This horrifying and unfairly overlooked series will leave you in a cold sweat

If we offered you the opportunity to shiver with fear rather than cold thanks to a series, would you be up for it? For fans of fantasy and anxiety fiction with a good dose of thriller, look no further, we have the rare gem you need: Evil. While a season 4 has been ordered, the first three are now available in France on Paramount+. Imagined by Michelle and Robert King, the creators of the excellent The Good Wife and its spin-off The Good Fight, this series hits hard and offers breathtaking and mysterious episodes that push us to constantly question ourselves. Even if we sometimes have the impression that she locks herself into increasingly twisted corners, her intrigues ultimately remain well carried out. Evil reminds us a little of Froma horror fiction that has unfairly passed under the radar but which has nevertheless been validated by Stephen King.

What are you talking about Evil, the series available on Paramount+?

Kristen Bouchard (Katja Herbers, seen in Westworld), a non-believing, Cartesian-minded forensic psychologist, finds herself teaming up with David Acosta (Mike Colter, seen in Luke Cage), a priest in training, and Ben Shakir (Aasif Mandvi, seen in Blue Bloods), an entrepreneur. Together they investigate events potentially relating to the supernatural, such as demonic possession, miracles or other strange phenomena linked to the occult. They must determine if the facts have a scientific and rational explanation or if a supernatural force is really at work…

Evilthe fantastic series that will make you break out in a cold sweat

It is in this eternal question that the strength of the series lies. Just like heroes, and especially with them, we start to doubt. Over the course of the episodes, the ambiguity is stronger and stronger and it draws us into the depths of the intrigues. The duo formed by Kristen and David is in a certain way reminiscent of the one formed at the time in X Files by Mulder and Scully, without being a carbon copy. The creators having succeeded in creating their own universe and mythology, we carefully follow the protagonists and their investigations in order to have answers (which we will not have all the time). Obviously, the question of the rapprochement between the two heroes is not avoided in this fiction but it is skillfully brought up. It takes on even more momentum in season 3 and we are not disappointed with the journey. Without going totally into a thriller, Evil also reveals a more intimate and dramatic side by exploring the family life of Kristen, who has four daughters.

Who is Leland Towsend, the mysterious character played by Michael Emerson in Evil ?

This series also succeeds brilliantly in giving us many cold sweats. Whether through the characters’ investigations – where we notably witness an exorcism, but also a very disturbing Halloween party and even a disturbing virtual reality video game – or even when a perverse and terrifying entity comes haunt Kristen’s nights, Evil do not spare us and make us tremble. But the most intriguing remains the mysterious character Leland Townsend, an expert in occultism, obsessed with the idea of ​​encouraging others to commit malicious acts. Michael Emerson, his interpreter, offers an exceptional and chilling performance. Despite all these dark sides, the series also brings some touches of humor to make us breathe from time to time, and in particular thanks to the character of Ben Shakir and his relationship with the heroine’s daughters. So, if you are not afraid, succumb, like us, to temptation and let yourself be enchanted by Evil !