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One of the best tv shows set in WW2. I can only think of one that is better, Combat, from the 60's. This show was really great. Based on actual events. The only thing that would make this show better, would be if there were more episodes!!! As its taken from real events, you cant fault them for that. The quality is great throughout. Shows the struggles of Luftwaffe trying to run the camp, while keeping the SS and Gestapo from taking over and being far harsher than what they were. Day to day life as allied prisoners, dreaming of escape. A great portrait of that time. Showing both sides, allied, sadistic Germans, and some Germans that tried to be fair as well.

Oh, what a lost opportunity. Having such a rich, true story to base the movie, and to end up with this is a real shame. I actually would have rather they just removed all the horror elements and made a straight drama on the life of this family. That had potential to be interesting. Its hard enough to suspend my disbelief with a baptist preacher being able to dispel a demon. But ok, maybe. It might be a really holy preacher that has that ability as opposed to a team of priests. But there is no way that a single mom, who less than 24 hours ago didn't really even believe in god, can do that. Add to that absurdity, apparently you can just say the name Jesus a bunch of times, and speak a bunch of gibberish........i mean speak in tongues, and that's all it takes to dispel an insanely powerful demon. Hmmm, who knew. If i wasn't completely disappointed at that point, i sure was then. Oh well.

Ok, forget the title. A great original premise. Supernatural antiques get sold off before realizing what they were. Now they have to get them all back, limiting the damage they've done. Bad casting. Great old guy, stupid dufus and hairspray queen, not great. But i will try to get past it. Could have been a lot better but il give it a chance. Especially since reviews seem positive. Episode after episode of stupid lazy writing. Characters you want to punch in the face cause they're so dumb. Here is one of many glaring examples. They have a basement area where they store all the objects to keep objects safe and people safe. They decide to throw a halloween kegger. Knowing they have all these supernatural objects that can cause massive mayhem, better make sure they're all secure right? Better have everything in locked vault. No, they got a bunch of stuff not in the vault, just sitting around in basement. Then they don't bother to keep an eye on all their guests. After all, they tied a piece of string across basement doorway and hung a jokey halloween sign saying to keep out. Surely all the drunk frat bro's they invited will respect the piece of string barrier right??? Wrong again. Frat bro's blow right past it and proceed to play with magic crystal ball. When that goes bad, obviously, the power in house blows and one of the genius main characters goes to check it out. He finds them in basement right by all the really important supernatural stuff that must be kept out of the publics hands at all costs. His main concern though is that they didn't respect is tiny string and keep out sign. He verbally chastises them, saying he was serious about the sign!!!! Maybe they messed with some of the stuff. Maybe they took something and are now walking off with it. Maybe they released Lucifer. None of that occurs to genius boy i guess. I mean, drunk frat bro's at a halloween party, who just blew off your keep out sign, they wouldn't do anything like that right????? Nahhhh. Thats just a small sample of what you have to try and ignore to get through a episode. But stuff like that goes on all over the place and in every episode (I watched) What a shame. Maybe a reboot would be nice as it could work.