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Bitter Daisies: A Civil Guard detective, Rosa (Maria Mera) arrives in a small town in Galicia to investigate the disappearance of teen girl. It's one of those towns where everyone has a secret but underneath all of this far darker secrets are kept hidden. Even Rosa has her own secrets. Gradually the detective discovers links between the missing girl and possible murders. The girl had been blackmailing local men and she might have picked on the wrong person to cross. There is a Satanic Worship subplot and the series grows darker as the narrative unfolds. Some violent scenes but the real horror here is psychological as the nature of the secrets is revealed. Showrunner is Miguel Conde. On Netflix, six episodes of approximately 70 minutes each. Second season coning in April 2021. 8/10.
It sounds a lot like Man Bites Dog going by your review? ..I Blame Society: Filmmaker Gillian Wallace Horvat plays a crazed version of herself who gets fed up with scripts being rejected and studio double-dealing. She decides to use her skills to kil off all the hypocritical and annoying people she knows. Things get a bit Meta as she's making a faux-documentary about how good she would be as a serial killer. Some very dark scenes, you know this is black comedy and satire but it still cuts to the bone. Quite literally as she makes her murders look like suicide. She even dresses rooms as murder scenes as she breaks into homes. The chuckle may well die in your throats at times but this is well worth watching, Directed/Written by Gillian Wallace Horvat. 8/10.
Streaming (free) at https://www.channel4.com/programmes/i-blame-society until 15 May 2022.
It sounds a lot like Man Bites Dog going by your review? ..
Make sure you get through the first episode, as it seems a little cliched, but once it's into its stride it turns out to be nicely done and well acted. The ex FSB colleague is quite the standout in first series.Bordertown: Nordic Noir. A detective moves from the National Bureau of Investigation in Helsinki to a border town so that he can spend more time with his family. Things don't work out that way, the town is riddled with corruption in local development projects. There are also cross border Russian conspiracies and sex trafficking. His daughter and the daughter of his ex-FSB colleague get caught up in their cases. Oh, serial killers abound as well. A very dark series. Three seasons and a film on Netflix. 9/10.
Make sure you get through the first episode, as it seems a little cliched, but once it's into its stride it turns out to be nicely done and well acted. The ex FSB colleague is quite the standout in first series.
Great. Another realistic concern that I hadn't thought of.The killer drives around in his sinister black car, looking for single female drivers. He then causes a minor accident (hence the title) in order to exchange details with the woman, who will then be stalked and become his next victim.
Bored with serial killer TV tbh, I've stopped watching it.
Me too, I'm ready to try it out myself now.Bored with serial killer TV tbh, I've stopped watching it.
An interview with Lauren Beukes about her book The Shining Girls, it's TV adaptation and True Crime.
For decades, crime and punishment have been mainstays on our television screens. From long-running procedurals like Law & Order to the more recent boom of true crime movies and documentaries, viewers can’t get enough of sick, twisted crimes, and the sick, twisted individuals who commit them. But just what does our appetite for these gruesome stories say about us? When did killers become anti-heroes to root for, and how did brutal violence become entertainment? Author Lauren Beukes has a few hunches.
Beukes is the award-winning writer of seven books, including The Shining Girls, now launching on Apple TV+ as an incisive adaptation starring Elisabeth Moss. The Shining Girls is the story of Kirby Mazrachi (Moss), a research assistant at the Chicago Sun-Times suffering the aftershocks of a brutal attack that’s left her permanently scarred, both physically and psychologically. With her assailant still at large, Kirby suspects that her attack was not an isolated event; she then teams up with Dan (Wagner Moura), a reporter with demons of his own, to connect the dots between dozens of unsolved crimes. Their investigation reveals multiple women murdered, over multiple decades, by an untraceable man named Harper, whose brutal efficiency defies logic. There’s just one problem: in a stroke of genius added for the television adaptation, Kirby is struggling to maintain her grip on reality.
Beukes published The Shining Girls in 2013, shortly before Serial catalyzed the true crime boom in 2014; ever since, she’s continued writing outstanding crime fiction, and continued to think about how it reflects and creates our culture. Before the show’s premiere, she Zoomed with Esquire from her home in London. This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Esquire: To what degree were you involved with the series?
Lauren Beukes: I had long chats with Silka Luisa, the show-runner. We had some conversations about the characters’ motivations, and I shared a lot of my research with her. It was so fun going back through those old files about everything from the Cubs stadium to the Chicago Sun Times journalists I interviewed. When I did my research trip back in 2012, I took a lot of photographs on my phone. Watching the show, some of those photographs became locations for the shoot....
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a39848980/lauren-beukes-shining-girls-interview/
Good Morning, Veronica: Veronica witnesses a woman's suicide in her homicide unit and what starts off as an investigation into a conman who drugs and robs women soon takes a grimmer turn. A serial killer is also at work. Noir isn't a dark enough word to describe this Brazilian drama which is replete with disturbing scenes of violence, torture and murder. A tale of conspiracy and police/political corruption stretching back for generations unfolds. Not for the squeamish or faint of heart. Created by Raphael Montes who wrote the novel it's based on. Eight episodes, on Netflix. 8/10.
Have you seen Evan Peters? He always has a scary intensity about him. I think it's his eyes. He would do a good Dahmer. I do like Evan Peters works.Bone-Chilling Version of ‘Dahmer’ in Netflix’s New Trailer
Evan Peters is the latest actor to take on the role of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and, as expected, his performance looks quite chilling.
Netflix released the first trailer on Friday for Ryan Murphy’s latest series, “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” In it, Peters’ version of Dahmer is determined to make sure his neighbors don’t find out about his nefarious activities.
The video opens with Dahmer bringing a man back to his apartment, who immediately complains about the smell emanating from the room. Behind him, Dahmer locks the door and closes in on the man and, while his murder isn’t shown, it’s heavily implied.
https://www.thewrap.com/evan-peters-jeffrey-dahmer-ryan-murphy-netflix-series-trailer/
maximus otter
Bone-Chilling Version of ‘Dahmer’ in Netflix’s New Trailer
Evan Peters is the latest actor to take on the role of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and, as expected, his performance looks quite chilling.
Netflix released the first trailer on Friday for Ryan Murphy’s latest series, “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” In it, Peters’ version of Dahmer is determined to make sure his neighbors don’t find out about his nefarious activities.
The video opens with Dahmer bringing a man back to his apartment, who immediately complains about the smell emanating from the room. Behind him, Dahmer locks the door and closes in on the man and, while his murder isn’t shown, it’s heavily implied.
https://www.thewrap.com/evan-peters-jeffrey-dahmer-ryan-murphy-netflix-series-trailer/
maximus otter
I found the portrayal of the parents odd. Never have I ever seen anything written nor reported at the time that as I recall reflected negatively of them. Other than they had a bitter divorce. If you see some of Dahmer's actual interviews, he mentions nothing about his parents other than they did nothing to influence his behaviour.I felt the Dahmer drama with Evan Peters was good. There was one change/embellishment to the story, which I felt was unnecessary given how horrific the actual case was.
The neighbour who tried to get the police to take action/tried to save at least one victim didn't live in the flat next door.
I am sure there were other embellishments I didn't pick up on.
I don't know how true to the victim's characters the portrayals were, or if they were embellished. I did find it interesting to get a perspective of the men's lives and their families/friends.
The actors were very good in this.
One weird detail I would love to know the "truth" of - or was it just an embellishment for dramatic purposes? -
Did Jeffrey Dahmer's mother really have an obsession with UFOs and did she actually go out UFO hunting? Or was this just an embellishment added to support the mental health crisis she was going through?