The Devil's Hour

I was expecting a halfway decent horror series, with maybe some psychological drama thrown in, but what I got instead was a near perfect blend of crime drama, horror, thriller, and science-fiction. To have the guts to try and blend all of these genres together and end up not giving too much time or too little of one or another was impressive. Seamlessly blended.

The story was completely and absorbing As a horror/crime series aficionado I've seen just about all of the best movies and series so it takes a lot to impress and surprise me, and let me just say I was impressed and surprised.

(10/10) for the child actor that played the Isaac. He was perfect.

Peter Capaldi makes for a very creepy sinister character indeed, as does the boy with no emotions.

I loved the way this show told it's story, it never felt slow or rushed. And I didn't really know exactly where it was going until the very end. All the cast were excellent.

There seems to be too many shows out there today that are predictable or treat their audience like idiots, thankfully The Devil's Hour is neither. The show asks you to follow what is happening and leaves you to figure it out as it progresses. At times it had the feel of supernatural dread to it, at other times a clever whodunnit.

Some reviewers on here wouldn't know a good series if it slapped them on the face! This is a quality thriller all the way through that keeps you guessing and wraps it up with a decent ending. People say you have to pay close attention, surely if you are putting on a series or a film while doing the hoover or got your head stuck on Social Media on your phone then it's not worth watching, is complete trash and requires the attention span of a 3 year old.

Of course you need to pay attention to the detail and concentrate on it to be able to enjoy it and not get lost in the story this is telling. Pay attention as it actually requires some concentration on your part! As long as you do that, and stop looking at your phone at the same time for 5 seconds you might actually enjoy a good series for a change. Not going to give it away but it draws you in and doesn't let go till the very end. Brilliant!

"The Devil's Hour" is a binge-worthy Amazon Prime streaming series that is almost like an exercise in thought: what if the 12th Doctor Who, played by Peter Capaldi as well, did not have the moral not to kill? What if he did not have the same capabilities, but the same motive to stop chaos?

The limiting factors produce a darker tone as well as a doctor who is not a doctor, but a fixer who often gets it wrong, because he cannot see as far into the future as Doctor Who can.

But at any rate, while Peter Capaldi is surely a main attraction to the show, he is not the starring character or the one whose journey we follow.

That credit goes to an almost single mother named Lucy Chambers, whose son and mother has the same disconcerting issues of being able to see what's not there. And Lucy Chambers, the most socially functional member of the family, is starting to struggle with the same psychiatric issues (or could they be abilities?) herself.

And once she comes to terms with what she can do, or not, we see her struggle along her own motivations to fix things, namely her son, who can be the most gifted and the most impaired of them all.

Overall a beguiling series with a bit of muffled impact for me at the end, with some curveballs throughout that strike me as somewhat improbable as too many tragedies of similar nature were set to occur. It's difficult for high concept thrillers to totally land, so I can make allowances there for what still is a thought provoking series. Commendable acting from the child actor who plays Isaac.

You are going to have to watch the first five episodes - which I each rate with a decent 7/10 - to be able to watch the real gem: i.e. The sixth episode. That sixth episode is just so extremely awesome, that it alone deserves a 10/10.

It is the first time that I have ever watched such an "assymmetric" show. The difference between episodes 1-5 and 6 is just huge! And after seeing episode 6, you will also appreciate more all preceding episodes.

Averaging the different scores (5 episodes of 7 stars and 1 episode of 10 stars) will give this show a score of 7.5/10. Rounding this, gives an IMDb rating of 8 stars.

But please do understand that the real gem is the last episode. And you will have to watch all the episodes before it to really understand what is happening in episode 6.