Archive 81 (2022)

A video restorer is mysteriously hired to work on a series of videotapes recovered from a building destroyed in a fire more than 20 years before.

'Archive 81' is a gem for fans of slowly unravelled mysteries. It's a miniseries that draws in with its vague intrigue, minimalist style, the clever use of "found-footage" style, the complex and well-defined main characters, the appearance of a conspiracy and the complete lack of monotony.

What at first is a slight suggestion of a mixture of occult and Sci-Fi, becomes the main ingredient towards the end, and probably damages the quality somewhat, but overall, the series will not cause even the slightest regret.

Director:  Rebecca Thomas and others

Production:  Netflix   

Creator:  Rebecca Sonnenshine   

Duration:  1 season of 8 episodes (1 hour each)   

With: Mamoudou Athie, Dina Shihabi, Evan Jonigkeit, Julia Chan, Matt McGorry, Martin Donovan

Rating: 9/10

The Night House (2020)

Beth is a recent widow looking for answers about her partner's death, an experience full of unusual experiences and worrying discoveries.

'The Night House' is a horror film with accents of drama and investigative film. Rebecca Hall and the hallucinatory mystery of the circumstances manage to raise the quality from a simple horror to that of a well-made film that deserves all the attention. The main actress (with some directorial intervention of course) manages to dazzle us with feelings that fill the viewer with doubts about the truth of the actions and information that's revealed, in a way that fascinates, keeps the audience in perpetual suspense and finally shocks them with the truths's suddenness.

Director:  David Bruckner      

With: Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Evan Jonigkeit

Rating: 9/10