This is the both the most technically accomplished Ren'Py VN, and the best horror (both in the Lovecraftian and 'general' horror sense) OELVN I have ever read.
There are first episodes of multi-million-dollar TV-produced horror series (most I'd say). That don't get you as interested in a setting and story as this VN sample does.
The video at the end, besides its great 3D effects, made me feel like Scarlet Hollow is not just a setting, or one story, but is going to be either a succession of stories, or a several narratives told simultaneously.
I also appreciated the lack of political correctness in the dialogue. From the first conversation in the bus I knew this was an adult VN (not in the XXX sense), and a story that would be taking itself seriously..
The setting is very well accomplished, this makes a good addition to 'Lovecraftian Country' and feels like what he or one of his authors friends might have created had they been born and lived in a later time.
The sheer amount of graphical assets used is insane, and some are used only for scenes that last about one second. It's superior to many Japanese VN produced by professional studios that take up multiple gigabytes of space on your hard drive.
The only 'flaw' I have to point out, which really isn't because it's a matter of personal preference, is the dissolves between changing character sprites being automatic. Personally I like sprite changes to take about 0.5 seconds (unless the situation deems it otherwise) like I used in my amateur VN. I find instant changes in pose to be a bit 'weird'. But this seems to be the staple of VNs made using the Ren'Py engine so it can hardly be considered criticism.
As someone who is trying to be the amateur one-person-team creator of an episodic, modern, Lovecraftian-inspired, Ren'Py VN I found this work *very* inspiring, even if the setting and theme are completely different.
This really is a breath of fresh air from the overwhelming number of BxB,BxG,GxG, etc, Ren'Py VNs you get when you check the 'completed games' thread at the Lemma Forums.