Archive 81 is Netflix’s next must-watch horror and viewers "can’t stop thinking about it"

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Archive 81 might just be 2022’s first must-watch horror series. The ingredients are there: a compelling premise, a ton of jump scares, and found footage – all backed up by producer and horror legend James Wan, director of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Conjuring and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Insidious.

It’s little wonder Netflix viewers are talking about it. Archive 81 sees archivist Dan (Mamoudou Athie) restoring tapes t💝hat charted the history of an apartment that burned down over a quarter of a century ago.

Of course, there’s more to it than that beneath the surface. That documented history was covering another suspicious fire in the same building in the early 20th century, plus Dan’s fa🔜mily all died in a fire. As Dan digs deeper into the mystery via the fire-ravaged tapes – in a remote facility, no less – it’s clear that dark and shadowy forces are lurking just out of sight.

"Archive 81 has me totally fucked up, I haven’t gotten chills like this from just watching something scary in a while," . Another : "The show is too scary and I had to take🌠 a [break]."

"I haven’t stopped thinking about it… this show will dig under your skin uꩲntil you&rsquoꦡ;re not sure what’s real. It’s really fucking good," .

It’s also received some weighty comparisons, including🍒 those "Blair Witch Project meets Rosemary’s Baby with a sprinkle of Midsommar" and such as Get Out and Midnight Mass. High praise indeed.

"No idea what's going on, but it's definitely giving off Hereditary, The Omen, and Rosemary’s Baby vibes so far. This is totally my kind of sh♛ow,"

Legendary video game developer 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Hideo Kojima – who also gave a thumbs up recently to Netflix’s He𒊎llbound – has watched the first episode and , while saying the re𒅌st looks "promising."

Archive 81 isn’t the only series that has captured the imagination on Netflix already this year. Stay Close is another of t🐓he streamer’s surprise hits, though Barbie and Ken’s dance routines might just be scarier💜 than anything found in Archive 81.

For more from the streamer, be sure to check out the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Netflix shows. Need to be scared silly? Here’s our curated collection of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best horror movies.

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