SummaryPsychiatrist Dr. Suzanne Mathis (Emily Deschanel) takes in a young girl (Madeleine Arthur) who escaped from a cult in this thriller limited series based on Daria Polatin's book of the same name.
SummaryPsychiatrist Dr. Suzanne Mathis (Emily Deschanel) takes in a young girl (Madeleine Arthur) who escaped from a cult in this thriller limited series based on Daria Polatin's book of the same name.
Devil In Ohio is a perfectly serviceable show that should keep audiences entertained for eight episodes. But at times it feels like something that’s a bit too slick and a bit too uncomplicated for a show that’s about a cult victim that ruins lives, especially a show for Netflix.
Devil in Ohio does not reinvent the wheel – and no doubt it’ll be subsumed into the amorphous mass of Netflix adaptations sooner rather than later, but in the moment, it’s decent viewing. Exciting enough, at least, that you won’t be doing laundry at the same time.
"Devil" is one of Netflix’s light-horror excursions, nothing too gory or sexy. ... It’s messy TV but, really, you can’t go too wrong with devil worshipers.
It’s so schlockily unembarrassed by its excesses and its shortcomings alike that it feels difficult to critique. ... Its endgame is bleak in a way that seemed like a satisfyingly tidy reversal of the suburban clichés in which the show trafficked previously. But you have to wade through a great deal to get to that endpoint, much of it entertaining for reasons that can’t have been intended.