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The Dead Girls (2025)

The Dead Girls poster
Original title
Las muertas
Directed by
Luis Estrada
Genre
drama, crime
Country
Mexico
Length
1 season, 6 episodes
Rated
19
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 81 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1960s Mexico, a brothel owner controls a network of rural sex workers. When women start vanishing, the local community and police turn a blind eye. The series follows the investigation into these disappearances.

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What happens

The Dead Girls (Spanish: Las muertas) is a Mexican limited television series based on the 1977 novel by Jorge Ibargüengoitia, which was inspired by Las Poquianchis. The six-episode limited series, directed by Luis Estrada, debuted September 10, 2025, on Netflix. The work is a Spanish language production that was both set and shot in Mexico. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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