I have not seen the two previous shows/series the makers of this did, but they are on my watch list. Since they work seperately, there is nothing wrong with that of course and I only realized my "omission" once I was through binging this show.
It does sort of starts slow (if you take away the major life event that the show has a jump off point), but it gets deeper and deeper into .. madness. The slow and steady decline of certain people is quite harrowing to watch. With some you expect it and you can tell certain things they very likely have done that are anything but good ... if you wonder how they can live with that: easy, just pretend it was Gods will.
Now before you cry anything for me writing that, better believe that the show goes way beyond that point, when it comes to short comings of individuals when it comes to religious believes and other things of that matter.
So this has quite the social and religious commentary on and in it. It also without even saying it breaks with a myth ... but if I'd go into that, no holy water would be able to save me - pun very much intended.
The acting is amazing and if the ending of the last 3-4 episodes do not get to you ... well you may as well not have a breathing heart and red hot blood running through your veins - again with the puns I know. The script is also tight, giving characters/actors some time to go off and do some really amazing dialog (or monologues for that matter). The effects and the cinematogrpahy are awesome too! No doubt about that either.
Since this is horror, do expect there to be blood ... quite a lot of it actually. I did not know where this would lead, some may have already a better clue as to what is going to happen, but experiencing this without any prior knowledge is the best way to go at it. Now I got to finally watch these other shows ...
It does sort of starts slow (if you take away the major life event that the show has a jump off point), but it gets deeper and deeper into .. madness. The slow and steady decline of certain people is quite harrowing to watch. With some you expect it and you can tell certain things they very likely have done that are anything but good ... if you wonder how they can live with that: easy, just pretend it was Gods will.
Now before you cry anything for me writing that, better believe that the show goes way beyond that point, when it comes to short comings of individuals when it comes to religious believes and other things of that matter.
So this has quite the social and religious commentary on and in it. It also without even saying it breaks with a myth ... but if I'd go into that, no holy water would be able to save me - pun very much intended.
The acting is amazing and if the ending of the last 3-4 episodes do not get to you ... well you may as well not have a breathing heart and red hot blood running through your veins - again with the puns I know. The script is also tight, giving characters/actors some time to go off and do some really amazing dialog (or monologues for that matter). The effects and the cinematogrpahy are awesome too! No doubt about that either.
Since this is horror, do expect there to be blood ... quite a lot of it actually. I did not know where this would lead, some may have already a better clue as to what is going to happen, but experiencing this without any prior knowledge is the best way to go at it. Now I got to finally watch these other shows ...