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Riveting: Netflix’s The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself reviewed

12 November 2022

9:00 AM

12 November 2022

9:00 AM

The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself

Netflix

Gratingly edgy soundtrack, stomach-churning gore, torture, witchcraft, sadism and an indigestible title. The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself sounds exactly the sort of series most of us would wish to avoid.

It’s aimed at young adults (based on a trilogy by Sally Green called Half Bad) and the only reason I was keen to give it a try was that it has been freely adapted by Joe Barton.

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