HBO Europe! It's a thing. I didn't know it even existed. Well it does and in 2020 they released a show entitled, "30 Coins." If you are okay with subtitles, keep reading. What's it all about? It's kind of like if you crossed "The X-Files" with "The Exorcist" as if it was made by the love child of Robert Rodriguez and Matthew Barney - it has a bullets-dipped-in-holy-water "From Dusk Till Dawn" sensibility. It's bananas. It's about a Priest, Padre Vergara (Eduard Fernández) who has come to a small Spanish village to be the town's man of God. He is an exorcist with a troubled past and that trouble has followed him to the town. The town mayor's, Paco (Miguel Ángel Silvestre) has a thing for the town's veterinarian, Elena (Megan Montaner) and together they Mulder-and-Scully the bizarre events which happen inside their little village. The bigger story line is about the thirty pieces of silver, the 30 coins, Judas received for betraying Jesus. There are dark forces at work who want these coins as they wield great demonic power! At times the show's imagery is gory as a "Saw" film - a wall of fly covered pig heads! It's exciting, bizarre, thrilling, and even contains the melodrama of a soap opera. I LOVED IT! This show is one of the wildest things on TV. Go check it out on HBO/CRAVE. If you don't fall in love in the first seven minutes of the first episode, well then you can stop watching.
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