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The Burning Girls (2023)

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Genre
thriller, horror fiction
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 6 episodes
Rated
19
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A reverend and her daughter move to a small English village. They discover the community is haunted by old superstitions and a distrust of outsiders.

suspensefulgloomycreepybroodingslow-buildingatmospherictensemysterious

What happens

The Burning Girls is a British psychological horror drama television miniseries based on the 2021 novel of the same name by C.J. Tudor, adapted by Hans Rosenfeldt and Camilla Ahlgren. Developed by Buccaneer Media for Paramount+, it stars Samantha Morton and Ruby Stokes, and follows Reverend Jack Brooks (Morton) and her daughter, Flo (Stokes), as they move to Chapel Croft, a place that soon reveals the dark history of its community, where ancient superstitions and distrust of strangers are quite common. The Burning Girls had premiered on 19 October 2023 on Paramount+. The series received mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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