7.6 /10 1 Votes
79% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Horror
Drama Country of origin United States Network Cinemax | 7.6/10 IMDb 70% Metacritic Created by Robert Kirkman First episode date 3 June 2016 Location West Virginia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Based on Outcast
by Robert Kirkman and Paul Azaceta Starring Patrick Fugit
Philip Glenister
Wrenn Schmidt
David Denman
Julia Crockett
Kate Lyn Sheil
Brent Spiner
Reg E. Cathey
Madeleine McGraw Composer(s) Atticus Ross
Leopold Ross
Claudia Sarne Cast Patrick Fugit, Philip Glenister, Wrenn Schmidt, Reg E Cathey, David Denman Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Outcast is an American horror drama television series based on the comics of the same name by Robert Kirkman and Paul Azaceta. A ten-episode first season debuted on Cinemax on June 3, 2016. It is a supernatural horror story that features people involved in demonic possession, and revolves around the life of Kyle Barnes, rejected by the people of Rome, West Virginia, alleged of hurting his wife and daughter.
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- Outcast tv series theme song hq
- Outcast season 1 review
- Production
- Broadcast
- Critical reception
- References
On March 14, 2016, ahead of its premiere, Outcast was renewed for a second season. Season 2 is set to premiere on Fox in the UK on April 3, 2017.
Outcast season 1 review
Production
Fox International Studios and Robert Kirkman developed the television show before the comic book was published. Cinemax picked up the US rights for the project after the script was done. The show is produced by Fox International Studios for Cinemax in the US and Fox international channels out side of the US. Robert Kirkman’s Skybound is also a producer on the show. Ten episodes were announced to be produced with lead cast Patrick Fugit as Kyle Barnes and Philip Glenister as Reverend Anderson for the television series along with Gabriel Bateman, while Adam Wingard was hired to direct the pilot produced by Fox International Channels. More cast was announced including David Denman as Mark Holter, Melinda McGraw as Patricia MacCready, Grace Zabriskie as Mildred, Catherine Dent as Janet Anderson, Lee Tergesen as Blake Morrow, and Brent Spiner.
On August 10, 2015, production began on the 10-episode series in South Carolina. The cities of York and Chester, South Carolina were transformed into the series' fictitious town of Rome, West Virginia.
Broadcast
Internationally, the series is broadcast by Fox International Channels starting in June 2016. On May 20, 2016, in Europe, Fox Networks Group streamed the first episode over Facebook Live. TV5 air the episodes on Philippine free-to-air television within 24 hours of their American premiere starting June 4, 2016.
Critical reception
Season 1 received mostly positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the series an approval rating of 79%, based on 38 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A cut above average summer fare, Outcast provides the genuine chills one should – but often can't – expect from television horror." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 70 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Jasef Wisener of TVOvermind, gave the pilot episode a 4.8/5, praising the premiere for not "hold[ing] back with the action or the frights," calling it "fun as hell" and a "series for anyone that likes horror." James Charisma of Playboy noted that unlike the horror in show creator Robert Kirkman’s other series, The Walking Dead, in Outcast, “the threat is unseen, lurking under the surface … characters exist in the present but live in the past, haunted by terrors and ordeals from days gone by.”