Anyone looking at smartphones and maybe wean off the internet as a whole should watch Red Rose. The horror series has been streaming on Netflix since February 15 and is about an app that systematically destroys the lives of teenagers.
But are the eight episodes of Red Rose worth it? And do you ever want to talk to a smart speaker again afterwards? Here you can find an overview of the Horror series reviews.
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What is the new Netflix horror series about?
Red Rose was from the Sex Education Forge Eleven and originally produced for the British BBC, where it aired in August last year. Like the Netflix hit, it deals with teenagers – albeit in a much darker context.
In the beginning there is a tragedy. Young Alyssa from a privileged family is terrorized by the smart home technology in her home, so she takes her own life. In a poorer part of the northern English town of Bolton, schoolgirl Rochelle Mason (Isis Hainsworth) and her friends celebrate the end of the school year. Unlimited freedom and a summer without school stress should actually be ahead of them. But then Rochelle invites herself App called Red Rose on your smartphone.
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She has no idea what a malicious force is behind the app that will throw her life and that of her friends into chaos. Because the app sends traumatizing images, writes false messages to others and uses the ubiquitous technology for manipulation and fear. But what is behind it?
The Ring for the smartphone age: What do the critics say about Red Rose?
For a horror series on Netflix, the reviews have been surprisingly positive so far. In the case of the aggregators Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, the British series 100 percent or 75 points before, but that could still change if more reviews are entered.
Nadira Goffe at Slate thinks Red Rose gets the smartphone obsession right, and it’s refreshing Smart horror update delivers:
Red Rose is finally a series about digital horror that doesn’t believe the dangers of our chronic online addiction stop at mere surveillance […]. [Die Serie] sharpens the sense of care in dealing with technology, without scolding Gen Z for being online all the time.
William Tucker had a hard time watching the series:
Red Rose creates a fear that is almost overwhelming. It’s a difficult show because you can’t get used to it, the characters and the theme made me nervous the whole time. The dialogue can be a bit flat but nice when it counts, but the story is really compelling. […] Make the heavy and crushing mood I felt while watching [die Serie] to an unforgettable experience.
At Mashable, Shannon Connellan describes the series as a hybrid of Skins – Up Close, Ring and Black Mirror, and praises Red Rose as breaking those comparisons:
Red Rose takes the time to explore serious themes of grief, death, classes, family, friendship and early adulthood as our protagonists unite Live through tech nightmare that will make you throw your phone into the sea.
All 8 episodes of Red Rose are currently streaming on Netflix. So far it is not known whether there is one 2nd season of the series will give.