South of Hell

Watching the show brought me south to hell for sure ...

I forced myself through episode 1, which was hard enough.

The introduction was without love and very clumsy, not giving room for charakter development. It just felt like the intro of a cheap 90s series. Like a cheap combination of Buffy and Supernatural.

After episode 2 i stopped trying to give the show a chance.

The actors can surely do better, but with scripts like this there is not much room.

In summary: Poorly written show with poor special effects, cheaply produced. The cast that has potential, that's the only reason why i give 3 stars instead of 1.

I was a bit excited to hear of this. It could be a nice addition to all the horror and fantasy I usually watch.

I hate to say that it is dead inside. Bad grime and cheap fun lenses. The special effects are horrible. I read that somebody said that they just need a bigger budget, but I'm afraid that that's not it. You can build more suspense with less budget. What I saw was cheesy and bad choices in grime.

Even if they can look better with more budget, they have to work on the chemistry between the actors. There was none. They were saying lines and not reacting to one and other. The storyline.. was there a storyline? I got the feeling they all just sat around for thing to just happen.

I'm not recommending this show to anyone, unless you like cheesy hallmark series and like to be naughty for once, and not be damaged inside.

This is a new type of supernatural show that has promise but is lacking in execution regarding the story. This is mostly in part because the story is lacking in depth. This show seems to rely on a "Pivotal" moment of triumph regarding human nature triumph and or the main characters eating of a demon. But we all know in this day and age that we need that little bit of extra spark to cloud the usual bad versus evil and some flashy end to make it all seem worth while. It is hard to drum that up I know but writers need to think outside the box of story lines they grew up with to win a crowd to please the evil cop. Exec's. This show does have potential ….it really does I just hope the writers see it before it gets cancelled.

The accents are laughable, borderline bad, forced and inconsistent. The acting is not so great. This is probably due to the writing. I'm into just the second episode. The special effects are good enough to make you almost gag at times - for example when Annabel eats. I love Annabel's eyes. The way they portray the characters possessed is slightly different.

At this point, however, I am starting to root for Annabel and the demons.

And what is up with the mild mannered, cool and collective, sometimes strong arms, persistent priest? Is he really a Catholic priest, priest or just some guy pretending to be one?

It's fairly rare I anticipate a film or a series that perfectly fails in all areas. You gather together a recognizable producer (Jason Blum), director (Eli Roth) and lead star (Mena Suvari) solely on a WEtv budget and you get something no one cared about creating. The shame in this is that the plot device has a fairly decent idea; A possessed woman that uses her inner demon powers to hunt, destroy/exorcise other demons. Sure it's basically recycled material, but I had assumed the South Carolina backdrop would have added a nice touch.

"CHEAP" is the easiest word for this series. It feels cheap right out of the gate with the poor editing cuts, bland voice-over and unremarkable dialogue. You present a southern dialect and yet there isn't a single success in faking the easiest accent in the US. I've heard Northerners confuse southern pronunciations with one another; South Carolina & a thick Cajun Louisiana are distinct to the common ear, but Mena Suvari refused any attempt at authenticity. Her character sounds like she's from Rhode Island. That's just lazy.

You could hope that the series would be another "so bad it's good" premise. Maybe inject a little humor into this hopeless flush down the genre toilet, but the whole series was dumped out all-at-once on Black Friday. It forced me to consider, "WEtv must have wanted to get rid of this as quickly as possible." ... as no second season is expected.