Hysteria!

As a super fan of heavy metal and fan of horror flicks and the supernatural this one was a no brainer for me. I think I enjoyed the aesthetic and soundtrack a bit more than the story it was trying to tell though and that's fine. The soundtrack alone gets a 9.5. The cast was solid enough to keep me entertained throughout for the most part. Bruce Campbell is always a welcomed delight in supernatural stuff like this and even though he was more of a background character in this he was still pretty cool as usual. It has potential in the writing and if it gets a season 2 I hope they expand a bit more on just the typical exorcising demons motif that has kinda been there, done that time and time again. It did start off strong though with the whole era of the late 80s in middle America still fearing heavy metal music and thinking everyone who listens to it and/or is in a metal band automatically is associated with giving Satan a handy or some crap. The way the season ended softly sets up a season two but it felt kind of forced in a sense. It could have ended a little better and honestly this could very well have been a one and done limited series and I think it would have fared just fine if not better than the hopes of season after season. Don't get me wrong though would I want to see more classic heavy metal tracks be well timely executed given the situations going on within each episode? Hell yeah. But I also realize that not everything is meant to go on for too long without running out of steam or losing it's luster. I don't want that to happen with this show. I hope they neatly wrap up it's story in 3 seasons or less. Less is more sometimes folks and I feel that concept would be well applied with this show as you leave them wanting more in a sense.