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Lambs of God, Australian Gothic Series, 4 episodes, featuring Sam Reid! Will try to find this online and do an update here - if you get ahead of me, please ping!

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Show threadBewilderedKat May 25, 2025

Some additional thoughts that include spoilers for #LambsOfGod Don't worry, I'll keep it brief. I could easily write a book on storytelling and it's role in socio-political and spiritual frameworks.

The opening of Episode 1 is absolutely stunning cinematography. The island with the remaining ruins of the castle is gorgeous. There is a spider crawling along a strand of webbing like a zipline, and the transition from landscape to ladyscape is just art and I found it a delightful way to shift gears.

Sam Reid plays Father Ignatius who is ultimately a man invading an otherwise womens-only space. And he certainly acts like a Man™️ right away. Over the course of the series, there is significant character development, and while it is predictable and sort of tropey, it is well executed. Plus you get to see him with his clothes off a bunch. He's also in interview with a vampire and I have quite a lot to say about his portrayal of Lestat. I'm not sure if anyone wants to hear/read it but if you do, please leave a comment and I will happily do so sometime soon.

A warning: There is a scene earlier on where his consent is violated, and the other person involved later on does a consent check having learned that lesson. It might be triggering for some folx.

More warnings: There is plenty of blood in this show, but I wouldn't call it gory, per se. The bits people find gross aren't focused on very much cinematically, but it's there. There's some animal sacrifice and various injuries that involve blood, but definitely less than some other media that's popular.

I love some of the ways common stories are tweaked. The women take turns telling knitting stories often and the stories are usually different from what you may know them as and I find it fascinating. Stories as a way to tell your own stories without being as direct, and stories to highlight important events with a really great twist on lore. One of my favorites is the reframing of sleeping beauty in the last episode.

BewilderedKat May 25, 2025

Yesterday-ish, I watched through the mini-series "Lambs of God" with Essie Davis, Ann Dowd, and Jessica Barden playing three witches (feral nuns). Sam Reid plays a priest who comes to their diapilated castle to assess the property for sale.

I won't say much more of the plot to avoid spoilers, but I'm a big fan of Sam Reid and he did a pretty good job with his character arc. He conveys his emotions and sincerity very effectively which I appreciate. All the main characters have their own set of inner tumult and how they navigate their difficulties unfolds as a pretty engaging set of stories that I can recommend watching. While it's is witchcraft and pagan rituals, the shows plotline will repeatedly tie it into a sort of Catholic system because that's what the church does. The church (IRL) has historically taken over traditional pagan deities and practices as it's own to give more power to their patriarchal system instead of women-centric system of power. Personally I feel they are definitely witches, simply using whatever labels that they need to in order to continue living in their arena of safety.

4.5/5 Overall

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EliJul 22, 2019

#LambsOfGod (Australia) is a #mustwatch gothic tale of horror, mystery, and general epicness.

"The adaptation of #MareleDay’s novel is a gothic, grisly and deliriously compelling view of cynical, contemporary Catholicism. Lambs of God's energy feels like it wafted onto the frame from a potion cooked up a big black cauldron, creating the kind of atmosphere you can feel in the flesh of your temples." - #LukeBuckmaster - The Guardian