Sherlock: The Abominable Bride is “Proper Gothic Horror”

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Tis the season to be terrified as spooky goings on are the order of this Yuletide season when Sherlock returns in what’s been called ‘proper gothic horror’.

Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy after their panel at this weekend’s MCM London Comic Con, Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, Sue Vertue and Amanda Abbington talked about drawing inspiration from Arthur Conan Doyle for The Abominable Bride, the one-off 90 min special due to air New Year’s Day.

Stepping out of canon and into the past, the special, which draws its title from a line of dialogue in Conan Doyle’s short story The Musgrave Ritual, is an original story with loads of nods to other Sherlock Holmes cases – and in Gatiss’ eyes, another chance to tell a Christmas ghost story after Crooked House and, rather fittingly, A Ghost Story for Christmas.

The very definition of a Christmas treat, The Abominable Bride will air on January 1 on BBC One and on PBS Masterpiece, and will be also be released in cinemas across the UK.

 

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