Another Netflix Original? Why not? After all, I love Comedies and Satan...
Adam Scott is happy. He's got a good job. He's newly-married to Evangeline Lilly. What could go wrong?
Oh right- her Son appears to be the Anti-Christ. Who hasn't been there?
Can he prove this? Can he try to get along with the kid either way?
Will this kid be the end of mankind as we know it or just the end of our Hero's marriage?
It is up to Scott and a cadre of Stepdads to save the World.
We're boned, right?
Can he get through to almost-Damien and save the World? Will he have to kill?
To find out, watch the Film.
A good mix of Comedy and Horror. As I've mentioned many, MANY times, Horror Comedies are not as easy as people seem to think. You have to balance the jokes, the Plot AND keep a life-or-death scenario going at the same time. Why does everyone think that they can do this?!? Thankfully, this one gets it pretty right. Adam Scott, as always, is funny and relatable. He's a good foil to Lily's seemingly-naïve Mother and the kid's silent, steady evil. As things get stranger and stranger, you need him there as a Lead. Things certainly get mighty strange! The Film is chock full of strange folks, strange sights and is just all around weird. It does manage to stay grounded in a certain reality, which helps. Without SPOILing anything, the Film shows that it has some ideas other than just 'Make a Comedy Version of 'The Omen.'' The Story goes in a neat direction, which I liked. All in all, Little Evil can be big fun. Yeah- I made a pun. What are you going to do about it? Oh...crap...
Seriously though, the Film works as a Horror-Comedy. That's a bigger achievement than many realize.
We're boned, right?
To find out, watch the Film.
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