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By day, he's a crime consultant. By night, he's the Devil. Loosely based on the DC Comics character of the same name, Lucifer took both network and streaming by storm with its anti-hero, Lucifer Morningstar (Tom Ellis). True to his biblical origins, Lucifer is tasked with punishing the morally corrupt for eternity. However, he grows tired of working for God — and of being barred from Heaven. Like the rebel he is, he packs his bags and heads to Earth in search of freedom. Of course, it's not that simple, and his story spirals out into six dramatic seasons, but what happened behind the scenes is somehow even more dramatic. Lucifer nearly faced cancellation during the show's major climaxes, only to be saved by divine intervention, a.k.a. the show's devoted fans.
What Is 'Lucifer' About?
Serving as a more urban fantasy–leaning take on the original DC Comics character, Lucifer follows Lucifer Morningstar, who is furious after being cast out of Heaven by God and condemned to punish sinners forever. Determined to rebel against his father, the Devil packs his bags and builds a new life in the City of Angels: Los Angeles. When he’s not busy bringing women back to his flashy penthouse or drinking copious amounts of alcohol, he runs his exclusive nightclub, Lux. However, everything changes when someone is shot outside his club, leading him to cross paths with Detective Chloe Decker (Lauren German).
Collider Exclusive · Horror Survival Quiz Which Horror Villain Do You Have the Best Chance of Surviving? Jason Voorhees · Michael Myers · Freddy Krueger · Pennywise · Chucky
Five killers. Five completely different ways to die — if you're not smart enough, fast enough, or self-aware enough to avoid it. Only one of them is the villain your particular set of instincts gives you a fighting chance against. Eight questions will figure out which one.
🏕️Jason
🔪Michael
💤Freddy
🎈Pennywise
🪆Chucky
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01
Something feels wrong. You can't explain it — you just know. What do you do? First instincts are the difference between the survivor and the first act casualty.
ALeave immediately. I don't need to understand a threat to respect it. BStay quiet and observe. If I can see it, I can understand it. If I can understand it, I can avoid it. CStay awake. Whatever this is, I am not going to sleep until I feel safe again. DConfront it directly. Fear grows in the dark — I'd rather know what I'm dealing with. ECheck everything, trust nothing. The threat might be closer than I think — and smaller.
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02
Where are you most likely to find yourself when things go wrong? Setting is everything in horror. Where you are determines which rules apply.
ASomewhere remote — a cabin, a campsite, off the grid and away from people. BA quiet suburban neighbourhood where nothing ever happens. Except tonight. CIn my own head — the most dangerous place of all, depending on what's already in there. DWherever children are — because something about this place attracts the worst things. ESomewhere ordinary — a house, a toy store, a place where the last thing you'd expect is a threat.
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03
What is your most reliable survival asset? Every survivor has a quality the villain didn't account for. What's yours?
APhysical fitness — I can run, I can swim, I can outlast something that relies on brute persistence. BSpatial awareness — I always know the exits, the hiding spots, the fastest route out. CPsychological resilience — I've faced my worst fears before. They don't have the same power over me. DEmotional steadiness — I don't panic. Panic is what gets you caught. EScepticism — I don't underestimate threats because of how they look. Size is irrelevant.
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04
What kind of fear is hardest for you to fight through? Knowing your weakness is the first step to not dying because of it.
AThe unstoppable — something that will not stop, cannot be reasoned with, and is always getting closer. BThe invisible — a threat I can feel but can't locate, watching from somewhere I can't see. CThe psychological — something that uses my own mind and memories against me. DThe unknowable — something ancient, shapeless, that feeds on the fear itself. EThe mundane — a threat so ordinary-looking that no one will believe me until it's too late.
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05
You're with a group when things start going wrong. What's your role? Horror movies are brutally clear about who survives group situations and who doesn't.
AThe one who says "we need to leave" first — and means it, even when no one listens. BThe one who stays quiet, watches the others, and figures out the pattern before anyone else does. CThe one who holds the group together when panic sets in — because someone has to. DThe one who asks the questions nobody wants to ask — because ignoring them gets people killed. EThe one who takes the threat seriously when everyone else is laughing it off.
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06
What's the horror movie mistake you're most likely to make? Honest self-assessment is a survival skill. Denial is not.
AGoing back for someone — I know I shouldn't, but I can't leave them behind. BAssuming I'm safe once I've found a hiding spot. That's when it finds me. CFalling asleep when I absolutely cannot afford to. Exhaustion is its own enemy. DLetting my curiosity override my instincts — I always need to understand what I'm dealing with. EDismissing the threat because of how it looks. That's exactly what it wants.
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07
What's your best weapon against something that can't be stopped by conventional means? Every horror villain has a weakness. The survivors are always the ones who find it.
AThe environment itself — I use the terrain, the water, the geography against it. BPatience — I wait, I watch, and I strike at the one moment it doesn't expect. CLucidity — if I can stay in control of my own mind, it loses its primary weapon. DCourage — facing it directly, refusing to run, taking away the fear it feeds on. EImprovisation — I use whatever's at hand, however unconventional. Creativity over brute force.
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08
It's the final scene. You're the last one standing. How did you make it? The final survivor always has a reason. What's yours?
AI kept moving. I never stopped, never hid for too long, never let it corner me. BI figured out the pattern before anyone else did — and I used it against the thing following it. CI stayed awake, stayed lucid, and refused to give it the one thing it needed most. DI stopped being afraid of it. And the moment I did, everything changed. EI took it seriously from the start — and I never once made the mistake of underestimating it.
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Your Survival Odds Have Been Calculated Your Best Chance Is Against…
Your instincts, your strengths, and your particular way of thinking under pressure point to one villain you actually have a fighting chance against. Everyone else — good luck.
Jason Voorhees
Jason is relentless, but he is also predictable — and that is the gap you would exploit.
- He moves in straight lines toward his target. He doesn't strategise, doesn't adapt, doesn't outsmart. He simply pursues.
- Your ability to keep moving, use the environment, and resist the panic that freezes most victims gives you a genuine edge.
- The Crystal Lake survivors were always the ones who stopped running in circles and started thinking about terrain, water, and distance.
- You think like that. Which means Jason, for all his indestructibility, would face someone who simply refused to be where he expected.
Michael Myers
Michael watches before he moves. He is patient, methodical, and almost impossible to detect — until it's too late for anyone who isn't paying close enough attention.
- But you are paying attention. You notice the shape in the window, the car parked slightly wrong, the silence where there should be sound.
- Michael's power lies in the invisibility of ordinary suburbia — the fact that nothing ever looks wrong until it already is.
- Your spatial awareness and instinct to map every room, every exit, and every shadow before you need them is precisely the quality Laurie Strode had.
- You are not a victim waiting to happen. You are someone who already suspects something is wrong — and acts on it.
Freddy Krueger
Freddy wins by getting inside your head — using your own fears, your own memories, your own subconscious as weapons against you. That strategy requires a target who can be destabilised.
- You are harder to destabilise than most. You've faced uncomfortable truths about yourself and you haven't looked away.
- The survivors on Elm Street were always the ones who understood what was happening and chose to face it rather than flee from it.
- Freddy's greatest weakness is that his power evaporates in the presence of someone who refuses to give him the fear he feeds on.
- Your psychological resilience — the ability to stay grounded when reality itself becomes unreliable — is exactly the quality that keeps you alive here.
Pennywise
Pennywise is ancient, shapeshifting, and feeds on terror — but it has one critical vulnerability: it cannot function against someone who genuinely stops being afraid of it.
- The Losers Club didn't survive because they were braver than everyone else. They survived because they faced their fears together, and faced them honestly.
- You ask the questions others avoid. You look directly at what frightens you rather than turning away.
- That directness — the refusal to let fear fester in the dark — is Pennywise's worst nightmare.
- It chose the wrong target when it chose you. You are exactly the kind of person whose fear tastes like nothing at all.
Chucky
Chucky's greatest advantage is that nobody takes him seriously until it's already too late. He exploits the gap between how something looks and what it actually is.
- You don't have that gap. You take threats seriously regardless of how they present — and you never make the mistake of underestimating something because of its size or appearance.
- Chucky relies on surprise, on the delay between recognition and response. You close that delay faster than almost anyone.
- Your instinct to treat every unfamiliar thing with appropriate scepticism — rather than dismissing it because it seems absurd — is the exact quality that keeps you breathing.
- Against Chucky, not laughing is already winning. You are very good at not laughing.
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After being the first to discover a dead body outside his club — and determined to clear his name — Lucifer accompanies Detective Decker on her investigation. What she doesn't realize is that he possesses powers that can expedite her work. Although Lucifer is ultimately proven innocent, the experience gives him a new sense of purpose on Earth: becoming a crime consultant. Decker is understandably hesitant to have someone like him on the team, but Lucifer quickly proves he has a knack for getting to the bottom of cases. Meanwhile, back in Heaven, those watching from the clouds are far from pleased with his new career.
'Lucifer' Puts a Supernatural Spin on the Crime Thriller Genre
Lucifer keeps things both fresh and familiar. Each episode follows a new criminal investigation somewhere in Los Angeles, reminiscent of more recent procedurals like High Potential. Although they make an effective team, Lucifer and Decker are constantly at odds, largely due to Lucifer's immaturity clashing with Decker's sternness. However, for all of Lucifer's unseriousness, the devil proves to be exceptionally skilled at his "crime consulting" job — mainly because his powers allow him to draw out people's deepest desires, something Decker remains completely unaware of. At the same time, his life becomes increasingly complicated as he's persistently hounded by celestial beings in human form, ranging from his angelic brother, Amenadiel (D. B. Woodside), to biblical figures like Cain (Tom Welling) and Eve (Invar Lavi).
However, somewhere around the midpoint of all six seasons of Lucifer, things get incredibly heavy. What initially starts as Lucifer's "passion project" becomes complicated, as eternal forces threaten to take away the life he has built on Earth — and the people he has come to care about. The moment those same forces begin manifesting in murders, putting the civilians of Los Angeles at risk, Lucifer stops messing around. This shift is what makes the show worth watching. In angelic lore, celestial beings are emotionally detached and objective towards mortals. Yet in the series, the Devil himself proves to be, ironically, the most human.
Fans Saved 'Lucifer' from Impending Cancellation
Image via Fox/NetflixDespite its strong popularity, Lucifer nearly met an abrupt end in 2018 when Fox cancelled the show following its Season 3 cliffhanger finale. The decision was largely attributed to declining viewership: while Season 1 averaged 7.17 million viewers, Season 3 dropped to around 4.16 million. Co-showrunner Joe Henderson said the cancellation came as a complete surprise, especially since the finale was intentionally written as a cliffhanger under the assumption the network wouldn't pull the plug. Notably, Lucifer was cancelled in the same month as Brooklyn Nine-Nine, another Fox staple.
As the producers process the loss, fans refused to accept it, launching the #SaveLucifer campaign with viral hashtags, petitions, and lobbying efforts aimed at streaming platforms. Fortunately, Netflix stepped in and revived Lucifer for Season 4, eventually carrying it through its series finale in Season 6. The save was worth the risk. By the time Lucifer reached the second half of Season 5 on Netflix, it had garnered 1.8 billion viewing minutes. The campaign is a strong example of how accessible social media is for fans to advocate for their favorite shows — especially in today's era, where many series are canceled too quickly to fully grow an audience. More importantly, it proves that Lucifer was simply too good to let go.
Release Date 2016 - 2021
Network FOX, Netflix
Writers Jen Graham Imada, David McMillan
English (US) ·