Their bouts about Paco wanting to keep his image clean and Elena dealing with new horrors, especially the one that opens the entire series, is great and the chemistry between Silvestre and Montaner is a lot of fun. The relationship between Paco and Elena is incredibly fun in the first episode as they sort of lose their minds after discovering the darkness that’s consuming their village. The performances and characters match this great blend of light-hearted fun and dark horror that make them fun to watch. Even the overall premises of the two premiere episodes dealing with familiar premises, like a Ouija board sequence gone wrong and strange birth of an unexpected monster, are incredibly fun with how Iglesia builds up these storylines and introduces these characters. Things like the demons taunting Father Vergara about coins through the TV, a supernatural text conversation, and watching someone create a unique and oddly more horrifying version of cobwebs is actually very fun and adds to the creativity that Iglesia brings with this series. There’s a distinct mix of dark supernatural horror with the demonic presence that threatens to destroy the town if Vergara doesn’t own up to what he apparently owes as well as a goofiness that makes the scares a little more fun. Now, this scenario certainly sounds more like a bit for comedy skit rather than the premise for a dark horror series, but Iglesia makes it work with how he builds the atmosphere, story, and characters. PHOTO: Show SnobĪt least from the first two episodes, it seems like the series mainly focuses on the town’s newly elected mayor Paco (Miguel Angel Silvestre) and Elena (Megan Montaner), a local veterinarian with a bad reputation in the town, trying to understand what the hell is happening in their small town. The series is filled with plenty of dark secrets as well as some light horror fun. However, the coins and Father Vergara’s secrets are really just a small slice of what 30 Coins offers as the series focuses more on the horrors that are brought onto the village. It’s not a surprise that the answers aren’t clear yet since it’s just the first two episodes, but there’s no real direction with it yet so it’s hard to figure out the role it exactly plays. They definitely have some type of connection to Father Vergara (Eduard Fernandez), a former exorcist that’s been exiled by the church that’s recently arrived in a remote village in Spain, and the demons that haunt him and the village, but it’s far from clear. Obviously, based on the opening credits sequence, the coins are likely tied to the pieces of silver given to Judas in order to betray Jesus, but it’s not fully clear the power or connection they have in what we’re seeing in the series. Don’t get me wrong, the story is still in its infantile stages with how these strange silver coins connect to the overall story. Going into 30 Coins pretty blind to what the series exactly was but being intrigued by all of the great buzz about the series, it was surprising to see how relatively straightforward the series is. Kicking the new year off on a more chilling and terrifying note, HBO brings the latest collaboration from director Alex de la Iglesia and HBO Europe, 30 Coins, to the US to introduce viewers to a unique blend of supernatural horrors. JanuLeave a Comment *This Review Contains Full Spoilers*
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