There’s a lot of ground to cover in this near two-and-a-half-hour runtime, and director Antonio Campos hits the gas straightaway, presenting a series of scenes shifted back and forth in time over a roughly seven-year period. That consists of a crooked sheriff ( Sebastian Stan), an unholy preacher ( Robert Pattinson), and serial killing couple Carl and Sandy Henderson ( Jason Clarke and Riley Keough). Arvin is fiercely devoted to those he loves most, and that includes protecting them at any cost in a backwoods town full of corruption and evil at every turn. Willard’s struggle to find peace and raise a family serves as the entry point for both this world and its long cast of characters, all of which converge around his son, Arvin ( Tom Holland). Spanning between World War II and the Vietnam war, The Devil All the Time begins with the introduction to Willard Russell ( Bill Skarsgård), a man left disturbed and deeply religious by his tour of duty. Netflix’s latest adapts Pollock’s novel with the exact level of scope and care it deserves, offering an expansive ensemble Southern Gothic thriller oozing with unrelenting dread from start to finish. The precise type of epic tale that begged for adaptation. Author Donald Ray Pollock‘s works have been referred to as “Hillbilly Gothic” or “Southern Ohio Gothic.” His debut novel, The Devil All the Time, earned accolades and praise for its blood-soaked noir and sprawling story spanning families in the rural underbellies of Southern Ohio and West Virginia.

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