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Spectros (2020)

Spectros poster
Genre
fantasy television series
Country
Brazil
Length
1 season, 7 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 38 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of teenagers in São Paulo's Liberdade district encounter supernatural forces tied to Brazilian folklore and Japanese ghost tales. They must confront these eerie entities as the mysteries of the neighborhood unfold.

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What happens

Spectros is a Brazilian supernatural thriller streaming television series that premiered on Netflix on February 20, 2020. The seven-episode series is run by a writer and a director, Douglas Petrie, and produced by Moonshot Pictures. According to Doug Petrie, the series is a mix of Brazilian folklore and history, with elements of Japanese ghost tales, represented by the colorful streets of Liberdade district, home to the largest Japanese community outside Japan in the world. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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