SOUTH OF HELL MARATHON
WE TV, 6:00 p.m. ET
SERIES PREMIERE: This new series comes from modern horror mavens Eli Roth and Jason Blum, and stars Mena Suvari from American Beauty as an exorcist who lives, and works, with a demon inside her. It’s an inventive premise for the genre, and allows Suvari, essentially, to play three different roles. There’s Maria, who tries to exorcise the demons hidden within others; Abigail, her demon self in full rotten-teeth, Linda Blair mode; and a sexier Abigail, still demonic, but with piercing emerald eyes, red lipstick, a sexy wardrobe, and an attitude to match. But this is no Orphan Black acting tour de force, and the special effects here, considering the executive producers involved, are cheesy enough to be entertaining in their own right. Or their own wrong. The reason I mention South of Hell is that We TV is launching it in a noteworthy manner: All Season 1 episodes back to back, in a mini-marathon starting at 6 p.m. ET. So it’s an instant binge, offered by cable, not streaming. Although, after seeing the premiere, only the alluring Abigail might be enough to possess you, so to speak, to stay tuned.