The “Unsettling” Netflix Horror Series That Reddit Is Losing Sleep Over
Reddit has rediscovered a disturbing Netflix series that didn’t get enough love during its original run. User u/iCookieJar recently posted on the site because they couldn’t remember the last time they had “felt this shaken by a piece of fictional media” like this. Turns out they were talking about none other than Archive 81.
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The Netflix show was canceled abruptly after only one season. Although, the scary limited series had quite a vocal fanbase. Let’s dig into this mysterious thriller for those unfamiliar with the premise.
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Netflix Synopsis
“Archive 81 follows archivist Dan Turner (Mamoudou Athie), who takes a job restoring a collection of damaged videotapes from 1994. Reconstructing the work of a documentary filmmaker named Melody Pendras (Dina Shihabi), he is drawn into her investigation of a dangerous cult at the Visser apartment building. As the season unfolds across these two timelines, Dan slowly finds himself obsessed with uncovering what happened to Melody. When the two characters form a mysterious connection, Dan becomes convinced he can save her from the terrifying end she met 25 years ago.
An original story loosely inspired by the popular podcast of the same name, Archive 81 is a supernatural thriller series executive produced by showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine (The Boys, The Vampire Diaries), James Wan and Michael Clear of Atomic Monster (The Conjuring Universe film franchise and Malignant), Rebecca Thomas (Stranger Things, Limetown), Antoine Douaihy (Panic, The Good Cop) and Paul Harris Boardman (Deliver Us from Evil).”
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Archive 81 is based on the podcast of the same name by Daniel Powell and Marc Sollinger. It was adapted for Netflix by Rebecca Sonnenshine. It stars Mamoudou Athie, Dina Shihabi, Evan Jonigkeit, Julia Chan, Ariana Neal, and Matt McGorry.
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Are you one of the people that were sad to see Netflix cancel Archive 81? Then tell me about it at @misssharai.
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