First off, RIP Anton Yelchin. It's kind of a shame that you'll be known more as Chekov in the Star Trek reboots than anything else. Not that I'm saying Odd Thomas should be the number one thing he's known for, but he should get recognition for this. It was a fun horror comedy.
Odd Thomas (which is literally his name) has psychic abilities as well as the ability to see ghosts and demon-like entities that thrive on feeding off evil, chaos, and death. After noticing a large group of these demons following "Fungus Bob" around, Odd begins to uncover an insane mass murder plot for the devil. Not that the devil asked for it, but some fake "satanic" stuff gets thrown in and the plan is to do it for Satan and then probably some sort of honor. This sounds really random but it's because I don't want to give too much away. Why? Because you should see it.
I'm not sure how true it is to the Dean Koontz book of the same name as I've never read any Koontz. For some reason, despite him being a contemporary of Stephen King, I never see a Koontz books and think of supernatural thrillers. King's son Joe Hill? Sure. Brian Keene? Yes, Dean Koontz? Idkwtfbbq.
Regardless of the source material and your knowledge of or inexperience with it, Odd Thomas made me think of films like John Dies at the End (which I mention on here a lot) and Shawn of the Dead. I'm not saying it's as good as those films in overall humor, but it's not far off.
I give Odd Thomas 4 unrelated but sweet lizard men images out of 5:
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