The Bondsman, a new horror-comedy series on Amazon Prime Video, introduces a unique storyline where a rural Georgia bondsman named Hub Halloran encounters demons after a near-death experience. Resurrected with a healed throat, he finds himself compelled to track down escaped demons, under the bureaucratic yoke of a telemarketer devil overseeing a pyramid scheme of lost souls. The show balances Southern Gothic horror with dark humor, showcasing Hub's mundane frustrations amid supernatural chaos. Showrunner Erik Oleson's approach emphasizes characters' bemusement at their eerie encounters, presenting a fresh angle in today's horror genre.
The company's logo is a jovial leprechaun and the boss, representing the devil, sends cheerful minions to give Hub his sinister new assignments.
In a TV landscape filled with horror, The Bondsman offers a folksier flavor, balancing scares with the hilarity of everyday inconveniences.
Showrunner Erik Oleson captures the absurdity of dealing with demons, explaining that characters are more perplexed than scared by their haunting daily lives.
After a botched bonding job that gets him killed, Hub Halloran discovers he’s been sent back from hell to capture demons.
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