TV Talk Rec Fest: Mysteries or Horror

[yourlibrarian]

Welcome to day 5 of Rec Fest! Today please recommend shows which could be considered mysteries or horror. While these two formats can be quite different there may also be overlaps at times. Mysteries might include procedurals, detective series, or dramas which center on a mystery which runs for the whole series or on a season by season basis. Horror often includes supernatural events but may also overlap with the suspense genre where dread and fear predominate.

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Show Title:
Audience Rating: Young Children/All Ages/Teen and Up/Mature Content
Warnings: (Could include gory content, raunchy situations, explicit sex, offensive content, etc.)
Length of Episodes: (30 minutes/1 hour/Other)
Length of Series: (Number of seasons or number of episodes)
Why you recommend it: (What draws you to it? What niche does it fill/mood is it good for?)

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Deadloch (2023-present)

[delphi]

Show Title: Deadloch
Audience Rating: TV-MA
Warnings: The usual for what you might expect from a mature mystery series (dead bodies, non-sexual violence, some nudity and sex) plus some Aussie swearing.
Length of Episodes: 1 hour
Length of Series: 8 episodes of season 1, second season in production
Why you recommend it: Deadloch is a hilarious wry feminist/queer satire of noir mysteries, but it is also legitimately a great mystery series on its own merits, which is a marvel to pull off. Key to this is its cast of quirky characters who are both on-the-surface funny and full of hidden depths and humanity that make the show's commentary on gender, sexuality, race, and class something that's embodied in the lives of both the locals of this small Tasmanian town, the gentrifying offcomers, and one incredibly vulgar cop in three-quarter pants. It's ridiculous, engaging, and surprisingly sweet at times.

Here's a link to the season 1 trailer.