[ mystery ] [ horror ] ✸ [ ★★★☆☆ ]
initially i picked this up because in my head, this was candle cove adjacent, i guess? i'm a simple woman and i love a spooky forgotten tv show story. i enjoyed most of it! i got through it pretty quickly, actually; it was engaging and kept me interested for the most part up until the final stretch. i know the horror is the real life that we all experience, but sometimes y'know, it's okay to build up a spooky creature that seems cosmic and beyond comprehension and not turn it into a metaphor for the realities of religious cult brainwashing. it was fun in the first half but by the end i kind of just wanted to get it over with so i could mark it at finished.