Note: This story contains spoilers for “The Bondsman” episode 1

Kevin Bacon has played a lot of iconic characters over the course of his career, from Ren McCormack in “Footloose” to Val McKee in “Tremors.” But the chance to step into the shoes of the “badass” undead bounty hunter Hub Halloran in Prime Video’s “The Bondsman” was an opportunity that the actor says immediately piqued his interest.

“You add to that the tone of the show, which is just not something that I’d seen on TV with demon hunting and certainly has a sense of humor about itself. And then you add to that the music and the Appalachian world with a southern gothic overtone. There was a lot of cool s–t thrown into there that I responded to,” he told TheWrap.

Showrunner Erik Oleson said the show’s unique mash-up of genres of horror, family dramedy and...