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Outcast

★ 7.3 19K votes 2016–2017 2 seasons · 20 episodes Canceled Cinemax
Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 9/10Slow burnDeliberate pacing where the payoffs are earned over long stretches.This show: 8/10BleakGrim and heavy, with little easy relief. These shows sit with suffering instead of softening it.This show: 8/10UnsettlingA creeping sense of unease and wrongness that gets under your skin.This show: 8/10SupernaturalGhosts, demons and powers beyond nature in our own world.This show: 8/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 8/10Small townA tight community where everyone knows everyone.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Patrick FugitPhilip GlenisterWrenn SchmidtReg E. CatheyBrent SpinerCallie McClincy
Written by
Robert Kirkman
Starring
Patrick FugitPhilip GlenisterWrenn SchmidtReg E. CatheyBrent SpinerCallie McClincy
Written by
Robert Kirkman
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About

"Small-town dread with a personal, aching core"

Outcast follows Kyle Barnes, a young man who has been plagued by possession-like episodes since childhood, as he teams up with a local reverend to investigate a wave of demonic possessions creeping through their small town. From the creator of The Walking Dead comic, this is a slow-burn horror drama, heavy on dread and atmosphere rather than jump scares. It leans into small-town gothic gloom, family trauma, and mystery over action. The pace is deliberate, the tone relentlessly bleak, and the show rewards patience with a creeping sense of unease rather than quick payoffs.

Watch it for

the slow-building atmosphere of dread and a genuinely unsettling take on possession horror.

Maybe skip if

you want fast-paced scares or a tidy, complete resolution to the story.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Season 12016
7.88K108h 8m
Outcast, based on the Skybound/Image comic title by creator Robert Kirkman and artist Paul Azaceta, follows Kyle Barnes, a young man who has been plagued by demonic possession all his life. Now, with the help of Reverend Anderson, a country preacher with personal demons of his own, Kyle embarks on a journey to find answers to obtain a normal life he has never known. But what Kyle discovers could change his fate — and the fate of the world — forever.
Season 22017
7.63K107h 52m
In second two, the exploration and mystery of what lies behind the supernatural manifestations and why they are drawn to Kyle continues. What Kyle has uncovered along the way could bring the end of life on Earth as we know it. Will he escape his demons and what price will he and those close to him pay?

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Patrick Fugit Kyle Barnes
Philip Glenister Reverend John Anderson, Reverend Anderson
Wrenn Schmidt Megan Holter
Reg E. Cathey Chief Giles
Brent Spiner Sidney
Callie McClincy Holly Holter
Madeleine McGraw Amber Barnes
Melinda McGraw Patricia MacCready
David Denman Mark Holter
Kate Lyn Sheil Allison Barnes

Crew

Robert Kirkman

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