The Devil All The Time
exhaust by Netlflix , The Devil All the Timeis the most - talked - about film of the twelvemonth . critic and audiences are rave about the picture for itsspectacular performances by its ensemble castand its superbly crafted disconsolate and depressing account .
Throughout the film , dissimilar fictitious character are introduce with item-by-item stories . Some characters are cruel and wicked , while other characters are innocent and righteous . Though some characters mostly merit their endings , other character experienced multiple tragedies and suffered devastating fates .
Carl Henderson
Carl ( impersonate by Jason Clarke ) was one of the least liked character inThe Devil All the Time . He was a sequent killer who bask look out young men being make by his married woman . He eventook pictures of his victimsas a item for his execution , which further illustrate his psychopathologic nature .
finally , Carl is fritter and killed by Arvin Russell . His death on screen was one of the satisfying ends to watch , considering Carl ’s long list of crimes and dispicable personality .
Reverend Preston Teagardin
Like Carl , there is nothing reformable about Reverend Preston ( portrayed by Robert Pattinson ) , who is a creepy-crawly and wicked preacher .
Not only did he insult the Russell family in front of all the church member for their poor upbringing , but he also fake many new girls . When Lenora come to him about her gestation with his child , Reverend Preston puts the blame on her and refuses to take obligation , resulting in her suicide . Like Carl , his death was a satisfying one for viewers to see on - concealment .
Sheriff Lee Bodecker
Initially , Sheriff Lee ( portrayed by Sebastian Stan ) seemed like any copper doing his job . He respond to Arvin ’s call regarding his father ’s suicide . After realizing that Arvin was now an orphan , he tried to companion and quilt Arvin by sharing his story with his baby .
Roy Laferty
espouse to Helen Hatton Laferty , Roy Laferty ( portrayed by Harry Melling ) had a corrupt mind . However , most of his hallucination occurred from the lead symptom of a spider bite .
He hit his wife in the woods , believing that he could upraise her . However , after total to his senses , he tries to bleed off but live with the guilty conscience of murder his married woman . He eventually becomes a dupe of Sandy and Carl ’s execution spree . He justifies his punishment as a substance from God for his crimes and take God to reckon after his only girl .
Helen Hatton Laferty
Helen Hatton Laferty ( play by Mia Wasikowska ) was a pious cleaning lady splice to Roy Laferty . She was great friends with the Russell kin , especially with Emma Russell . She was also a know female parent to Lenora Laferty .
Unfortunately , she was face with misfortune as she was dig and wipe out by her husband . Her decease make her one of the more tragic deaths in the motion-picture show , reckon she was totally innnocent and did her best to be a bang mother and wife .
Sandy Henderson
As the wife of Carl Henderson , Sandy ( present by Riley Keough ) solve with her husband to murder myriad young man for many years . She was used as a seductive aim to cook their victims before eventually killing them and taking photos during the summons .
However , Sandy is one of those type of someone who got involve with the wrong mass . She realized what she was doing with her victims was faulty and tried to get out from Carl . She even had a torpedo to guard herself against Carl if that time ever came . Not only was she one of the more complex characters , but her life choices and her defect only depict how lilliputian control she had in her abusive living , leave viewer to somehow feel sympathetic towards her .
Charlotte Russell
Charlotte ( portrayed by Haley Bennett ) was one of the kindest characters inThe Devil All the Time . She was first seen giving out food to a inadequate person , which catch the attention of Will Russell . She finally tie him and had a Word , Arvin .
With Will , Charlotte plan on saving money for a newfangled house as she desire great thing for her family ’s future . alas , Charlotte deal with an unexpected turn in her liveliness when she was diagnose with genus Cancer . Her fateful illnessbroke Will . Considering she never did anything bad and was thoroughly - natured , her death comes out as one of the saddest and unluckiest catastrophe in the Russell family .
Will Russell
Will Russell ( portrayed by Bill Skarsgård ) live through too much devastation in his lifespan , which made him one of the more tragic characters in the film . Before return to Ohio , Will fought in WWII , where he shot a savage man to end his hurt . The image of the hurt homo becomes a memory for Will to recall for the eternal rest of his life .
Though he fall to Ohio with a make love wife and a son , his life turn upside down the present moment his wife becomes diagnosed with genus Cancer . He does everything to save to his wife , including sempiternal supplication and killing their family dog as a sacrifice . Unfortunately , his wife dies , allow Will heartbroken . He is so devasted that he ends his lifetime , to bestow another disaster to the Russell home .
Lenora Laferty
Lenora ( depict by Eliza Scanlen ) was struck with horrible destiny since she was a babe . Like Arvin , she too became an orphan after her parent ’s deaths . Because Lenora had no one else to enkindle her , Emma Russell follow her as her daughter .
During her teenage years , Lenora had the same spiritual bringing up as her mother and Emma . She dealt with bullying and molestation from schoolboys , which demand Arvin to ill-treat in and save her . She even visited her mother ’s grave accent and shared that she forgave her father for her mother ’s destruction . Despite being one of the unadulterated and most guiltless characters , she was sexually assaulted by Reverend Preston and became pregnant . deplorably , her misstep on the bucket extend to her expiry . consider all the frightful things that happen to her , Lenora has one of the most tragical stories in the flick , and viewers agree that she merit better .
Emma Russell
Even though Emma Russell ( portrayed by Kristin Griffith ) was a supporting character , she suffered too many catastrophe throughout her sprightliness . Though she is awake by the death of the pic , most of her phratry is hold up . She lose a Logos , a daughter - in - law , and her adopted girl . She was publicly chagrin by Reverend Preston for her low economical position .
She also can no longer see her grandson since he is fleeing the law for killing Reverend Preston . Emma was consider to be one of the sweetest and caring characters in the cinema , yet she suffers the most pain in the neck , as she loses everyone in her folk .
