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Archive 81 is the latest Netflix show you need to add to your watchlist
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14 Jan 2022, 15:15
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The series is the newest binge-worthy show to drop on the streaming platform and is a must-see for horror lovers.
If you’ve already made your way through After Life and Ozark, fear not, because a new show has dropped on Netflix today (14 January) and promises to be just as addictive to watch.
The creators are hoping it will have the same effect as Squid Game.
Archive 81 follows a film restoration expert, Dan Turner (Mamoudou Athie), who gets offered a job by a lucrative businessman named Virgil Davenport (Martin Donovan).
He implores Dan to restore a collection of damaged video cassettes from the 1990s, but due to the condition of the tapes, it has to be done in Virgil’s isolated compound.
It turns out the tapes contain footage of a grad student (Dina Shihabi) who has become invested in documenting an apartment complex that burnt down in a mysterious fire. Dan watches her as she peels back the layers of the building and the strange people who lived there, which leads to the discovery of a cult.
He becomes obsessed with watching the tapes and begins to believe he can bend the rules of time to save the grad student from her cursed fate.
Watch the trailer below:
Despite only dropping today, the series has already racked up some impressive reviews and has received a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The eight-episode series is based on a fiction podcast of the same name, which is also centred around a collection of audiotapes that an archivist sorts through. It went on for three series and is still available to listen to on Spotify.
Rebecca Sonnenshine developed the podcast idea into a show with the help of James Wan, who was the director for Saw and The Conjuring.
That gives you an idea of the kind of eerie horror to expect throughout the series.
Archive 81 is now available to watch on Netflix.
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