Sam Oliver’s parents sold his soul to the Devil when he was a baby, and now – on Sam’s 21st birthday – the Devil (Ray Wise) is back to make his claim, which is that Sam (Brett Harrison) should reap souls for him.
But not just any souls. The Prince of Darkness wants only the souls of people who have escaped from his clutches in hell – demons and monsters and killers and evildoers of all persuasions.
Every time Sam sets out on a mission, he takes a specially tailored “vessel” with him. This might be a toaster or a plastic toy, a horn or a plastic gun, but in each case it can harvest the soul.
Aiding and abetting Sam are his friends, stoner “Sock” (Tyler Labine), tech-minded Ben (Rick Gonzales), and Sam’s major love, Andi (Missy Peregrym).
Together, they help to reap the souls and thus keep Sam from the Devil’s clutches.
Other characters include Josie (Valarie Rae Miller), Sock’s ex-girlfriend and a clerk in the town’s courthouse, and Ted (Donavon Stinson), the assistant store manager at the Work Bench and the bane of Sam’s terrestrial existence.
Meanwhile, Sam’s nuclear family includes his father (Andrew Airlie), skittish mother (Allison Hossack) and younger brother Kyle (Kyle Switzer).
The interplay between Sam and the Devil as the former tries to get out of the contract that his parents sold him into is unfailingly witty and engaging.
Sam Oliver
Bret Harrison Bert ‘Sock’ Wysocki
Tyler Labine Ben Gonzalez
Rick Gonzalez Andi Prendergast
Missy Peregrym The Devil
Ray Wise Mr Oliver
Andrew Airlie Mrs Oliver
Allison Hossack Ted Gallagher
Donavon Stinson Josie
Valarie Rae Miller Kyle Oliver
Kyle Switzer Gladys (DMV Demon)
Christine Willes
Every time Sam sets out on a mission, he takes a specially tailored “vessel” with him. This might be a toaster or a plastic toy, a horn or a plastic gun, but in each case it can harvest the soul.
