7.6 /10 1 Votes7.6
Original language(s) English No. of episodes 6 Number of seasons 1 | 7.6/10 IMDb Country of origin Canada No. of seasons 1 First episode date 31 October 2013 Network Super Channel Number of episodes 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directed by Vincenzo NataliJeremy BallAnthony Scott BurnsRodrigo GudiñoSteven HobanBrett Sullivan Written by Randall Cole, Vincenzo Natali, Pascal Trottier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Darknet is a Canadian horror series that ran from October 2013 through March 2014. The show is an adaptation of the Japanese series Tori Hada. The series has been described as being composed of "snippets of people's lives being interrupted by vivid instances of unexpected violence or shocking strangeness" and each episode consists of several interlocking stories. The series' setup allowed for users to submit their own scripts and videos to the official series' social media sites after the season's end.
Contents
The first episode of Darknet was released onto the Internet on October 31, 2013 through the series' official Vimeo page and subsequent episodes were made available through Super Channel. The first season of Darknet comprises six episodes and was completed on March 28, 2014.
Premise
Each episode features several different stories that revolve around people in various different horror-related situations. Each story is related to a website called "Darknet", where people can post questions or answers to various topics such as what would be the best way to dispose of a corpse.
Cast
Reception
Critical reception for the initial episode of Darknet was positive and IndieWire compared the overall series format to the V/H/S series, as each series comprises several shorts created by different directors. Bleeding Cool praised Natali for "really [nailing] the atmosphere in the most suspenseful scenes". Fangoria also gave the episode a positive rating, as they enjoyed that Natali (who directed the initial episode) connected the stories and fates of the different tales in the pilot episode and felt that it was "one of the most fun and freaky episodes of horror television to come out of the web".
Broadcast
The series is currently available for streaming on Netflix in Australia, New Zealand, the U.S., Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.