I watched all the episodes at once, because it's just impossible to tear myself away.
From the very beginning, she keeps me in suspense, and at the end of each episode she constantly thought: what is going to happen now, what will be the end in the end?
And this feeling doesn't let go until the very end. The atmosphere is oppressive and disturbing.
The actors played well without any questions. So far, this is one of the most suitable new products for me that has been released recently. It's just the case when I turned it on for a couple of episodes and that's it, it's gone.
Plus, I was pleased that the main character's brother and his wife turned out to be the kindred spirits after all.
To begin with, I want to note that the series is just as atmospheric as possible, I love the gloomy picture, so it was simply impossible to break away.
I liked it) It's not boring, it's not corny, it's like something new) it keeps you in suspense and it was just impossible to guess the ending) I thought anything but that)
Another bloody wedding) I liked it! I'm really sorry about the kid. The series couldn't help but sound I will survive, by the way, can this moment be considered a spoiler from the creators of the series?The groom, of course, overdid it) The most important thing I've learned from the series is faith. You can't get far without her. I liked the expression "if you said you met aliens, I would believe it!". I wish more people would watch the series.
@NYMPHOLOGY: The episode of Game of Thrones, Season 4, immediately came to my mind. Episode 2) you can probably watch the episode separately from everything else. There were also weddings in the IP, but I no longer followed the project. What did you remember?)
@wolfork15: I also have a series of IP, and I'm also going to look for it. But now I just want to see something like this, bloody in the spirit of Carrie, but with a wedding entourage.
The only thing creepy is that it was to the taste of the majority of the audience. The first 4 episodes kept me tense, just like everyone else. And the line with magic/rituals from his family didn't seem like such a bad idea. What was the point of that story about the killer of three women anyway? About the shoe that the only surviving victim found on the floor of the car before he started strangling her (and later our heroine found it).
It feels like the directors were different throughout the series. Or did they want to twist everything so that no one would exactly guess the essence (which, as it turned out, did not exist at all) that such a game had turned out?
Where is this "masterpiece"? Like because of the amount of blood?
I don't mind the pictures, the characters, the horror, and even that sea of blood, but damn, it all has to be justified somehow. I didn't see any sense in everything that was happening. Nothing instructive or that they wanted to convey to us either. Disappointment.
P.S.: the annoyance towards Nikki from half of the series deserves a separate comment (about the poor depressed boy with a teddy bear in his hands)
@Catherine_Baker: Well, why is there nothing instructive? The teaching here is screaming from all the cracks - look for your soulmate and you will have a life 😅
And all the stories at the beginning are in order to confuse the viewer as to what the real mix will be. And the creators did it perfectly.
@tinacassie: I thought of morality in a completely different way.: you should not marry just anyone, even if you have made up nonsense about a kindred spirit, there is no guarantee that it will last for a long time, there is no guarantee that this person will not betray you tomorrow, there is no guarantee that this person is even adequate either. And anyway, the only thing we know for sure is that we're all going to die.
@Vampiegirl: Or in order to be a soulmate, you don't have to have a perfect relationship, as in the case of Jules and Nellie, because "perfect" rarely has anything to do with the present. But here are two people with their own flaws who are honest with each other for at least their whole lives.
@Vampiegirl: it seemed to me that the salt was in something else. you can marry absolutely anyone you meet, the main thing is that there is no doubt inside and this fake pretense, the desire to wishful thinking.
The heroine and Nikki would have been fine, but he said one thing and did something completely different.
@Catherine_Baker: All these disturbing moments, it's like we're living in Rachel's body. She's always worried about something, she told me, and finally she found a man with whom worries are not so terrible, and she told him yes, and he, as usual, actually
@Catherine_Baker: It's nice to see such comments. I also don't understand where in the series most people saw the masterpiece. Also, in general, I consider the first 4 episodes to be pretty good.
Well, the directors in the series were different, this is the norm for TV series. 1 the director shoots one or more episodes. But in general, the showrunner is still following the series, so this is one person's vision.
And yes, apparently they wanted to twist the plot, and if you look at how they respond to the series, then for many it worked. Under each episode, they were amazed at how the plot was "twisted". Although, I don't understand where it was "spun".
@Catherine_Baker: there is a high probability that the AI created the basic scenario, and the scriptwriters and showrunners have already hung the "meat" on it. The local setting has a taste of GPT chat.
I've watched it a lot over the course of the evening. Yes, the picture is gloomy, dark, so it is strictly forbidden to watch in sunny weather)) But what an atmosphere 🤌🏻 Before the storyline of big revil, all sorts of theories did not come to mind. Brains did a good job guessing, but it was still difficult to predict the outcome until the last one. In general, I really liked the series, it was disturbing, unexpected and bloody)
It's rare for TV shows to catch on so much that you sit in one gulp until 5 a.m. watching. That's the case. the ending was not expected, at some point I thought that I understood everything, but it turned out that there was something else to surprise.
Yes, I definitely didn't expect such a setup from the groom... not only did he leave at the altar, talked nonsense for several hours, but then my mother came and said we need to get married, and he was like, "oh yes, let's try again."
The series is just awesome. 100/10 I didn't want to turn it off, rewind, or set x1.5 for a minute. None of my guesses came true, everything in each episode turned out to be completely different.
Hopefully, there will be a season 2, and they will show us how Jude grows up and gets married.
@stellary: By the way, it's great that Jules and Nelly are alive. They don't look at the fact that they're unstable, they fight and want to get divorced, they stay together anyway. To be halves, you don't have to kiss your gums every 5 minutes and shout about love. Yes, they have their own oddities, but nevertheless they are together. I also know such couples who "yes, he is like that, that's it, we're breaking up...", and then oh, and reconciled. And they're happy to sleep. And on the other hand, we were shown the parents. Who outwardly look like an ideal couple, but in reality it turns out that the father is hopelessly in love and is ready to fulfill any desire of his wife, and the wife is a cheater in the past. Here, literally the entire plot and every detail are imbued with the phrase "everything is not what it seems"
@kassiopeya007: I think he loves you. There was also a moment before the wedding when the rings were lost, Nelly wanted to give her own. If Jules had been set up for a divorce, he wouldn't have worn his ring, but in that episode they took them off their fingers + when they went out in front of the bride, they kissed passionately. And then there was such a mess that there was no time for paperwork. Well, in the episode where Jules was lying in the bathroom, there was a conversation like "if you wanted a good brother, you'd stay with Nikki, but you like bad ones." For them, it's all just peppercorns in a relationship.
@stellary: Maybe it also makes sense that a soulmate isn't necessarily the person you're madly in love with. At least I saw a dialogue between Nelly and Jules, they are honest with each other, accept each other for who they are, and it's worth a lot. It was this moment that confused me about Rachel and Nick, as if they couldn't talk normally until the last episode, where everything had already come out.
Help me figure it out, nothing fits me, I'm not an expert in curses, and I'm a little confused, the curse sounds like the bearer of the curse dies if he doesn't marry a soul mate, and if he leaves the altar, the curse will pass to others, and this person in turn will become a witness (immortal), what we have: in the end, she refused, that is, the curse has already passed on to another family, that is, she kind of became a witness, then why did she start bleeding (okay, let's say it's a rite of rebirth into an immortal) then another question arises, since the curse has already passed on to another family, and they eventually as a result, they got married when the curse was already on the husband's family, why then did the husband not bleed if he was the bearer of the curse? Like she turned out to be his soulmate after all? Or what? And why is it that only the mother of the groom's parents died, if both she and the father are related to this groom, and if one of them dies, then they are not kindred spirits to each other) (it also did not say that it is transmitted only by the female sex)
@likchinin: in fact, everyone who did not consider their partner a soulmate died. Here's an important detail: it's not about what we're meant to do, but about whether they consider their partner their destiny. Mom cheated on her husband in the past, he wasn't her soulmate. Dad loved Mom and considered her his soulmate, he stayed alive for that. Portia died because a casual marriage in Vegas is clearly not love. Jules and Nelly survived because, despite all the difficulties, they love each other and consider each other their soul mates. Nikki survived because he believed that Rachel was his soul mate. Yes, he got caught in front of the altar at the end and ruined everything, but I think he still considered her fate. Rachel died because when they were fighting, she confessed that she no longer loved him and believed that they did not need to be together, but the marriage still took place. That is, again, she did not marry the one who was her destiny. She wasn't supposed to be a witness in the first place. For 200 years, there was only one man who cursed them. That's why Rachel started dying. But then death decided to let this man go, he died, and Rachel became a new witness and came back to life. Probably because it was the curse of one family for many years, and now it has become the curse of another family.
@stellary: cool) thanks) then it all fits) of course, I attached importance to these words that you just need to believe that this is your soul mate, but I thought much deeper, as if you really need to find your soul mate, everything turned out to be much easier)
@stellary: very good about it, thank you)) I just don't understand the moment, if the curses passed on to Nikki's family, and then back to Rachel, then why did she finally tell baby Jude that he should choose his partner carefully? Didn't the curse go back to Rachel when she was forcibly married? I'm confused about this moment.
@missEgo: @auryn: The essence of the curse is this: Rachel needs to marry her true lover before sunset. If he turns out not to be a kindred spirit, then Rachel will die, and if she refuses the wedding, the curse will pass on to Nikki's family. They didn't get married until sunset, and the curse passed on to Nikki's family. Someone said, "Oh, it's already 4:45 p.m." and Mom started bleeding. When the relatives began to die, Nikki decided to end the ceremony, put a ring on Rachel, the father declared them husband and wife, and the witness said, "you have already said the vows, it remains to complete the ceremony." At that moment, Rachel became part of Nikki's family and bled to death simply as Nikki's wife, who does not consider her husband a soulmate. The fact that she said "I agree" at the altar at the beginning of the episode was considered more important than what she said afterwards.
And the fact that she has become a new witness is Death's own decision. It wasn't supposed to be like this initially. And the curse was on Nikki's family, and it remains.
But the question still remains. I realized that the curse is placed on those who are related to Nikki by blood. They've repeated Bloodline more than once. Mom, sister, they're all related by blood. Rachel wasn't related by blood.
And it's strange that then she waited and witnessed, that is. After all , they counted her words of refusal later . In general, hot potatoes from curses are tossed back and forth
@Auryn: It's just that when the Witness told his story, he clarified that the curse had spread to his bride, whom he had abandoned at the altar, and to the bride's new husband.
The ending is basically open. Here everyone can come up with what their imagination allows, and interpret it as they see it) When they told me about my mother's infidelity, I thought that maybe one of the children was from a lover, and all of them would die, but one would not die because he would turn out to be a half-relative 😄
And it is strange that then she waited and witnessed, that is After all , they counted her words of refusal later .
The showrunner or someone there explained this by saying that the witness was such while the curse was in the family to which he passed it and he observed the consequences. And now it has spread to another kind, to which that witness has nothing to do at all, and they decided to release him.
@stellary: it seemed to me that it was a little different at the end. The two-hundred-year-old Witness had to live and watch over all the descendants of his damned bride. Rachel's family ended with her death and the curse passed on to another family. Therefore, now she has become a new Witness to their entire family. The curse of the old Witness is over.
@Auryn: so I interpreted this not as "who thought who was who," but that Nikki's father was not his own, so he had nothing to do with his family. The guests were relatives, too, not in pairs, but only those of the couple who belonged to their family.
I really liked this detailed analysis of what the institution of marriage and the wedding itself really is. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 An unnecessary relic of the past. And that moment, when his mom was comforting him and he was crying, I would just run away from this mom's son. What a rare asshole, tricked her into wearing a ring!!! I thought that this curse would overtake all those who are not already married to their soulmates. Awesome TV series 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@xeniavlady: I think she was partly on the poster for what was happening and what Nikki really turned out to be and how she managed to avoid death - now she is immortal 😅
I think it's partly a defensive reaction from accepting the situation and that now she's not connected to this whole asshole family. 🤷♀️
@Auryn: I agree! I think she was smiling a little hysterically at the fact that she was still able to "survive" in this batch. My favorite moment at the end is when she comes into their room looking for a lighter. 😂
Is this about Sif using deadly curses, please apologize! 🧐
It's a very cool series! He didn't take the story to where I originally thought it would go. The acting, the entourage, the soundtrack, wah wah!
Nikki.. 🤡 Mommy came, whispered in his ear, lulled him to sleep, and he said, yes, let's get married. He pretended to cancel the wedding for her, even though his rose-colored glasses were shattered about his parents' marriage. And during the quarrel, everyone keeps twisting and twisting, like snakes! Ugh! And when the curse solved everything, he came to his senses and immediately ran against Rachel's will to get married. Twice ugh ugh!
But the scene was certainly spectacular, even though it resembled a scene from the Fall of the House of Usher.
I'm glad that Rachel is "free" in a sense. I wonder if she can travel out of state, or if she always has to arrive in that county now? Was she wearing clothes from the Witness's suitcase as part of a commitment, or did she just need to change into something? 😅 And after the resurrection, she approached the boy Jude, saying that she would be a witness at his wedding. So the curse on Nikki's family still hasn't been lifted?
@Auryn: as they say at a wedding, you need "something new, something old, something borrowed"
the witness said that he was taking the trophies after the tragic outcome. He's wearing Rachel's mother's bracelet and her father's tie, and he gets what he borrowed. The suitcase contains items from all the weddings over the 200 years it has been attended.
Nellie and Jules were the best thing about this dysfunctional family. Jules wasn't lying when he said he married the love of his life. I really liked how they showed the concept of perfect soulmates through their imperfect marriage. All those people who were happily married and gave Rachel advice on the secrets of family happiness are now dead — except for those who were just about to get divorced.
As a result, it seems to me that this ritual with a drink is a symbol.: Your willingness to drink it confirms your true love, because you have already made a huge sacrifice. But love is a two—way street, and his feelings weren't real. That's why, when the curse fell on his family, Nikki stayed alive, and Rachel died. She was his "soulmate," but he wasn't her destiny.
@zhannaboo: I still don't think that's why he's alive. And because at the time of the transfer of the curse to his family, he was technically not married. 💁♀️ And Rachel "died" because she said I do before sunset.
@Glownesstock: if he hadn't been married, the marriage wouldn't have counted and Rachel wouldn't have died, so they got married in the end: they said the vows, both said yes (but she was the first, before the cancellation) and the witness signed. Nikki finally believed about the curse, as he saw it firsthand and believed that she was his soulmate, so he stayed alive, but with the curse. Therefore, if he wants to get married again, then he must believe that this is his half, or date, but never marry, so as not to die after the wedding. But Rachel was just because of the curse (which passed on to his family and once she got married, she also became a part of it) and because she stopped believing that Nikki was her soulmate and died. But then Death freed the previous Witness and made her a Witness, as the curse had already passed on to another kind.
@Ellea69: he didn't say yes at the time of the curse. And the witness died because she died and her family was terminated and he no longer has anyone to follow. And because of Rachel, the curse has shifted to another gender, which means it's her turn to watch. Review the ending again, Nikki went to end the marriage out of fear for his family, what kind of "believed in a soulmate"?
I decided to turn it on anyway and eventually swallowed it in one gulp, with great pleasure. The series catches on from the first minutes and holds until the end, it does not sag in dynamics at all.
Something reminded me of Beef — the same unconventionality and the feeling that you are watching something not quite typical.
At the moment, the series does not yet have a clear rating on Kinopoisk and IMDb — there are too few ratings, so the picture is not yet fully understood (current IMDb ~6.6). So far it feels like an underestimated thing. Perhaps, over time, the rating will grow as more people reach it.
In the end, what was worth proving was that the groom turned out to be a rag, she believed in him and carried this love to the end all the time. In fact, this series carries a very deep inner meaning. Using the example of the main character, one can observe self-sacrifice for the sake of love. But the bottom line is the same, no matter how hard you try, you don't give yourself everything, you don't tolerate what happens to harm you for the sake of someone or love, everything will turn against you. Of course, here we see one negative side of the coin, and I want to believe that there is another. Many thanks to the creators for touching on such deep topics through the prism of cinema. The strongest series, excellent directing and acting.
I am writing hot on the heels of memories of this series and the series in general. The last episodes, where the message of the curse of the "soulmate" became clear, I began to analyze Nicky and his attitude towards the bride. That's the moment where she disappears at night, where her father kidnaps her, where was he? He was sleeping sweetly in bed when his bride was literally "stolen". What if it wasn't the father, but some kind of leftist real maniac? 🤔 His performance at the time of the swearing-in is generally a separate story, and I think it's disastrous, I don't want to paint a lot. The fact that he didn't believe his fiancee, even though literally the whole family was determined to save her. And GG sacrificed her LITTLE FINGER to save them. She really went to great lengths to make them happy and got over herself, but come on, let's put it down and get to this: when Nicky saw what it all led to and that the curse was real (surprisingly), he ran to her with rings, again not hearing her, (although again, she she has already said that she is not going to marry him and does not consider him her soulmate), after the marriage, she, like the rest of the family, started bleeding and he stayed with his sister! He did not follow his beloved, but simply left her barely alive while she was painfully dying in the winter garden. And then I just knocked on her door (like she should get up and say oh, I accidentally fell asleep here).; In short, it all showed very well, so much so that I still have a burning 🔥 , I highlighted only some highlights, omitting the little things, although there were enough of them!!! to avoid spreading multi-letters.
Adding: the series itself is a masterpiece for me, I love such stories, twisted plots, a beautiful picture and a well-chosen cast, I give 5
@Pinkobae: Jules and his wife helped her more, trusted her and, in principle, looked much more harmonious. While this one was walking through the woods, Nellie was digging through the archives. Jonih didn't really strain the whole series, all he had to do was listen to her requests and believe what she was saying.
A cool series, I didn't expect such twists and a similar ending at all. When it became known about the curse, I thought that everything would go according to the usual scenario: it would either be removed and there would be a happy ending, or it would not be removed and the happy ending would not happen. However, the scriptwriters surprised me. I really liked the topics raised about second halves, faith in each other, and the fact that a strong relationship can hide behind an imperfect facade, against which a curse is powerless, and vice versa. I got high from watching it.
It's a very interesting story that's hard to break away from. At first, I thought that the groom's family was extremely strange, but as it turned out, the bride was not so simple there either. Rachel became a witness, but that's what happened to Nikki now. Technically they are married, he is not dead, as he believes that she is his soulmate.
@NKVD: I expected that in the end it would turn out that this family would have its own kind of curse, the opposite... Well, this family immediately looked like they were about to be cursed, so we can assume that justice has prevailed.
The atmosphere is just uhhhh suspense, intrigue, and the most important thing that I liked was that they really added the supernatural and the curse theme, it would seem that this is outdated, but no, there have been no good TV series about curses and the supernatural for a long time! Also, the topic of marriage and relationships was revealed in this way, and Leonardo DiCaprio's ex-girlfriend really liked it. More cool roles for her!
I keep thinking about how much Rachel is a strong character, but at the same time, how much she was willing to squeeze herself into a frame that would suit Nikki.
She cut off her finger! The finger, Carl! Just to become Nikki's soulmate, for a man who, in fact, did nothing for her, rolled a tub of shit, and then tricked her into wearing a ring.
This, of course, is amazing. How much are women sometimes willing to give up on themselves, to sacrifice themselves in order to suit someone?
@Auryn: From my side, it looked like she just desperately didn't want to die, but at the same time she didn't pass on the curse to Nick's family, some kind of hysterical self-gaslighting that she could fix everything solo, while she didn't even really tell Nick what was happening.
@Demogorgon: Yes, she tried so hard to get out of the situation that she cut off her finger, and then she didn't even use it. Then I experienced betrayal, twice. Died. Resurrected. So hysteria is quite appropriate in this case. 😅
The scene in the courtyard, when Rachel falls into the snow in a bloodstained dress, reminded Vibe of the scene from the first part of Kill Bill, the duel in the Japanese garden between Owen and Uma Thurman. There was also snow falling quietly and a bloody scene. Well, Snow White's vibe is present
I was swearing in the comments for the last episode, which got a little boring by the end. But the ending is still interesting, it turned out to be a good series. I wanted to review Archive 81 - it's also an 8-episode horror from Netflix, if you haven't watched it, check it out
It was just surreal. The Duffer brothers, I'm in shock. He refused the wedding. Him!!! It was a turnaround altogether. And then the showdown takes 3 hours, and time is ticking, we need to give birth faster. But he doesn't believe it, you see! The schmuck. And what a turnaround that he changed his mind, and she refused him! And off it went... There are pools of blood everywhere, panic, horror, horror! Everyone is dying, the curse has spread, and it's all his fault!!! And then what, they decided to save their asses and still marry them by force? So that the curse ends on her and she dies? For some reason, it seemed to me that it was too late to drink borjomi, nothing could stop it. I didn't expect her to start bleeding at all... For me, the question remained, why, if the curse had spread to him and his family, why hadn't he died then?? It was clear about his brother that since he had been alive for such a long time, it meant that he and Nell were kindred spirits after all. Did this guy survive? Somehow it doesn't stick. And when she was dying in a white dress soaked in blood, in the white snow, I decided that this was an epic end to such a cool series. But that was not the case, and death decides to remove the witness from the playing board. And then hopa, and she takes a breath. And now she would carry his burden. But why? The marriage took place after all, she didn't run away. Something's not working out again... But it was very cool. It's been one of the most interesting TV shows lately. I see that it's not closed, and what can we film the next season about?
@thnbhd: 1. Nikki is alive because he was not actually married at the time of the transfer of the curse. 2. She "died" because she said "yes" before sunset and the wedding was assured by a witness. 3. The witness died because Rachel's family was interrupted and he no longer has anyone to follow. 4. But since she finally abandoned her "faithful", it's just the right time to become a witness to the newly cursed kind. 😁
I've read a lot of comments with "explanations", but I still don't understand why Rachel died, and not her new husband. Because as far as I understand, it is the family members who are cursed who die. The curse with Rachel had already passed on to her husband's family, so the man should have died, not Rachel. It was especially noticeable at the end, how he married a quick hand for the sake of his family and was ready that Rachel would die in their place, then what the hell is love, betrothed, fate here… This is the only point that disappointed and upset me and lowered my rating. Otherwise, the series is interesting and kept in suspense
@Kseniia_VN: for example, Jules ' family. Jules loves Nel and considers her his betrothed. If Nel wanted to break up with him and had already signed the papers, you'd think she didn't consider her husband her betrothed. At the same time, both are alive
@Kseniia_VN: As for Nicky, yes, it's annoying, but as for Nel, I understand that the curse is on the family by blood. That is, all spouses survive, so Nel was in no danger.
The series surprised me. And I was pleasantly surprised. The final episode is a bit different from what I was expecting after watching the first episodes, but maybe even better, it turned out so great. I'm not sure if the series needs a second season, because, as far as I'm concerned, the story ended logically for both the characters and the audience. Therefore, it's better to keep this a good miniseries than try to squeeze out another season with these characters or make a second season with new ones. Although, as I see it, some in the comments would like to see a sequel. It's also worth noting the atmosphere, especially of the first episodes, when we were just learning the details of the mystery and getting to know the characters — it was very creepy and uncomfortable. In this regard, the series worked perfectly. And, of course, a great soundtrack — it was great to hear some of my playlist on the show. Of the actors, I also noted Camila Morrone for myself — I will follow her further roles, and Carla Krom, whom I already knew from two or three roles in TV series.
The ending was a pleasant surprise, I've recently become accustomed to the Infixian (and not only) "and now they're all dead." And then they kind of killed a lot of people, and they made a kind of happy ending. I didn't understand the concept of the curse a little bit - why the parting words to the little one were "choose your bride carefully", and not "never, you hear, never marry." Wasn't there a condition in the curse that you had to get married?
Everything is great in this series. From the very first minutes, I was imbued with this lingering atmosphere of Rachel's anxiety and watched the season in one go. To express in a whole thriller the idea that one should be careful about choosing a future partner without regard to the eternal advice of society, others, relatives - it was really powerful. And how vitally it is shown that sometimes even in your own emotions you can get lost, and one wrong decision can be fatal for your feelings (hello, Nikki's rejection at the altar).
I really liked the presentation of the story, where everything turned out to be interconnected between families, that this curse did not come from no one knows where without explanation. At the moment when Jules was linked to Rachel's birth, I applauded the writers. After that, there was also a feeling, as we wrote above, that Jules would turn out to be "the one," but they didn't develop it, well, that's fine.
As for why Nikki could have survived, I still have a suspicion that he was born not from his father, but from a lover, since the betrayal occurred exactly at the moment before his birth, which his mother told him about.
The result of all this is Rachel's words, which she said to the little one: choose carefully whom you will marry. Let everything I saw be a serial metaphor, but the psychological consequences of making the wrong choice will not take long.
Regarding the sequel: there doesn't seem to be anything left to stretch out here, but if they come up with something, I'll be happy to see it. Maybe they'll show Rachel's future as a Witness.
This is the first series to enter the top of the best of the year! 100 suspensions out of 10.
@mrbradshaw: "born not of his father, but of his lover" - so the curse fell on his family, and not on the family of his mother's lover... (That would be a twist, by the way:) Well, the curse on the family has fallen on the mother's side anyway. It rather means that, no matter what, he sincerely considered Rachel his soulmate, and that's why he survived. And the fact that he killed half of his family out of disbelief doesn't happen to anyone?
@Voider: Yes, I just made a suggestion, it's just that I've already started to get confused with all these curse lines by the end of ahaha But with an emphasis on the half, everything is clearer.
@Voider: I imagine: people live for themselves, they don't touch anyone, the guy doesn't sleep at all, he doesn't have a bastard from someone there... And then everyone dies on the same day from a hemorrhage. What a mess)
Someone had a thought that the fact that Jules and Nicky survived seemed to me because they were not related to the father of the family. My mother was walking. That is, they are not the progenitors of the family.
Did anyone pay attention to the scene in episode 1 when Nicky put something in the bedside dresser, looked into the darkness of the dresser with the lid open and walked barefoot around it afterwards? I thought it was a wedding dress or something that would shoot in episode 8.
@helgalelolga: That's how the curse passed from Rachel to Nick. If Nick was not a native, then it would have gone to Nick's mom and her lover, and would not have gone further to Porsche and other relatives.
@helgalelolga: the same question, what was in the chest of drawers and what kind of thing was she doing? Either just to distract attention, or they didn't reveal this secret. I have another question, if Rachel's mom died, did she also not believe that her husband was her soulmate, or did they just not have time before sunset? When she was dying and Jules saw her on the bed, she kind of said that she believed he was her soulmate. It turns out that then we just didn't have time? Or did the doubts remain until the end? And the shoe in the toilet in the first episode is just a reference to the ice cream killer? Is the fox in the toilet also a spoiler? Or is it like parallels with Rachel?
So, what is the meaning of this box? In an interview with Access Hollywood, Adam DiMarco and Camila Morrone, who play the roles of Nicky and Rachel, said that this was Rachel's anxiety coping mechanism.
"At that time, we decided that the box symbolized a kind of womb. It was a way to connect with myself [Rachel], as if in a new space. I [Rachel] am very anxious and disoriented. And it was like a breathing technique," Morrone said.
I wrote under the first episode that I didn't see anything new or exciting. But I was wrong. The series is really good: atmospheric, with an intrigue that could not be immediately solved. It's addictive. Yes, we've seen it before. But is it really a bad thing in this case?
Solid 4.5 kindred spirits out of 5.
P.S. I didn't understand if Rachel is his documented wife or not?))
@Glownesstock: The witness lied to Nicky, and then left a message for Rachel that it was her turn. If they had married, Rachel would have died, and the curse would not have passed on to the boy. The second option is that if they got married and turned out to be kindred spirits, Rachel wouldn't have become immortal.
@Liyuuuuunder: Is it okay that she bled out on the lawn? :) I understood that she died, but death decided to release the Witness, and he died in her place, and she became immortal. A new curse, a new witness. Of course, it would be more logical to make Nicky a witness - after all, he is the one who caused this bloody mess, though not out of ignorance. But this bastard, who didn't do anything at all for the bride during the entire series, miraculously survived) It was a strange curse, of course: it was thought that the witness would suffer watching his descendants die, but in the end he was clearly having fun trying to guess who would die and who would not. And the new witness, it seems, will also enjoy watching the torments of the family that almost killed her.
@Voider: Well, there was no witness change before, maybe for Rachel to become immortal, she had to die first. Actually, I think they didn't quite figure out how to explain this moment and left it as it is. But I still think marriage hasn't aged. It makes more sense.
So it wasn't his descendants who died, but the descendants of the bride he abandoned, and now Niki's descendants will die.
I've been waiting for this "bloody wedding" since the episode when the groom's "happy" relatives arrived😏😏 In general, the finale was not surprising, but the impression of the series is pleasant and atmospheric. There were a lot of distractions at the beginning, which turned on the doubter and suspect mode, which whetted the interest.
The only reason I took off an asterisk from each episode was that my blind eyes were blinded even more in this darkness..
It's the best thing I've watched in a long time. I watched all the episodes almost immediately, it's impossible to tear myself away, it captures everything. Visual, dialogues, acting (the main character is incredibly beautiful and talented). I just can't find the words to describe my delight. 10/10 is just perfect for me. ❤️
@exluminuxis: as I understand it, this is because she managed to get married (Nikki forcibly put a ring on her, and the witness said that everything had happened). And it turns out that she joined this family, but since she was no longer sure of her chosen one, she suffered the same punishment as everyone else.
100 guests - I should have thought that, of course, the curse would pass on to them
At the same time, the saint was ready to sacrifice her body, her life, but not to pass evil on to others.
as a result, the mother did not prepare the wedding for nothing as her funeral) and in general, the couple's quarrel at recess with dancing was cool, and then everything looped around and Jules' son looked at the blood and murders the way he himself once did.
but the fact that Jules and Nelly abandoned Rachel, even though the whole family had already died there, was very strange , the whole series was based on how they supported her, well OK Rey felt very sorry at that moment, because she trusted Nicky without even drinking the elixir (which is really just stupid, but then there would have been no such carnage) and that look at the camera, the way she fell into the snow and everything turned red
Yes, Nicky didn't like her, and left her in the snow after his death , and it's even good that they didn't make a line with Jules either, as she wrote, it would be as illogical as possible to bring them together in a few days.
I thought that Rey in immortality would be a nightmare for their family, but she is a kind soul, even gave instructions to a little kid. And it seems that this is how a guardian witness should be, and not like that huge, impetuous man.
I would burn this estate down, it's impossible to clean it up, and I can't live knowing how many people died...
wedding TV series on 10/10 and the cast (mostly actors I've never seen anywhere else, which is a huge plus in a world where the same people play all the time), and the shooting, and the music, and the plot, and the combination of fast-paced, uncomfortable, creepy scenes were great , kept me in suspense until the end , hope returned for suitable Duffer projects!
@MargoRose: another addition, for Rey, immortality is not a deliverance at least, she, damn, lived her death as a maximum , you have to come to the weddings of the descendants of this family all the time and sort of live your 'celebration' so the guy who gave her immortality also said that he feels everything , which means that all her emotions are preserved (and the way she saw her mother's death, her own birth, the death of a bunch of people at a wedding, the pain of betrayal of a 'loved one' and from her death too), plus the physical pain of losing a finger, and perhaps there are consequences of how blood flowed from the eyes
So no, it wasn't Nicky who was punished, but she , and perhaps for centuries to come.
Maybe it's for the best that the Duffers are here only to attract attention as far from the first producers on the list. Not one of the presenters and not the scriptwriters. Because the series turned out great). Definitely one of the most vivid and memorable in 2026. Both in the plot plan and in its atmosphere. I don't know about horror, but all the thriller's tasks of keeping viewers in such wonderfully invigorating suspense and nervousness are 120% fulfilled. The actors are also on top.
There are two emoticons in the reactions at once: tension and delight).
@Iradakzlv: I don't know, for me, it's just better that he survived - to live and know that because of you, so many people died + your soulmate, whom you believed too late. Isn't this the most terrible punishment? And now she will also live and come as a witness to the wedding of everyone in his family until their family ends.
@veilsin: Oh yes, I always wonder in such endings what they will tell the cops in the end, how they will explain the mass death? A curse? Mass poisoning? Aliens?))
@veilsin: I was surprised that no one even called an ambulance or the police, even though not only the relatives were there, but also the staff, the same photographer, the waiters, or did everyone just run away and forget everything? But it's clear that the series isn't about that (but it's still a bit eye-catching)
I still don't understand why some people died in pairs, and not just the one from the groom's side, it's somehow completely wrong, they're not married to their relatives.
Many of the guests gave advice and told what the secret of a perfect marriage was, but only the older brother's couple survived. Their secret is honesty.
I liked the first half of the series more, the atmosphere, the mystique, the tension. Then there was too much drama and showdown. It's a little different from what I expected, but I definitely like Camila Morrone for the bloody ending. Strong 3.5/5
Have you joked about the red wedding yet? They were probably joking. I liked the series, but I didn't like the ending. The last 10 minutes were superfluous. I'll try to figure it out. It turns out that they didn't get married before the appointed time, and the curse passed on to Nikki's family, and everyone who wasn't married to their soulmate died. But then Nikki put on the ring and the curse came back to Rachel, so Nikki didn't die, but Portia died because the process was already running. Jules and Nell are soulmates, ironically. But why did Rachel resurrect? Did the curse want a new witness? Or did he feel sorry for her somehow, what's the point here?
@ElllaDee: the previous one was responsible for his curse bloodline, which settled on Rachel due to the fact that she was finally persuaded to marry a non-kindred spirit after sunset. At the same time, the curse first passed on to Nikki's family, and then to Rachel, who is now officially part of the Cunningham family, which includes at least Jude, who will be married in the future. The Witness's branch broke off, but it was continued by Rachel's branch. That's how I understood it after watching the series itself and a couple of videos with an analysis of the ending.
My friends recommended it and I immediately sat down to watch. time flew by completely unnoticeably, but the story held tenaciously until episode 5, then everything became clear and predictable, given that the puzzles fell into place, and I remember the first episode. I'm 50/50 on anti-climatic endings, but I'm glad, if there's any way I can be glad that Rachel will have some kind of eternal life.
I really liked the character of Jules and I'm glad that in his case, love really turned out to be real, despite the complexity of his character, all the feelings could be read in his eyes. Now I want to take a closer look at the actor himself and explore other films, he played this role perfectly.
Something didn't work out for me at all. The first 4 episodes were super, it was a classic and well-shot horror story. but as soon as the whole curse thing started, the timing dragged on like chewing gum.
Jules and Nelly turned out to be kindred spirits❤️ happy for them as for myself ahah. I hope that another season will be released, I would watch everything that came out based on this story.
When you were afraid of a creep grandfather in a pickup truck and wanted to be a happy bride, but then it turned out that you are now a creep grandfather in a pickup truck =)
I watched the series to the end and overall my impression is an average psychological thriller with horror elements, which could have been much better.
It's really very hard to make good horror series, and this has been confirmed again. From the first episodes, I roughly understood which way everything was going to go, and, unfortunately, I was almost not mistaken.
Positive:
The first 4 episodes were really strong for the genre. Especially the first and second — the excellent oppressive atmosphere of the snow-covered mansion, the feeling that "something is wrong here," the gradual escalation. Good job dealing with the anxiety of the main character. Camila Morrone pulls off the role very well, you really believe her. The finale was pleased with the lack of a happy ending and a rather bloody ending, which I love.
Minuses:
Since the second episode, I've had a clear feeling that all the "mysticism" is basically Rachel's paranoia before the wedding. The main twist with the family curse (death after marriage) was predictable for me almost from the first episode. I can't say that I guessed all the details, but the general direction is yes.
After episode 4, the series practically ceased to be a horror. The intrigue completely disappeared, and a strong tension began. The latest episodes are just a long wait for the inevitable.
After episode 5, I was already mentally calculating that my husband would most likely run away from the wedding. And in general, almost everything went exactly as I expected. Many people write in the reviews that they were shocked and did not understand how it would end until the last moment. To be honest, I didn't feel such delight — for me, the series was predictable from beginning to end.
Result:
A good atmosphere at the beginning, a strong lead actress and a bloody ending without a sugary happy ending are the advantages. But the highly stretched story, the predictable plot and the early disclosure of the main twist greatly spoil the impression. A full-length film (for an hour and a half or two hours) would be much more suitable for such a story than an 8-episode format. As a result, he is a strong middle peasant.
I liked it, but, frankly, not a masterpiece. But definitely a recommendation for lovers of mysticism, romance and a light horror flair in one bottle. I would also like to note that the first 4 episodes are the best, and the timing was delayed further. This was especially evident in the seance, which in the end made no sense. Yes, and running around collecting the necessary stuff for the potion (the potion itself also caused a facepalm, but as an allegory, it's great). So, I don't quite agree with the explanation of the ending with Rachel and Nikki, which is common to everyone here.: He didn't die because he wasn't a husband, and she was a wife. Why does this happen? Marriage is a dance for two, one cannot be a spouse and the other cannot be)) And not because Rachel passed into Nikki's family, she died. She didn't become a blood relative, she shouldn't die because of the curse. Only blood relatives who don't believe in their partner die (a partner never dies in principle, and as if there should be plenty of marriages where both considered each other not soulmates, but the focus is on the damned).
Further imho. How I see the denouement and their relationship in general. Since by the time the sun sets (you do realize that it doesn't disappear in a minute, don't you?) we had two branches at once: Nikki abandoned the bride (the curse began to pass on to his family) and the wedding did take place (the curse still remained with Rachel). Therefore, she died like a curse on her kind, because at the last moment she answered "NO" to him, and yet the ring was put on, and the marriage took place. And she no longer believed that he was her soulmate (and she exhaled that his family would die, outweighing the responsibility on him). But he believed initially that she was a kindred spirit, and even more so in a moment of super stress. For me, the series turned out to be about love, trust, honesty, faith, partly arrogance, and about listening and listening to a partner. Which they didn't have in the first place.
@Kiki-mora: And they BOTH suffered from it. Nikki might be a jerk, but he was right about one thing, his fiancee is a double for his narcissistic mother, who has been doing everything to save herself since episode 5. She didn't want to die. And she didn't want to pass on the curse, not out of kindness, but out of the little bit of love she felt for Nikki, and who would be willing to take responsibility for the death of an entire alien family? She urgently needed to believe in love, in kindred spirits. It would be hard to believe if she admitted for even a second that she was ready to kill her newly minted relatives to save herself)) What do we see at the end? They didn't get married at the right moment because of a rather difficult moment for Nikki, the collapse of his ideas about a long and perfect marriage, the desire to listen more to the bride ("be yourself," she said) and that she didn't want to get married. He did not leave her, but doubted the marriage itself (like she did at the very beginning, only she had tougher conditions: she had to believe or she would die!), offered to live without marriage, and yes, he did not believe in the curse. And it's as if we directly hear from him that she knows about his rationalism and fell in love with him like that, but Rachel shows him in a quarrel that he should have stuck HIMSELF in the ass and listened to her, trusted her (although she just threw him a couple of phrases about the curse, without really explaining, and she rubbed against anyone all the time, but not with him). Who's being selfish and hypocritical?)) Yes, both of them!
@Kiki-mora: Nikki is certainly a mother's boy, who finally disappointed her at the moment with what she suffered from in the first 3 episodes - doubt and focus on the words of her mother, who knew the approach (but again because of ambition, because she directly demanded to marry her, and did not adjust and did not try to talk calmly without reproaches, I turned on maximum selfishness). And this disappointment came when she realized that he was listening to his mother, not her, there was a shifter here - we remember how Nelly called her the new Mistress of the house when she started building them. I liked that at the very beginning she aspired to be a mediator in a difficult moment in the life of someone else's family, and as a result, in her future she assumed the role of matriarch. Therefore, her curse remained with her, but in a different form: she, like the previous witness, got scared and left her fiance (said "No"), even though he was also her soulmate. That's why she died and became a new witness for her fiance's very specific family. And she will be forced to watch his family die, doubting love, family, marriage, that very thing. Marriage and relationships are never about one person, it's never about just yourself, and before marriage, you still need to walk some kind of path together through joy and difficulties in order to understand your partner better, rather than a tearful story about meeting at the airport, where each of them focused on their own benefits.
Boring. Krinzhatin's ending is complete, endless conversations in circles about the same thing, and in general, the whole season is one continuous self-repetition from episode to episode. People who write laudatory reviews, tell me, do you have any kind of viewing experience at all, what is it that still excites you???
The vibe reminded me of the Fall of the House of Usher. And it's so interesting to watch and the ending is unexpected - a great series for a few nights. And I would like to note the heroine, she played well - after all, Leo taught the girl something ;)
It turns out that if the waiter bled to death, then he's Nikki's brother (apparently on his father's side) and that kid in the car is also cursed, and Rachel will be at his wedding too.
The last episode was just disappointing, what a crumpled game… In general, the series was initially intrigued by the picture, the actors, the plot ... and in the end it's like this, well, sps)
Be sure to watch in the evening in the dark, so the atmosphere 🔥 I'm happy for Jules, and as it turned out, he's the most positive brother, but in the beginning it didn't look like that. Poor little fox stomped at the end☹️
Good enough. I don't know about you, but I was reminded on Vibe of "I'm going to look." It's a good three-wheeler. I love this. Great actress, special thanks for Victoria Pedretti.
So a fox without a paw is a metaphor for Rachel without a little finger?😅
I really liked the series! Atmospheric, daring, sometimes pestilent. A cool allegory on the subject of marriage came out. The winner was a couple who were always fighting, but at the same time confident in each other. I will give my husband the example of Jules and Nellie and tell him that everything is fine with us.😁
To be honest, I expected the horrors. The first couple of episodes were kept in fierce suspense, and everything pointed to the fact that the family was not simple. I was pretty sure it would end with some kind of sacrifice. Moreover, the words of the mother in one of the episodes still cause confusion, they say she and Nicky are very sorry. What's the point? It's like a big hint that you guys are going to be killed. But by the middle and end of the series, everything turned upside down in one fell swoop. I really liked Jules. How creepy and suspicious he was at the beginning and how understanding and kind at the end, it's just amazing how this character has changed in the eyes of the viewer. Just like his wife, with whom they turned out to be kindred spirits, who would have thought! Porsche is a very obscure and nasty character. But perhaps the most disgusting is Niki. Oh, my God, little basket son. I didn't believe my fiancee, I don't think I've believed a single word of her since the first episode. He left her at the altar and gave her a backside, arguing that "this is all for you, Rachel, you didn't want to get married." Are you a fucker? I've been repeating this question in my head for the last half hour. He would have taken care of her, taken into account her wishes, would have done it much earlier. Or else I wouldn't make an offer. And not only did you do it in front of such a crowd, but also after her vow, after she refused to make herself your soulmate in an occult way. She just believed you and her feelings for you. And then he agreed, just because Mommy said so. Gspd, how I squeaked when almost everyone was dead and she was like, "no" to him. Suck it, baby! It was a great ending, even though I wanted Nikki to die too. I was so glad that Jules and Nellie had survived. The bomb couple
I can't remember the last time I watched a TV series in one day (yes, even a mini), I couldn't tear myself away for a second. The amazing atmosphere, the color scheme and the style are just a cannon. You have logic, morality, and all-round family relationships.
Well, quite. If Charlie Kaufman and Mike Flanagan had remade together “I'm going to look for” in my own way: the first half of the season is something like “I'm thinking how to end everything,” and the second half is clearly inspired by the “Fall of the House of Usher.” I personally didn't have enough semantic depth, the topic is interesting, but in the series all the metaphors are pretty head-on. (Although my viewing experience is high, maybe it doesn't bother me anymore) Visually, in terms of shooting, these are all camera flights, everything is very cool, but you can break your eyes about the color sensor. I've already turned the settings on different screens this way and that, and it's still dark.
In short, you can watch it, in principle it's fun, even interesting, but I would like it to be more complicated and more subtle. Ironically, Death is a plus in the end: so many people died at once))) So Rachel was rewarded for over-fulfilling the plan, so to speak. 😅
Super atmospheric, thoughtful and fresh series ❤ I agree with the comments above, everything is fine in it. The actors are alive, they played their best, the incredibly beautiful Rachel, her images hit the very heart of the story is not new, but how cool it was twisted and presented. I was very pleased with the ending, the moment reminded Florence Pugh of the little drummer girl. I am delighted with watching, high-quality work.
The series is very atmospheric, and the musical accompaniment is just gorgeous. One of the best TV shows in recent times. It also seemed to me that Kaufman's vibe was present in the first episode, somewhere in the middle of the season, when the bicentennial witness was singing in a bar and then Rachel talked to him, Lynch had an association with "Blue Velvet", but as a result, this scenario does not look like any movie I had previously watched.
Special sympathy for the couple Jules and Nell. I liked that it showed how kindred spirits can have problems in a relationship. Back in the series, there were hints between Jules and Rachel, but it's good that they didn't develop this into a relationship.
I liked the series and kept me in suspense until the very end. But for a second, Rachel will most likely (but not exactly) turn out to be pregnant, after the scene of taking, ahem, semen from the groom. Will there be a curse on her child? Or will he be immortal like his mother? Of course, I'm not sure if the baby will be born and these are all theories, but this scene was probably quite important if it was shown.
I don't understand the rave reviews. For me, it was just an amazing mega clash. Boring, not interesting, a lot of empty chatter. Almost all the actions of the characters are hands-on.
I have a very bad feeling that I won't like it and I didn't like it. The intrigue is of course colossal. I don't watch horror movies and mysticism, but here I decided. The game is great, the shooting is great. But all this is not visible to me.
Are these all the fables that sometimes truly second halves are not those who live soul to soul, but may also have a great desire to get divorced? did I understand correctly? Since nothing happened to big brother
Rachel, whose mother died a long time ago, and relations with her father are not going well, and Nicky, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, are engaged. They go to the country house of the groom's family, where the wedding will take place in a week. But the closer the ceremony gets, the more strange things happen that make Rachel wonder if she's making a mistake that will cost her too much.
Ideally, the less you know about "I have a very bad feeling about this", the better. Even the exact genre attributes are better not to outline, but to make do with general phrases. But otherwise, I'll just end the review here and now with the phrase "must watch." Therefore, I will still determine the direction so that there is something to praise.
The series was produced by the Duffer brothers ("Stranger Things") and written by Hayley Boston ("New Cherry Flavor", also from Netflix), and directed by Veronica Tofilskaya ("The Fawn") with the support of two other young ladies, Lisa Brulman and Axel Carolin, who worked on "The House with the Servants" and "The Ghost of the Manor Bly," "The Midnight Club," and "American Horror Story." I'm listing my selected filmography for a reason. The new project is the perfect quintessence of their previous work, flavored (but not overdone) by David Lynch with an Eastern European image and anxiety from the Polish woman Tofilskaya, who set a depressing but fascinating tone to everything that happens. In general, if you combine Flanagan's horror series and The Fawn, you will get a rough idea of what is happening.
In the first half, the authors continuously throw up a variety of funny situations, and you literally drown in a host of theories about what's going on. Will getting to know the groom's strange relatives lead to an exodus in the style of "Away" and "I'm going to look for"? These rituals are pagan a la "Solstice" or tied to demonology in the spirit of "The Key to all doors" and "Bring her back from the dead." Are these rituals? Does the countdown to the ceremony hint at the inevitability, as in "The Bell"?! Is there a real maniac or a ghost walking around? And if he's wandering, what's his motivation? Who, after all, is the threat here anyway? Maybe Rachel herself has a cunning plan and she is here for a reason, but everything has a realistic explanation? So many questions and so few answers at first.
In addition to excellent cinematography, overpowering gorgeous scenery and all sorts of interesting directorial finds, a wonderful cast helps to maintain a state of paranoia. The veterans did their best here: from Ted Levine (Buffalo Bill from The Silence of the Lambs) and Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight) to Zlatko Buric (the Pusher trilogy). And the young ones performed well: Camila Morrone (this is the first time I've seen a lady) gave a very lively and realistic game. It's a pleasure to watch Rachel's tossing and investigating. And also a very pretty and charismatic actress, who looked like Liv Tyler and Monica Bellucci at the same time. I would also like to mention Jeff Wilbush in the role of Nicky's older brother - he turned out to be such a slippery character, whose transformation is also very interesting to watch.
However, by the middle, after a great flashback episode in the spirit of French horror films of the noughties with Victoria Pedretti ("You") suddenly looking at the light, most of the guns are fired (to be fair, some will fire blanks and are initially needed to distract attention, or play a less significant role than it seems) and turned upside down The narrative is built into a clear, logical and orderly line, but the only question remains: how will the main characters get out of the circumstances they find themselves in with the support of unexpected allies? And will they get out at all, or will we have a finale that justifies the name of the series, which George Martin himself would applaud along with Stephen King.
"I have a very bad feeling" is not just one of the most well-made and memorable horror films of recent years (no matter on big or small screens) with a dense atmosphere that you can cut with a knife, and besides, it is not devoid of humor, it is first of all the most gorgeous, albeit not too complicated metaphor about marriage. You're either confident in your partner and you're living with him, or you've made the wrong choice-what's the best way to put it? - "you live in vain with him," "you don't actually live, but next to him." There is, of course, a third option. In any case, someone will get a heavy burden in the form of a broken heart. And how do you know if the choice was "right"? Watch the series - be sure to be with your soulmate, if there is, it's not all "Four weddings" to watch! - and draw conclusions.
Discussion: Season 1, Episode 8 Join the Discussion
178The moral of this fable is: Won't they call a good thing a marriage?
From the very beginning, she keeps me in suspense, and at the end of each episode she constantly thought: what is going to happen now, what will be the end in the end?
And this feeling doesn't let go until the very end.
The atmosphere is oppressive and disturbing.
The actors played well without any questions.
So far, this is one of the most suitable new products for me that has been released recently.
It's just the case when I turned it on for a couple of episodes and that's it, it's gone.
Plus, I was pleased that the main character's brother and his wife turned out to be the kindred spirits after all.
Anyway, I was thrilled with the series.
Beautiful picture, keeps suspense from beginning to end.
I put it on the background because the trailer was kind of disturbing, but here's something really fresh and interesting.
At some point, I started rooting for my brother and thought that he and GG would be joined as kindred spirits. But the real ending is much better.
I liked it)
It's not boring, it's not corny, it's like something new) it keeps you in suspense and it was just impossible to guess the ending)
I thought anything but that)
GG is just a beauty, like
Another bloody wedding)
I liked it!
I'm really sorry about the kid.
The series couldn't help but sound I will survive, by the way, can this moment be considered a spoiler from the creators of the series?The groom, of course, overdid it)
The most important thing I've learned from the series is faith. You can't get far without her.
I liked the expression "if you said you met aliens, I would believe it!".
I wish more people would watch the series.
Episode 2) you can probably watch the episode separately from everything else.
There were also weddings in the IP, but I no longer followed the project.
What did you remember?)
The first 4 episodes kept me tense, just like everyone else. And the line with magic/rituals from his family didn't seem like such a bad idea. What was the point of that story about the killer of three women anyway? About the shoe that the only surviving victim found on the floor of the car before he started strangling her (and later our heroine found it).
It feels like the directors were different throughout the series. Or did they want to twist everything so that no one would exactly guess the essence (which, as it turned out, did not exist at all) that such a game had turned out?
Where is this "masterpiece"? Like because of the amount of blood?
I don't mind the pictures, the characters, the horror, and even that sea of blood, but damn, it all has to be justified somehow. I didn't see any sense in everything that was happening. Nothing instructive or that they wanted to convey to us either.
Disappointment.
P.S.: the annoyance towards Nikki from half of the series deserves a separate comment (about the poor depressed boy with a teddy bear in his hands)
And all the stories at the beginning are in order to confuse the viewer as to what the real mix will be. And the creators did it perfectly.
But here are two people with their own flaws who are honest with each other for at least their whole lives.
The heroine and Nikki would have been fine, but he said one thing and did something completely different.
Well, the directors in the series were different, this is the norm for TV series. 1 the director shoots one or more episodes. But in general, the showrunner is still following the series, so this is one person's vision.
And yes, apparently they wanted to twist the plot, and if you look at how they respond to the series, then for many it worked. Under each episode, they were amazed at how the plot was "twisted". Although, I don't understand where it was "spun".
However, the series is quite good 🤷
the ending was not expected, at some point I thought that I understood everything, but it turned out that there was something else to surprise.
The series is just awesome. 100/10
I didn't want to turn it off, rewind, or set x1.5 for a minute. None of my guesses came true, everything in each episode turned out to be completely different.
Hopefully, there will be a season 2, and they will show us how Jude grows up and gets married.
I also know such couples who "yes, he is like that, that's it, we're breaking up...", and then oh, and reconciled. And they're happy to sleep.
And on the other hand, we were shown the parents. Who outwardly look like an ideal couple, but in reality it turns out that the father is hopelessly in love and is ready to fulfill any desire of his wife, and the wife is a cheater in the past.
Here, literally the entire plot and every detail are imbued with the phrase "everything is not what it seems"
Well, in the episode where Jules was lying in the bathroom, there was a conversation like "if you wanted a good brother, you'd stay with Nikki, but you like bad ones." For them, it's all just peppercorns in a relationship.
Portia died because a casual marriage in Vegas is clearly not love.
Jules and Nelly survived because, despite all the difficulties, they love each other and consider each other their soul mates.
Nikki survived because he believed that Rachel was his soul mate. Yes, he got caught in front of the altar at the end and ruined everything, but I think he still considered her fate.
Rachel died because when they were fighting, she confessed that she no longer loved him and believed that they did not need to be together, but the marriage still took place. That is, again, she did not marry the one who was her destiny.
She wasn't supposed to be a witness in the first place. For 200 years, there was only one man who cursed them. That's why Rachel started dying.
But then death decided to let this man go, he died, and Rachel became a new witness and came back to life. Probably because it was the curse of one family for many years, and now it has become the curse of another family.
I just don't understand the moment, if the curses passed on to Nikki's family, and then back to Rachel, then why did she finally tell baby Jude that he should choose his partner carefully? Didn't the curse go back to Rachel when she was forcibly married? I'm confused about this moment.
When the relatives began to die, Nikki decided to end the ceremony, put a ring on Rachel, the father declared them husband and wife, and the witness said, "you have already said the vows, it remains to complete the ceremony." At that moment, Rachel became part of Nikki's family and bled to death simply as Nikki's wife, who does not consider her husband a soulmate. The fact that she said "I agree" at the altar at the beginning of the episode was considered more important than what she said afterwards.
And the fact that she has become a new witness is Death's own decision. It wasn't supposed to be like this initially. And the curse was on Nikki's family, and it remains.
I thought that if you refuse a wedding, you automatically become a witness.
Spun so spun
But the question still remains. I realized that the curse is placed on those who are related to Nikki by blood. They've repeated Bloodline more than once. Mom, sister, they're all related by blood. Rachel wasn't related by blood.
And it's strange that then she waited and witnessed, that is. After all , they counted her words of refusal later . In general, hot potatoes from curses are tossed back and forth
@Auryn: It's just that when the Witness told his story, he clarified that the curse had spread to his bride, whom he had abandoned at the altar, and to the bride's new husband.
The ending is basically open. Here everyone can come up with what their imagination allows, and interpret it as they see it)
When they told me about my mother's infidelity, I thought that maybe one of the children was from a lover, and all of them would die, but one would not die because he would turn out to be a half-relative 😄
The showrunner or someone there explained this by saying that the witness was such while the curse was in the family to which he passed it and he observed the consequences. And now it has spread to another kind, to which that witness has nothing to do at all, and they decided to release him.
Yes, it's interesting here that it's generally fashionable to interpret a lot.
I thought Nikki was just the son of a lover. When he came to his mother for a showdown, he just said that he had a lover before he was born.
An unnecessary relic of the past.
And that moment, when his mom was comforting him and he was crying, I would just run away from this mom's son. What a rare asshole, tricked her into wearing a ring!!!
I thought that this curse would overtake all those who are not already married to their soulmates.
Awesome TV series 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I think it's partly a defensive reaction from accepting the situation and that now she's not connected to this whole asshole family. 🤷♀️
Is this about Sif using deadly curses, please apologize! 🧐
It's a very cool series! He didn't take the story to where I originally thought it would go. The acting, the entourage, the soundtrack, wah wah!
Nikki.. 🤡
Mommy came, whispered in his ear, lulled him to sleep, and he said, yes, let's get married. He pretended to cancel the wedding for her, even though his rose-colored glasses were shattered about his parents' marriage. And during the quarrel, everyone keeps twisting and twisting, like snakes! Ugh!
And when the curse solved everything, he came to his senses and immediately ran against Rachel's will to get married. Twice ugh ugh!
But the scene was certainly spectacular, even though it resembled a scene from the Fall of the House of Usher.
I'm glad that Rachel is "free" in a sense.
I wonder if she can travel out of state, or if she always has to arrive in that county now?
Was she wearing clothes from the Witness's suitcase as part of a commitment, or did she just need to change into something? 😅
And after the resurrection, she approached the boy Jude, saying that she would be a witness at his wedding. So the curse on Nikki's family still hasn't been lifted?
So did you write the "DON'T MARRY HIM" postcard from the first episode?
the witness said that he was taking the trophies after the tragic outcome. He's wearing Rachel's mother's bracelet and her father's tie, and he gets what he borrowed. The suitcase contains items from all the weddings over the 200 years it has been attended.
That's why, when the curse fell on his family, Nikki stayed alive, and Rachel died. She was his "soulmate," but he wasn't her destiny.
And because at the time of the transfer of the curse to his family, he was technically not married. 💁♀️
And Rachel "died" because she said I do before sunset.
But Rachel was just because of the curse (which passed on to his family and once she got married, she also became a part of it) and because she stopped believing that Nikki was her soulmate and died. But then Death freed the previous Witness and made her a Witness, as the curse had already passed on to another kind.
Something reminded me of Beef — the same unconventionality and the feeling that you are watching something not quite typical.
At the moment, the series does not yet have a clear rating on Kinopoisk and IMDb — there are too few ratings, so the picture is not yet fully understood (current IMDb ~6.6).
So far it feels like an underestimated thing. Perhaps, over time, the rating will grow as more people reach it.
Bickering
The fawn
Transitional age
I have a very bad feeling about this.
His performance at the time of the swearing-in is generally a separate story, and I think it's disastrous, I don't want to paint a lot. The fact that he didn't believe his fiancee, even though literally the whole family was determined to save her. And GG sacrificed her LITTLE FINGER to save them. She really went to great lengths to make them happy and got over herself, but come on, let's put it down and get to this: when Nicky saw what it all led to and that the curse was real (surprisingly), he ran to her with rings, again not hearing her, (although again, she she has already said that she is not going to marry him and does not consider him her soulmate), after the marriage, she, like the rest of the family, started bleeding and he stayed with his sister! He did not follow his beloved, but simply left her barely alive while she was painfully dying in the winter garden. And then I just knocked on her door (like she should get up and say oh, I accidentally fell asleep here).;
In short, it all showed very well, so much so that I still have a burning 🔥 , I highlighted only some highlights, omitting the little things, although there were enough of them!!! to avoid spreading multi-letters.
Adding: the series itself is a masterpiece for me, I love such stories, twisted plots, a beautiful picture and a well-chosen cast, I give 5
I really liked the topics raised about second halves, faith in each other, and the fact that a strong relationship can hide behind an imperfect facade, against which a curse is powerless, and vice versa. I got high from watching it.
She cut off her finger! The finger, Carl! Just to become Nikki's soulmate, for a man who, in fact, did nothing for her, rolled a tub of shit, and then tricked her into wearing a ring.
This, of course, is amazing. How much are women sometimes willing to give up on themselves, to sacrifice themselves in order to suit someone?
So hysteria is quite appropriate in this case. 😅
I see that it's not closed, and what can we film the next season about?
2. She "died" because she said "yes" before sunset and the wedding was assured by a witness.
3. The witness died because Rachel's family was interrupted and he no longer has anyone to follow.
4. But since she finally abandoned her "faithful", it's just the right time to become a witness to the newly cursed kind. 😁
the series is 10 out of 10))
This is the only point that disappointed and upset me and lowered my rating. Otherwise, the series is interesting and kept in suspense
I'm just annoyed that Nicky survived, sorry)
I didn't understand the concept of the curse a little bit - why the parting words to the little one were "choose your bride carefully", and not "never, you hear, never marry." Wasn't there a condition in the curse that you had to get married?
I really liked the presentation of the story, where everything turned out to be interconnected between families, that this curse did not come from no one knows where without explanation. At the moment when Jules was linked to Rachel's birth, I applauded the writers. After that, there was also a feeling, as we wrote above, that Jules would turn out to be "the one," but they didn't develop it, well, that's fine.
As for why Nikki could have survived, I still have a suspicion that he was born not from his father, but from a lover, since the betrayal occurred exactly at the moment before his birth, which his mother told him about.
The result of all this is Rachel's words, which she said to the little one: choose carefully whom you will marry. Let everything I saw be a serial metaphor, but the psychological consequences of making the wrong choice will not take long.
Regarding the sequel: there doesn't seem to be anything left to stretch out here, but if they come up with something, I'll be happy to see it. Maybe they'll show Rachel's future as a Witness.
This is the first series to enter the top of the best of the year! 100 suspensions out of 10.
It rather means that, no matter what, he sincerely considered Rachel his soulmate, and that's why he survived. And the fact that he killed half of his family out of disbelief doesn't happen to anyone?
But with an emphasis on the half, everything is clearer.
Did anyone pay attention to the scene in episode 1 when Nicky put something in the bedside dresser, looked into the darkness of the dresser with the lid open and walked barefoot around it afterwards? I thought it was a wedding dress or something that would shoot in episode 8.
Either just to distract attention, or they didn't reveal this secret.
I have another question, if Rachel's mom died, did she also not believe that her husband was her soulmate, or did they just not have time before sunset? When she was dying and Jules saw her on the bed, she kind of said that she believed he was her soulmate. It turns out that then we just didn't have time? Or did the doubts remain until the end?
And the shoe in the toilet in the first episode is just a reference to the ice cream killer? Is the fox in the toilet also a spoiler? Or is it like parallels with Rachel?
So, what is the meaning of this box? In an interview with Access Hollywood, Adam DiMarco and Camila Morrone, who play the roles of Nicky and Rachel, said that this was Rachel's anxiety coping mechanism.
"At that time, we decided that the box symbolized a kind of womb. It was a way to connect with myself [Rachel], as if in a new space. I [Rachel] am very anxious and disoriented.
And it was like a breathing technique," Morrone said.
Solid 4.5 kindred spirits out of 5.
P.S. I didn't understand if Rachel is his documented wife or not?))
It was a strange curse, of course: it was thought that the witness would suffer watching his descendants die, but in the end he was clearly having fun trying to guess who would die and who would not.
And the new witness, it seems, will also enjoy watching the torments of the family that almost killed her.
So it wasn't his descendants who died, but the descendants of the bride he abandoned, and now Niki's descendants will die.
In general, the finale was not surprising, but the impression of the series is pleasant and atmospheric. There were a lot of distractions at the beginning, which turned on the doubter and suspect mode, which whetted the interest.
The only reason I took off an asterisk from each episode was that my blind eyes were blinded even more in this darkness..
And Nicky is a snot on a leg
Even though she became immortal and took the place of a 200-year-old man.
And this wedding, the wedding, the wedding sang
What a cool ending!
100 guests - I should have thought that, of course, the curse would pass on to them
At the same time, the saint was ready to sacrifice her body, her life, but not to pass evil on to others.
as a result, the mother did not prepare the wedding for nothing as her funeral)
and in general, the couple's quarrel at recess with dancing was cool, and then everything looped around and Jules' son looked at the blood and murders the way he himself once did.
but the fact that Jules and Nelly abandoned Rachel, even though the whole family had already died there, was very strange
, the whole series was based on how they supported her, well OK
Rey felt very sorry at that moment, because she trusted Nicky without even drinking the elixir (which is really just stupid, but then there would have been no such carnage)
and that look at the camera, the way she fell into the snow and everything turned red
Yes, Nicky didn't like her, and left her in the snow after his death
, and it's even good that they didn't make a line with Jules either, as she wrote, it would be as illogical as possible to bring them together in a few days.
I thought that Rey in immortality would be a nightmare for their family, but she is a kind soul, even gave instructions to a little kid.
And it seems that this is how a guardian witness should be, and not like that huge, impetuous man.
I would burn this estate down, it's impossible
to clean it up, and I can't live knowing how many people died...
weddingTV series on 10/10and the cast (mostly actors I've never seen anywhere else, which is a huge plus in a world where the same people play all the time), and the shooting, and the music, and the plot, and the combination of fast-paced, uncomfortable, creepy scenes were great
, kept me in suspense until the end
, hope returned for suitable Duffer projects!
at least, she, damn, lived her death
as a maximum
, you have to come to the weddings of the descendants of this family all the time and sort of live your 'celebration'
so the guy who gave her immortality also said that he feels everything
, which means that all her emotions are preserved (and the way she saw her mother's death, her own birth, the death of a bunch of people at a wedding, the pain of betrayal of a 'loved one' and from her death too), plus the physical pain of losing a finger, and perhaps there are consequences of how blood flowed from the eyes
So no, it wasn't Nicky who was punished, but she
, and perhaps for centuries to come.
There are two emoticons in the reactions at once: tension and delight).
But it's clear that the series isn't about that (but it's still a bit eye-catching)
I still don't understand why some people died in pairs, and not just the one from the groom's side, it's somehow completely wrong, they're not married to their relatives.
P.S. I feel sorry for littlefinger and the fox
Strong 3.5/5
I liked the series, but I didn't like the ending. The last 10 minutes were superfluous.
I'll try to figure it out. It turns out that they didn't get married before the appointed time, and the curse passed on to Nikki's family, and everyone who wasn't married to their soulmate died. But then Nikki put on the ring and the curse came back to Rachel, so Nikki didn't die, but Portia died because the process was already running.
Jules and Nell are soulmates, ironically.
But why did Rachel resurrect? Did the curse want a new witness? Or did he feel sorry for her somehow, what's the point here?
And Camila Morrone, of course, is gorgeous.
I really liked the character of Jules and I'm glad that in his case, love really turned out to be real, despite the complexity of his character, all the feelings could be read in his eyes. Now I want to take a closer look at the actor himself and explore other films, he played this role perfectly.
Well, it turned out to be a good mini-movie)
I won't be watching the first episode anymore.
It's really very hard to make good horror series, and this has been confirmed again. From the first episodes, I roughly understood which way everything was going to go, and, unfortunately, I was almost not mistaken.
Positive:
The first 4 episodes were really strong for the genre. Especially the first and second — the excellent oppressive atmosphere of the snow-covered mansion, the feeling that "something is wrong here," the gradual escalation. Good job dealing with the anxiety of the main character.
Camila Morrone pulls off the role very well, you really believe her.
The finale was pleased with the lack of a happy ending and a rather bloody ending, which I love.
Minuses:
Since the second episode, I've had a clear feeling that all the "mysticism" is basically Rachel's paranoia before the wedding. The main twist with the family curse (death after marriage) was predictable for me almost from the first episode. I can't say that I guessed all the details, but the general direction is yes.
After episode 4, the series practically ceased to be a horror. The intrigue completely disappeared, and a strong tension began. The latest episodes are just a long wait for the inevitable.
After episode 5, I was already mentally calculating that my husband would most likely run away from the wedding. And in general, almost everything went exactly as I expected.
Many people write in the reviews that they were shocked and did not understand how it would end until the last moment. To be honest, I didn't feel such delight — for me, the series was predictable from beginning to end.
Result:
A good atmosphere at the beginning, a strong lead actress and a bloody ending without a sugary happy ending are the advantages. But the highly stretched story, the predictable plot and the early disclosure of the main twist greatly spoil the impression.
A full-length film (for an hour and a half or two hours) would be much more suitable for such a story than an 8-episode format. As a result, he is a strong middle peasant.
I would also like to note that the first 4 episodes are the best, and the timing was delayed further. This was especially evident in the seance, which in the end made no sense. Yes, and running around collecting the necessary stuff for the potion (the potion itself also caused a facepalm, but as an allegory, it's great).
So, I don't quite agree with the explanation of the ending with Rachel and Nikki, which is common to everyone here.: He didn't die because he wasn't a husband, and she was a wife. Why does this happen? Marriage is a dance for two, one cannot be a spouse and the other cannot be)) And not because Rachel passed into Nikki's family, she died. She didn't become a blood relative, she shouldn't die because of the curse. Only blood relatives who don't believe in their partner die (a partner never dies in principle, and as if there should be plenty of marriages where both considered each other not soulmates, but the focus is on the damned).
Further imho. How I see the denouement and their relationship in general.
Since by the time the sun sets (you do realize that it doesn't disappear in a minute, don't you?) we had two branches at once: Nikki abandoned the bride (the curse began to pass on to his family) and the wedding did take place (the curse still remained with Rachel). Therefore, she died like a curse on her kind, because at the last moment she answered "NO" to him, and yet the ring was put on, and the marriage took place. And she no longer believed that he was her soulmate (and she exhaled that his family would die, outweighing the responsibility on him). But he believed initially that she was a kindred spirit, and even more so in a moment of super stress.
For me, the series turned out to be about love, trust, honesty, faith, partly arrogance, and about listening and listening to a partner. Which they didn't have in the first place.
What do we see at the end?
They didn't get married at the right moment because of a rather difficult moment for Nikki, the collapse of his ideas about a long and perfect marriage, the desire to listen more to the bride ("be yourself," she said) and that she didn't want to get married. He did not leave her, but doubted the marriage itself (like she did at the very beginning, only she had tougher conditions: she had to believe or she would die!), offered to live without marriage, and yes, he did not believe in the curse. And it's as if we directly hear from him that she knows about his rationalism and fell in love with him like that, but Rachel shows him in a quarrel that he should have stuck HIMSELF in the ass and listened to her, trusted her (although she just threw him a couple of phrases about the curse, without really explaining, and she rubbed against anyone all the time, but not with him). Who's being selfish and hypocritical?)) Yes, both of them!
Marriage and relationships are never about one person, it's never about just yourself, and before marriage, you still need to walk some kind of path together through joy and difficulties in order to understand your partner better, rather than a tearful story about meeting at the airport, where each of them focused on their own benefits.
I'm happy for Jules, and as it turned out, he's the most positive brother, but in the beginning it didn't look like that.
Poor little fox stomped at the end☹️
I really liked the series! Atmospheric, daring, sometimes pestilent. A cool allegory on the subject of marriage came out. The winner was a couple who were always fighting, but at the same time confident in each other. I will give my husband the example of Jules and Nellie and tell him that everything is fine with us.😁
Camille Morrone is a beauty. So is her character.
I really liked Jules. How creepy and suspicious he was at the beginning and how understanding and kind at the end, it's just amazing how this character has changed in the eyes of the viewer. Just like his wife, with whom they turned out to be kindred spirits, who would have thought!
Porsche is a very obscure and nasty character. But perhaps the most disgusting is Niki. Oh, my God, little basket son. I didn't believe my fiancee, I don't think I've believed a single word of her since the first episode. He left her at the altar and gave her a backside, arguing that "this is all for you, Rachel, you didn't want to get married." Are you a fucker? I've been repeating this question in my head for the last half hour. He would have taken care of her, taken into account her wishes, would have done it much earlier. Or else I wouldn't make an offer. And not only did you do it in front of such a crowd, but also after her vow, after she refused to make herself your soulmate in an occult way. She just believed you and her feelings for you. And then he agreed, just because Mommy said so. Gspd, how I squeaked when almost everyone was dead and she was like, "no" to him. Suck it, baby!
It was a great ending, even though I wanted Nikki to die too.
I was so glad that Jules and Nellie had survived. The bomb couple
The snow scene is a beautiful kick—ass!
Visually, in terms of shooting, these are all camera flights, everything is very cool, but you can break your eyes about the color sensor. I've already turned the settings on different screens this way and that, and it's still dark.
In short, you can watch it, in principle it's fun, even interesting, but I would like it to be more complicated and more subtle.
Ironically, Death is a plus in the end: so many people died at once))) So Rachel was rewarded for over-fulfilling the plan, so to speak. 😅
Special sympathy for the couple Jules and Nell. I liked that it showed how kindred spirits can have problems in a relationship. Back in the series, there were hints between Jules and Rachel, but it's good that they didn't develop this into a relationship.
Although I'm sure his fans don't see the difference. 😉
did I understand correctly? Since nothing happened to big brother
Wow, even gays don't have soul mates, and how did Netflix allow that? 😂
The groom has zero points on the scale of "Four weddings"! And the series has 5 red weddings out of 5.
Most importantly, he believed that Rachel was his soulmate))) With good intentions, as they say.
I'm happy for Jules and Nell. My son, however, was unlucky - his dad left in terms of childhood trauma.
Little fox, live!
In the end, it would be nice to have a caption with divorce statistics .
It's a great series, as far as I'm concerned.
SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS COMING, OR A PENNILESS
Hey, little sister, what have you done?
Oh, hey little sister, who's the only one? © Billy Idol
Fighting for life, for tomorrow,
And even sometimes for me. © "The Bride", the Mummy Troll
I'll never marry you.
I'd rather eat my passport in front of the registry office.
I'll fly away, I'll run away, I'll disappear,
But I won't marry you for anything. © Arkady Ukupnik
Rachel, whose mother died a long time ago, and relations with her father are not going well, and Nicky, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, are engaged. They go to the country house of the groom's family, where the wedding will take place in a week. But the closer the ceremony gets, the more strange things happen that make Rachel wonder if she's making a mistake that will cost her too much.
Ideally, the less you know about "I have a very bad feeling about this", the better. Even the exact genre attributes are better not to outline, but to make do with general phrases. But otherwise, I'll just end the review here and now with the phrase "must watch." Therefore, I will still determine the direction so that there is something to praise.
The series was produced by the Duffer brothers ("Stranger Things") and written by Hayley Boston ("New Cherry Flavor", also from Netflix), and directed by Veronica Tofilskaya ("The Fawn") with the support of two other young ladies, Lisa Brulman and Axel Carolin, who worked on "The House with the Servants" and "The Ghost of the Manor Bly," "The Midnight Club," and "American Horror Story." I'm listing my selected filmography for a reason. The new project is the perfect quintessence of their previous work, flavored (but not overdone) by David Lynch with an Eastern European image and anxiety from the Polish woman Tofilskaya, who set a depressing but fascinating tone to everything that happens. In general, if you combine Flanagan's horror series and The Fawn, you will get a rough idea of what is happening.
In the first half, the authors continuously throw up a variety of funny situations, and you literally drown in a host of theories about what's going on. Will getting to know the groom's strange relatives lead to an exodus in the style of "Away" and "I'm going to look for"? These rituals are pagan a la "Solstice" or tied to demonology in the spirit of "The Key to all doors" and "Bring her back from the dead." Are these rituals? Does the countdown to the ceremony hint at the inevitability, as in "The Bell"?! Is there a real maniac or a ghost walking around? And if he's wandering, what's his motivation? Who, after all, is the threat here anyway? Maybe Rachel herself has a cunning plan and she is here for a reason, but everything has a realistic explanation? So many questions and so few answers at first.
In addition to excellent cinematography, overpowering gorgeous scenery and all sorts of interesting directorial finds, a wonderful cast helps to maintain a state of paranoia. The veterans did their best here: from Ted Levine (Buffalo Bill from The Silence of the Lambs) and Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight) to Zlatko Buric (the Pusher trilogy). And the young ones performed well: Camila Morrone (this is the first time I've seen a lady) gave a very lively and realistic game. It's a pleasure to watch Rachel's tossing and investigating. And also a very pretty and charismatic actress, who looked like Liv Tyler and Monica Bellucci at the same time. I would also like to mention Jeff Wilbush in the role of Nicky's older brother - he turned out to be such a slippery character, whose transformation is also very interesting to watch.
However, by the middle, after a great flashback episode in the spirit of French horror films of the noughties with Victoria Pedretti ("You") suddenly looking at the light, most of the guns are fired (to be fair, some will fire blanks and are initially needed to distract attention, or play a less significant role than it seems) and turned upside down The narrative is built into a clear, logical and orderly line, but the only question remains: how will the main characters get out of the circumstances they find themselves in with the support of unexpected allies? And will they get out at all, or will we have a finale that justifies the name of the series, which George Martin himself would applaud along with Stephen King.
"I have a very bad feeling" is not just one of the most well-made and memorable horror films of recent years (no matter on big or small screens) with a dense atmosphere that you can cut with a knife, and besides, it is not devoid of humor, it is first of all the most gorgeous, albeit not too complicated metaphor about marriage. You're either confident in your partner and you're living with him, or you've made the wrong choice-what's the best way to put it? - "you live in vain with him," "you don't actually live, but next to him." There is, of course, a third option. In any case, someone will get a heavy burden in the form of a broken heart. And how do you know if the choice was "right"? Watch the series - be sure to be with your soulmate, if there is, it's not all "Four weddings" to watch! - and draw conclusions.
RATING: 5 red weddings out of 5