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- News24
Devilsdorp
Outside of the gripping content, Devilsdorp is also a master class in building a narrative in documentaries, coupled with a high production value that might even exceed international standards.
- Spling
Devilsdorp: Homegrown homicide
Devilsdorp is a brisk 4 episodes, absolutely packed end-to-end ... It leaves few stones unturned, but cuts frivolous details out of the equation. It's refreshing to see a series of this nature more focused on giving you the facts than on its own polish.
- Pippa Hudson on Cape Talk
On the couch: Devilsdorp, the new true-crime series on Showmax
The story is just so utterly bizarre and has so many twists and turns to it I could not stop watching until I had watched all four of the episodes.
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