A comedy series that has aspects of horror and gore. It sounds like something I definitely would be interested in, and I was thrilled that it exists when I found out about it but then I watched a few episodes and was very disappointed.
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I'll be honest about this, one of the main reasons that I don't like this show is because I've had a chip on my shoulder with Drew Barrymore since E.T. and Firestarter- since those were the last films that she was in that her acting didn't annoy me slightly. Do you ever have that happen to you? There is a celebrated actor out there that everyone seems to love but for some reason you just dont? Well that's me with Drew Barrymore.
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The story behind Santa Clarita Diet is that Sheila Hammond (Barrymore) starts feeling really ill one day and then vomits a huge amount and briefly dies from a sickness. She comes back to but is no longer human and and craves raw meat - this eventually turns into her eating people in a truly gory fashion.
The entire story is told in a whimsical almost "Desperate Housewives" type way (they may have used the same set, because it certainly looks like they did) in that it is meant to be a comedy first, a drama second, and just to mix things up a bit of horror mixed in there as well.
A much younger Billy Bob Thornton, i mean Timothy Olyphant plays the husband role of Joel, who is not an undead cannibal like his wife but helps her out because he loves her and I feel as though their on-screen chemistry isn't really there. If someone out there likes this show I hope you don't take it personally but for me this show is a dud and I am surprised that it has made it 2 seasons (greenlighted for 3) already. I am bored of the premise after just 3 episodes and am putting on the brakes now.