Brimstone
Some men will go to hell and back in the name of justice
Created by Cyrus Voris, Ethan Reiff
On FOX
A dark supernatural procedural about a dead detective hunting escaped demons, balancing episodic manhunts with existential questions about redemption and damnation.
Brimstone is a short-lived Fox television series, featuring a dead police detective whose mission is to return to Hell 113 spirits who have escaped to Earth. The series ran for only one partial season. Since cancellation, Brimstone reruns have aired on Syfy in the United States from the summer of 1999 onward. The reruns have no set schedule, but are usually aired in marathons during the channel's seasonal events like "Creatureland", "Inhumanland" and "the 31 Days of Halloween". Chiller also began airing reruns, on July 28, 2007. It currently airs in sporadic weekday marathons, like Syfy, and has no set airing schedule.
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Questions people ask
Is Brimstone scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of series.
Is Brimstone sad? Yes. More sad than 79% of series.
Is Brimstone easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 75% of series.
Is Brimstone violent? Somewhat. More violent than 71% of series.
Does Brimstone leave you hopeful? Not especially. Less hopeful than 63% of series.
These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Distinctly its own thing.
How unlike any other series this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like Brimstone
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Brimstone
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Brimstone, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Brimstone, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Brimstone, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
