Doommates

Doommates is an American adult animated television series that premiered on Vision's Sundown block on March 20, 2021. Created by Ralf Hat and set in the same universe as The Spooks, Doommates follows the unusual disturbances at a psychiatric asylum housing cursed individuals. The series has been conceived as much more comedic-driven than its predecessor series, while still clinging onto elements of horror with psychological undertones.

The series is produced by Dark Icon as well as Sundown Entertainment, and received positive reviews upon its debut. It was renewed for a second season following an hour-long special for Fall 2021.

Premise
Mallory Reyes is a troubled young woman who has been, for all her life, cursed with psychic powers that unwillingly manifest bad omens and brings forth devastation and tragedy to all those around her. After causing yet another catastrophe, she finds herself admitted to Tourniquet Psychiatric Facility in Tourniquet District, Pennsylvania, a sanctuary for hexed individuals across the world as they learn how to properly manage their curses in their daily lives. As Mallory interacts with the abnormal patients and staff who build up this community, she slowly gets intertwined in absurd superstitious escapades, while also seeking to uncover the mysteries behind her malevolent gifts, how to control them, and where they originated from.

Main characters

 * Mallory Reyes: (Paget Brewster) An escaped neurotic mental patient who possess psychic and visionary abilities from a curse brought onto her during childhood.
 * Alison: (Maurice LaMarche) A psychopathic serial killer who was cursed into having his soul trapped in a doll following a suicide pact gone wrong.
 * Reagan: (Tawny Newsome) A girl from Brooklyn cursed with immortality. Whenever she is killed, she reforms as a copy with full memory.
 * Donovan: (Julio Macias) A Brazilian ex-cultist who was raised by doomsday-cult members and cursed with pyrokinesis.
 * Jean-Paul: A mute circus performer cursed with reality warping, imaginary abilities with oftentimes fatal consequences whenever used.
 * “Bloody” Mary: (Daveigh Chase) A vain vampire girl cursed with bleeding from her eyes and pores whenever overemotional.

Faculty and staff

 * Governess Headmistress Countess: (Jane Lynch)
 * Reverend Riley: (Dana Snyder) A Catholic priest who works as a resident assistant and religious missionary at the sanctuary. He is a member of the Brotherhood of Providence, a splinter foundation from the Vatican that specializes in paranormal studies, who co-fund the facility.
 * Sister Melanie & Sister Emily: (Wanda Sykes and Aisha Tyler)
 * Mr. Jackman & Righty: (Walton Goggins) A librarian with knowledge in "curse history".
 * Ms. Pauline: (Eva Longoria) The leading counselor in the sanctuary who was originally cursed with extreme sex appeal, that causes any person who gazes upon her to lust over her to the point of obsession.
 * Mr. Abdul: (Phil LaMarr) A health advisor cursed with an incurable plague which can rot anything he touches.
 * Mr. Franz: (Jess Harnell) An educator in the "fine arts"
 * Dr. Stormmerfeld: (Richard Horvitz)
 * Bertrum: A near-blind groundskeeper.

Supporting attendants

 * “Bloody” Audrey & Beatrice: Conjoined twin sisters; the younger sisters of Mary and the youngest of daughters of the Countess. The two are both musically talented, as Audrey is a violinist while Beatrice plays the cello.
 * Keiko: (Lana Condor) Introverted Japanese model cursed with long, uncontrollable prehensile hair which reacts out of blind aggression and can strangle anyone in the way. She is forced to keep it brushed and untangled to ease it down.
 * Jimmy: (Jeff Bennett) A quite talkative country boy from the heartland of Tennessee, who was cursed with the ability to spit spiders from his mouth.
 * Raj: (Maulik Pancholy) A former Indian soccer player who was cursed to reincarnate into a random organisms whether they be different people, other animals, or even plants.
 * Lars: A pre-teen boy from Toronto whose face is wrapped up in sheets to hide his deformed, hideous face which can drive anyone insane upon sight of it.
 * Snežana: (Ona Grauer) A severely malnourished Ukrainian girl cursed with a discontent hunger.

Other characters

 * Jedediah: (Christian Potenza) A local junkie who lives in a van outside the property. He believes himself to be supernaturally gifted, but is obviously just having delusions due to his frequent drug consumption.
 * Voice of The Phantom of The Forbidden Trail of No Return: (Michael Dorn) A spirit who dwells in a uncanny trail leading deep into the forest behind the facility, that will usually attempt to lure in victims, though almost always fails in doing so. Its antics will often be shown during the end credits of each episode.

Critical reception
While the first couple episodes initially garnered mixed reviews, the rest of the season would later receive a mostly favorable reception. John Doe of The A.V Club jokingly described the series as "The X-Men and H.P. Lovecraft's eldritch abomination of a lovechild", comparing the series to Hat's previous series The Spooks and Kitchen, while praising its focus on a new direction with a surreal, psychological thriller and serial approach.