: Apple & Onion “The Eater”

Overview

The titular duo, Apple & Onion take on a monster in a parallel universe in order to get back home.

Our Take

It’s been a while since I’ve covered this show, but this is possibly the first Halloween special we’ve ever gotten from the show itself. In terms of creativity as the titular duo is in a blatantly obvious it’s a dream, but the dystopian future setting really sets the tone with some minor scares for good measure. While the twist itself of what’s eating the food people is surprising, the methods of how it makes it terrifying are quite effective with its use of shadow and color. Sometimes emphasizing a sense of terror while managing to top itself with another twist that makes everything tie itself together.

Overall, a passable episode, and I’m surprised this show is still going. As a Halloween special it delivered on the scares while balancing itself with the show’s typical simplistic British humor complete with a Halloween remix version of the theme song at the end.