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Last night I finished watching the French horror series on Netflix, Marianne. If you're a horror fan, this needs to be on your list to watch as soon as possible. Marianne is an eight episode Netflix series about a horror author who returns home and has to confront the witch from the series she's just finished writing. If you're not French speaker, you'll have to watch this with subtitles (which I did), there is no English dubbing.
The evil of the witch Marianne is unique. While there's a lot of inspirational references in the show, the horror of the show feels like a singular experience in itself, even when you can spot its spiritual successors. I also really liked the framework of the story with it's main character (who I dubbed French Kristen Stewart during the first episode). The books the main character writes are supposed to be YA horror, based on dreams she had as a teenager. She has to confront those dreams when she returns home after finishing the final book in the series.
Our French Kristen Stewart, Emma, is not portrayed as a good person. This isn't some kind of "final girl" scenario. The framework of the horror itself isn't just about dreams, it's about shadows and mirrors and the things waiting right behind your back. This isn't just the ghost of some witch either. This isn't a ghost story. And she's not just some witch. There is some religious imagery at play here, though it comes very late and it's definitely not as strong as you'd expect.
I also really love the horror writer take on the story. I know it's been done before, but it's nice to see a female horror author portrayed. And from the few bits we do get of the novels she wrote, while they're described as YA books, it's clear she never shied away from actual horror in the books either. Neither does the show, it's spooky, gory and bloody.
Can't recommend enough for you horror fans.
Last night I finished watching the French horror series on Netflix, Marianne. If you're a horror fan, this needs to be on your list to watch as soon as possible. Marianne is an eight episode Netflix series about a horror author who returns home and has to confront the witch from the series she's just finished writing. If you're not French speaker, you'll have to watch this with subtitles (which I did), there is no English dubbing.
The evil of the witch Marianne is unique. While there's a lot of inspirational references in the show, the horror of the show feels like a singular experience in itself, even when you can spot its spiritual successors. I also really liked the framework of the story with it's main character (who I dubbed French Kristen Stewart during the first episode). The books the main character writes are supposed to be YA horror, based on dreams she had as a teenager. She has to confront those dreams when she returns home after finishing the final book in the series.
Our French Kristen Stewart, Emma, is not portrayed as a good person. This isn't some kind of "final girl" scenario. The framework of the horror itself isn't just about dreams, it's about shadows and mirrors and the things waiting right behind your back. This isn't just the ghost of some witch either. This isn't a ghost story. And she's not just some witch. There is some religious imagery at play here, though it comes very late and it's definitely not as strong as you'd expect.
I also really love the horror writer take on the story. I know it's been done before, but it's nice to see a female horror author portrayed. And from the few bits we do get of the novels she wrote, while they're described as YA books, it's clear she never shied away from actual horror in the books either. Neither does the show, it's spooky, gory and bloody.
Can't recommend enough for you horror fans.
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Date: 2019-09-26 09:26 pm (UTC)