Is the TV show Evil scary?

If you frequently use Netflix, then chances are you’ve come across the series Evil. The first season of the supernatural drama arrived on the streaming platform this month and the show is sinfully good.

What is Evil on Netflix about?

The plot follows forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard (Katja Herbers) after she’s hired by David Acosta (Mike Colter), an assessor for the Catholic Church. Kristen, David, and their technology expert Ben Shakir (Aasif Mandvi) are tasked with evaluating instances of supposed demonic possession. While Kristen and Ben are pragmatic skeptics, priest-in-training David believes that demons can walk among men.

Each episode of the series sees the team investigate different cases of possession, exorcism, the supernatural, and the unexplained. What’s even more interesting is the fact that while some events are explained using science, some circumstances are still a mystery when the credits roll.

The show features demons, prophecies, some seriously realistic virtual reality, and an unsettling incubus named George (Marti Matulis). If you’re wondering if Evil is scary, then you’ve come to the right place.

Is Evil on Netflix scary?

This is a tough question to answer. In all honesty, it depends on your tolerance for creepy topics. I frequently watch true crime documentaries, but I close my eyes during particularly scary scenes in horror films, and I absolutely loved the first season of Evil. There aren’t any jump scares in the show, but the chilling things that do occur can be unsettling.

For instance, Kristen’s dreams are visited by an incubus named George, a male demon with waxy black skin and red eyes. George taunts Kristen about her attraction to David and hacks off her fingers with a knife during a twisted true or false game.

In another episode, Kristen’s daughters play on a virtual reality headset, where they see spiders crawling up the walls, a man holding a severed head, and a rotted monster that chases you. A few episodes later, Kristen watches a woman give birth to a demon in a field.

There are also some more realistic frights. In the second episode, titled “177 Minutes,” Kristen, David, and Ben investigate a woman who is revived moments after her autopsy begins. The woman wakes up just as the coroner is slicing a scalpel through her jaw.

Then there’s the show’s main antagonist, Dr. Leland Townsend (Michael Emerson), whose mission is to encourage people to commit evil deeds. It’s frightening to watch Townsend mentor a young man named Sebastian, who quickly embraces a hatred for women and becomes entrenched in incel culture after he meets the demonic doctor.

All in all, I think that Evil is more intriguing than scary. If you want to find out more, then watch the first episode on Netflix and decide for yourself!