When Abigail is in control, she feeds into sexual urges that a more conservative Maria would never, and Maria is the one to face the consequences for Abigail’s actions.
Not only does the production value look remarkably less cheap, but she gives more depth to the story. But, it’s when the directorial reigns are handed over to Jennifer Lynch in episode three, that things begin to improve. The worst offender might be the terrible ADR dubbing, as there are multiple episodes where the actors’ mouths are visibly not in sync with the dialogue.Įpisode two, directed by Rachel Talalay, continues the aesthetic from the pilot, though somehow the digital effects get even worse. The dialogue can be laughable, and David’s southern drawl voiceover narration is more soothing than emotive. The voice effects make it difficult to understand the possessed, as does the wind effects that signal the presence of demons. The demons mark their presence with neon contact lenses enhanced, or diminished rather, with the use of C.G. The digital effects are so terrible that it detracts from the interesting premise. The execution, however, is another story. When Abigail is a bit too strong for Maria to handle, her junkie brother, David (Zacharay Booth), steps in for the assist.
Abigail takes over, tangles with the possessed, and removes the demon by devouring it. That’s because Abigail’s diet of choice is other demons. She uses her literal inner demon, Abigail, to rid the possessed of their demons. The plot alone is intriguing Mena Suvari plays Maria Abascal, a flea market fortune teller with a side job of exorcism. The first two episodes are rough, which is shocking considering the pilot is directed by Roth himself. Having watched the entire first season, South of Hell couldn’t have aired any other way. A new show about demons and exorcisms, produced by Eli Roth and Jason Blum sounds like something worth checking out, right? What if the entire season of that show was dropped onto a network not known for scripted television, with a target demographic that has likely never heard of Roth or Blum? Despite it being an interesting experiment to air seven episodes back-to-back on WEtv, on Black Friday evening, it definitely suggests a lack of confidence in the show.
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