Very slow moving, and WAY too much religion - I had to fast-forward through a lot of tedious monologue. Couldn't finish the 3rd episode - don't care what it was all about.

Decent show but should we assume they live in a world without vampire movies and stories? You see that thing and think Angel?!

This is PURE SHIT MIXED WITH TRASH, the WORST show i have ever watched! I hate myself for forcing watching the 7 episodes, killed my time, this is GARBAGE

Okay show with great acting, but it certainly drags on. I felt that this show was begging for a tight 6 episodes rather than the very long 7.

I really hope Netflix keeps coming with this quality of TV Series.

From the characters build up to the dialogue to the moment when the ancient angel vampire is revealed to the whole community in the Easter Vigil Mass. This series was a freaking masterpiece. Netflix definitely nailed it with this one. And I’m so glad they made it as a Limited Series instead of most likely ruin it, if it was made as a multiple season series. This was just the right amount of episodes, the pace of the show was on point, the dialogue of Riley Flynn with Erin Greene talking about what happens when you die, to every part of Riley and Father Paul as well as Father Paul to every mass he gave. It was just chilly but at the same time you couldn’t stop listening, it felt like everything was real instead of reading a script. Great job to every main actor leading this show till the end, Samantha Sloyan as Bev Keane was incredible in her sinister character… Damn, she indeed made me hate her, that’s when you know someone is doing a great job on their character.

Can’t recommend this show enough!

Sadly, my recommendation is to skip this.
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The worst, nastiest, vile, monster in this series was Bev Keane. I had a really hard time watching, tolerating that character.
There are also way too many long boring monologues. And it's also quite slow-moving.
How could anyone see a vile demonic-looking Vampyre and think "Angel". If anything any person with half a brain cell would think "Demon".
Also, the Father Paul character who was so invested in what he was doing for 6 episodes, has a very sudden change of heart in the last episode - not hardly likely.
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But I suppose that some folks out there will like this nonetheless - it's definitely not for me tho.

How I rate:
1-3 :heart: = seriously! don't waste your time
4-6 :heart: = you may or may not enjoy this
7-8 :heart: = I expect you will like this too
9-10 :heart: = movies and TV shows I really love!

AWESOME! Good Job with this one.

Do not watch, extremely bad acting, a very boring script

Quick and fun watch.. I don't know what's scarier.. monsters or religion

it's a hard watch. It's slow, wordy character development will have you often asking "what's the point?" It's a story about religious interpretation and how ones interpretation of religion determines what's evil. This asks "Is our interruption wrong? and what if what we considered to be an incorrect interpretation is what's actually right?" This is a dark show that questions religious beliefs. If that interests you then it's worth watching. I think I would have enjoyed it more if it was a movie or a 4hr mini series, as it tends to drag especially through the first 3 episodes but the premise is thought provoking enough to warrant interest through til the end.

A really nice take on a well trodden tale. The old testament spin on a story that's been told a thousand times is really quite special. I won't spoil it at all but when you get to the bit that makes you think that it's all getting a bit silly, stick with it. It works it's way through. Kudos Mr Flanagan, another top effort.

So a priest goes on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, enters a cave, [spoiler]finds a creature there that preys upon him, turns him into a vampire and he's like IT'S AN ANGEL OF THE LORD I am saved.[/spoiler] There's misinterpretation and there's plain stupidity, which made it very hard for me to enjoy the series.

I thought this show was absolutely wonderful. It is a meditation on religion, and explores every facet of it. It certainly is a slow burn though, so if a slow burn + religion is a turn-off for you, then I don't know how much you can get out of this show.

Mike Flanagan is the king of heartbreaking, doomed characters. Not the best or the worst show, but I thought Riley and The Sheriff were fantastic. At least I'm glad I watched it for them.

Horror show.

Passion project by Mike Flanagan whose last two projects were fucking fantastic.

Rahul Kohli.


Shit, that's all you had to say.

Mhmhm, Netflix. I'll watch 1-2 episodes but it will probably suck

Everything this (half) season of American Horror Story should've been. Plus 20 extra minutes of rambling dialogue per episode just in case you doubted the cast had an amazing ability to memorize so many lines.

The last two and a half hours are easily among the best episodes of the year, however, not everyone might drag themselves through those 15-page-long scenes and the sequence shots just to show off some seagulls leading to that A+ climax. Rewarding, but too contemplative a build-up.

it was boring till episode 4 ... i would have cut a lot of unnecessary scenes and set it to a 4 episode mini series , acting is good but not emotional enough , kinda predictable but still enjoyable

awful acting, awful boring monologues and awful special effects, I mean, do they actually know how old people look? the makeup is just so terrible.... this should have been a three episode series...

Veeery slow with looong "meaningfull" talks. Nonethenless the foundation of the story is a good one.

Quite slow. Flanagan has a clear ability to do suspense very well or to bore you till death. It's worth the opportunity though, but it is not going to scare you. And if you're an atheist, it most certainly doesn't make you question your beliefs. Eternity is the word most used in this series, but it only describes the monologues of Erin.

[Netflix] Mike Flanagan's less terrifying and more reflective series debate on faith, defines the figure of God from the perspective of the theodicy of Saint Augustine, which finds divinity in its relationship with humanity. Although it delights too much in its own dialogues, there are elements of reflection that look to the malleability of the sacred texts, that can be interpreted from moderation or from extremism.