Prime Video recently released first-look images of the Kevin Bacon-led series from Blumhouse Television, The Bondsman. The eight-part thriller will premiere on April 3 on Prime Video. The series follows the story of a man sent back from the dead to do the devil's bidding. Not quite the undead fans of The Walking Dead are used to, but Bacon tells Vanity Fair the series "is very violent and has a lot of blood and scares, but it also has some tongue-in-cheek aspects," which is sure to appeal to many fans of TWD.
Created by Grainger David, The Bondsman features Bacon as Hal Halloran, who, after his death, is resurrected by the devil to hunt and capture the demons who have escaped from Hell. In his second chance at life, Hal contemplates the sins that caused his soul to be condemned and, with the help of his estranged family, who can also be a hindrance, hunts down the devil's missing demons. Hal doesn't plan on wasting his second chance at life, love, and country music.
Erik Oleson serves as showrunner and executive producer with Jason Blum, Jeremy Gold, Chris Dickie, and Chris McCumber for Blumhouse Television, Kevin Bacon, Paul E. Shapiro, and series creator Grainger David. Erik Holmberg serves as co-executive producer.
Bacon stars with Jennifer Nettles (The RighteousGemstones, The Exorcist) as his ex-wife Maryanne. His mother, Kitty, is played by Beth Grant (No Country for Old Men, Donnie Darko). They are joined by Damon Herriman (Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, Justified), Maxwell Jenkins (Arcadian, Lost in Space), and Jolene Purdy (The White Lotus, Orange is the New Black).
Don't miss Kevin Bacon in the Prime Videos series The Bondsman in April 3. All eight episodes will be release simultaneously.
Kevin Bacon - other horror roles
Bacon is no stranger to horror and thrillers, in fact one his first roles was in Friday the 13th (1980). He portray a guy named Jack who, according to horror movie rules, had sex and then lit a joint so he had to die.
He is well known for the 1990 dark comedy horror, Tremors, where he fights off underground creatures with Fred Ward and Finn Carter. He starred with Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt, in the psychological horror Flatliners, which follows a group of med students who experiment with near death.
Bacon is also known for his roles in Stir of Echoes, Hollow Man, Mystic River, Death Sentence, The Following, and more.
More recently, he starred in You Should Have Left, a supernatural horror with Amanda Seyfried that follows a family who vacation at an isolated home in Wales that gives off strange vibes and other paranormal happenings. In 2022, he portrayed a camp counselor at an LGBTQ+ conversion camp in They/Them, a modern slasher film that finds the campers stalked by a killer.
In Ti West's horror MaXXXine, Bacon portrayed a private investigator. This film continues the story of Maxine Minx, portrayed by Mia Goth, as told in the West's X series of films. This installment finds Maxine in search of fame in 1980s Hollywood. The film also stars Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Lily Collins, and Giancarlo Esposito.
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