 Thanks for checking out this show review video. So this is for the 2010 show Todd and the book of pure evil now If you've already seen this show before and you're watching this review, you know, this is a great one I'm gonna highly recommend this show now I will say I'm not talking spoilers in this because with any of my show reviews I don't do spoilers just because of the fact that there are just so many Episodes I would have to make them like an hour long review in order to go into spoilers and everything So these are no spoilers. These are mainly to give you an idea of my overall thoughts and a little bit of information on the Shows before you go into them yourself But this is one I highly recommend especially if you're into horror comedy because I think the horror comedy here is really good it is very What's the best way very Male male sex related and Crude humor driven is probably the best way that I can say it So if that type of stuff appeals to you, you'll probably really enjoy this show really good Oh, unfortunately when I'm putting this review up, it is about to leave shutter It's been on shutter for quite a while. I think some years actually, but it's leaving shutter on July 24th Unfortunately, so if you haven't to catch this review and you can binge it there are two seasons I think it's 13 episodes per season. Yeah, definitely check it out Or I think it might be 13 in the first season 10 in the second something like that Excuse me. This is created by Charles Pico Craig David Wallace and Anthony Leo as the producer and Apparently some other stuff that Pico and Wallace had done her odd squad slasher Freakish and motherly. Yes slasher the Netflix show slasher just so people know I think they did one of the seasons of that So you would probably know something else that they did which is good Went to seasons and then it had an animated movie called Todd and the book of pure evil the end of the end I do think that they do a really good job kind of at the end of season two leading you up to what the Animated film should be now when I'm doing this review. I haven't seen the animated film But I do plan on watching it. I will say though. This is like the third time I've watched through the TV show The first two times I just did it for pure enjoyment and this time I was doing it to actually take notes and Yeah, it's fun every single time. I enjoy it every single time So the role of Jimmy in this film is played by Jason muse now If you're a Kevin Smith fan, you know who Jason muse is and he's not the best actor, but I don't know I like seeing him in roles. He plays a particular character and he pretty much plays that character in this He's a janitor at this high school Which well, I'll tell you the synopsis of a second He's a janitor to high school and he basically plays himself as he plays himself in Kevin Smith films basically he's the same character as he is in Kevin Smith films is what I meant meant to say But it does a pretty good job I would say he is definitely funny and apparently that role was pretty much written with Jason muse in mind So synopsis wise, what is the show about it's about a bunch of high school kids Who discover a book of pure evil band together and try to vanquish that book of pure evil now? The way that the episodes are they're good and episodic They do have an overall story that they keep building on throughout the two seasons And moving forward in a really good meaningful way But it's also very good and kind of bite-sized with the episodes each episodes about 22 minutes and It's it's always focused around like one little thing that's going on that the book is doing So basically the book presents itself to people who are kind of at a low point in their lives Who are more vulnerable to using this this book of pure evil and In terrible ways obviously because things always go wrong. They always go wrong for a lot of people So basically what they end up doing is each episode is a new person finding the book And it's some sort of crazy hijinks that happened because of that book while this one core group Todd and his friends at the high school are going after the book trying to you know Nullify what is going on in that episode because of the book and also get their hands on it to be able to try and destroy it There's a lot more Going on with the story than that, but I don't want to reveal that because like I said I think everyone should really watch this there is an actual compelling story to it It's not just funny and that's one of the great things about this show is that wonderful mix of really funny But also really compelling story at the same time. It's very well pulled off. It looks really good, too The acting is pretty solid Cinematography directing all really good the music is great and in each season. They actually have a musical episode Which I'm not big on that type of stuff typically when they do that with shows But I think they did a great job in this and one of the main reasons being the music is actually kind of fun and catchy And it's also very humorous. They keep the normal humor Baked into that music and they do a really good job with it. So I think it works The comedic writing for this is wonderful and it never goes too long without being funny The pacing of how the jokes come out for every single episode is really well done They obviously really knew what they were doing as far as Blending horror and comedy together. This is one of the best Examples of how you put horror and comedy together really and there's so many horror comedies We're like it'll be funny for a little bit and then there's a long stint where it's not or it'll be funny up Front and then the back end of it is not very funny, but this it's it's just consistent with the funny And I love it. It's really well done Never gets boring the story is compelling enough to keep you engaged But it's also geared toward having these episodes that I was talking about that are very bite-sized So you can just do like an episode here an episode there But honestly, you're probably gonna want to binge it just because it is so good The acting is more than solid for the most part. I think Jason Muse is probably the Weakest character, but it's Jason Muse. So you forgive that The guy who plays Atticus the guidance counselor is probably the best he's hilarious He has a great character and he plays that character to perfection basically There are a lot of horror references that kind of true horror nerds will end up getting That's another great calling card of a great horror show is these kind of like Insidery if you're in a horror you'll get this very small things like at one point This doesn't give anything away But at one point there are people who are talked about at the school and they're called the Argento twins Obviously referenced to Dario Argento that type of stuff that just gets randomly thrown in there They don't make a big deal out of it, but if you know, you know The practical effects are actually really good and there's a lot of gore and I think in every single episode There's a lot of good gore. There's a lot of good practical effects Some of the practical effects are really gonna surprise you too. I don't know what their budget was like But it seems like it was a solid budget because great practical effects great gore and when there is blood There are usually copious amounts of blood So much fun to be had with the show There are some reoccurring jokes. That's another thing. I always like when they do that Not just reoccurring jokes within one episode. They do that a lot but also reoccurring jokes for like an entire season or for both seasons and there they don't get overplayed either like Probably the most recent one I can think of it was this reoccurring joke that ended up showing up three times in one episode And then there was a reoccurring joke that showed up I think three times in in one season and you always remember that kind of callback and it works And like I said, it's just not it's not too much They don't beat any of their jokes to death and that's what I really like about it And there's a lot of very kind of fresh Lines like comedy lines that you you kind that kind of hit you and you're just like, oh man Like I'd never heard that before and that's really funny So it's highly quotable as well, which is something I always love in movies. Well specifically comedy movies and shows It works really well in the episodic chunks, but it is a very compelling overarching story I am very much compelled to finally get around to seeing the movie and then I'll probably do a review on it I should each season has a musical episode already talked about that. Sorry Overall, I will say that season one is better than season two But season two is a really good follow-up to season one and there are particular episodes of season two That feel like they're better than episodes in season one So it is kind of more of a mixture where season one feels like every episode is hitting at the same level of awesome Season two you have a few episodes where it feels like it it kind of steps back a little bit quality wise as far as like being funny and compelling But for the most part it does not and like I said, there are episodes in season two that Definitely feel like they're better than episodes in season one So it's definitely worth continuing to go and where they leave you like I said Where they leave you at the end of season two is you want to know what happens like you see that they can keep going You want to know where they're gonna go and I will eventually find out now I would love to hear what other people have to say about this show go ahead and put the comments down there We can talk spoilers in the comments. I'm fine with that Out of five stars with half stars in play. I'm gonna give us a very good four and a half star rating This is a wonderful show. I love it. It's not perfection, but it is wonderful and I plan on buying it at some point on Blu-ray because It's just that good and I and I definitely it's definitely one of those shows I feel compelled to go back to every now and then But anyway, like I said put your comments down there Do me a favor though hit that subscribe button if you haven't already if you have thank you very much Really appreciate that if you haven't it costs no money It takes like a second and it really helps motivate me to keep going totally painless for you Wonderful and motivating for me So I would appreciate that also you then just be kind of joining this nerdy horror community that I'm putting together And mainly just looking for people to put comments down there so I can get super nerdy about horror stuff with you but oh also hit the notification bell button if you are going to subscribe because Then you'll know when I'm putting up new videos And then if you watch those videos within a certain amount of time that they're on it helps with the YouTube algorithm You know what I'm saying anyway, thank you very much for taking your time to check this out and until next time keep it brutal