A fascinating miniseries, which we devour in two (or one) evenings, it’s fine. A miniseries Based on a true story, it’s better. Of all those that Netflix offers, we only kept the ones with a suspense that never stopped keeping us in suspense, until an ending that blew our minds.
The Watcher: the most terrifying and paranoid
Duration: 7 episodes of approximately 45 minutes
You’ve already gone on a binge of watching Dahmerall seasons ofAmerican horror story and even Cheerfulness ? So you retreat a little Ryan Murphy, creator of these essential series. Launching in 2022, this series inspired by true events is a synthesis of suspense and anguish brought by Naomi Watts, Mia Farrow and Jennifer Coolidge.
We follow the familiar nightmare Broaddus who, after moving into their dream house, find themselves trapped in “The Watcher”. This mysterious individual announces to them by letter that he observe constantlyas he did with all the people who live in this cursed house.
The series is all the more worrying because the real culprit was never caught and continues to terrorize the United States…
Mindhunter: the most psychological and morbid
Duration: 10 episodes of approximately 45 minutes
This is a must-see series for fans of criminal psychology. Signed by David Fincher, the series explores the world of profiling of serial killers within the FBI in the 1970s.
Based on true events, the series follows agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench, as well as psychologist Wendy Carr, as they interview incarcerated criminals to understand their behavior and motivations. The aim of their morbid investigation is to understand the psychological functioning of the murderers anticipate crimes.
Captive: the most cloudy and breathless
Duration: 6 episodes of approximately 45 minutes
Besides being a feminist, Prisoner is considered one of the best miniseries on Netflix of any genre. Nothing surprising when we know that the series is adapted from a work by author Margaret Atwood, to whom we owe in particular The Handmaid’s Tale. Essential writer in the field of environments deliciously sinister and thrillingAtwood published Alias Gracea psychological novel based on a true story, in 1996.
In 1843, Grace Marks, a young Irish immigrant working as a maid in Canada, was recognized guilty of killing his employers, Thomas Kinnear and Nancy Montgomery. Fifteen years after her conviction, Dr. Simon Jordan tries to understand her actions by conducting a series of interviews with her, which immerse the viewer in a series of flashback. But one element does not help the doctor: Grace has no memory of the murders. THE end of the series is one of the most popular among viewers on Netflix. In short, you won’t see the 6 episodes go by.
In their eyes: the most touching and political
Duration: 4 episodes of approximately 70 minutes
Alone four episodes, this miniseries which received 4.9 out of 5 stars on Google traces one of the emblematic cases of systemic racism in the United States. In New York, in 1989, a white woman is left for dead after being raped in Central Park. The police immediately charged 5 young black and Hispanic men present near the scene of the attack. The rules governing an investigation are completely violated and the young people are arrested, without a lawyer, without DNA, without testimonies and in the absence of their parents. They received 6 to 13 years in prison…until the truth came out years later. Expect to be stunned by the absurdity of an American justice system riddled with racism. But also to be touched by the broken and very real fate of this woman and these young people.
Incredible: the most exciting and feminist
Duration: 8 episodes of approximately 45 minutes
Another series as revolting as it is shocking, with a dizzying score on the rating platforms. On Google, incredible gets 4.9 out of 5 stars. Here we follow the true story and terrible of Marie Adler (a pseudonym in the series), a young woman who is the victim of rape in her apartment. Marie calls the police. She didn’t suspect that they would question her word given the absence of traces left by the attacker at the crime scene. One thing led to another and the police put pressure on the victim until she withdrew the complaint. From that moment on, the reaction will be violent and everyone around Marie, from her friends to her family to her colleagues, will reject her. But the series doesn’t stop there, and takes the form of a hunt that lasts several years…
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Source: Madmoizelle
Mary Crossley is an author at “The Fashion Vibes”. She is a seasoned journalist who is dedicated to delivering the latest news to her readers. With a keen sense of what’s important, Mary covers a wide range of topics, from politics to lifestyle and everything in between.
