2023-10-08 08:02:12
by Giacomo Fasola
New titles also include The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix, Goosebumps on Disney+ and the reboot of Frasier on Paramount+
Pacto de silencio – Dark secrets (on Netflix from Wednesday 11 October)
Four women, but only one is the right one. Pacto de Silencio (Italian title: Dark secrets) tells of a young successful influencer who sets out in search of her mother who abandoned her when she was born. To find her, and get revenge for what she sees as the cause of her difficult childhood, she enters the lives of four women. Her search for the truth will also lead her to discover secrets that will put her in danger. Pacto de Silencio a Mexican series in 18 episodes directed by Carlo Villegas Rosales (La Reina del Sur). The cast includes Camila Valero, Chantal Andere and Kika Edgar.
The Fall of the House of Usher (on Netflix from Thursday 12 October)
Brothers Roderick and Madeline have created a pharmaceutical empire. An empire whose foundations show disturbing cracks when their heirs are killed by a mysterious woman he met in his youth. What lies in Usher’s past? Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s story of the same name, The Fall of the House of Usher is an eight-episode miniseries directed by Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor and Midnight Mass). Like the story, the series also builds a parallel between the decline of the Usher dynasty and that of their ancient home in decay. The cast includes Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood and Zach Gilfo.
Chemistry Lessons (on Apple TV+ from Friday 13 October)
Elizabeth dreams of becoming a scientist. But in the United States of the 1950s, this option was not foreseen (remember The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel?). Fired from the laboratory where she works, Elizabeth agrees to host a cooking television program. If she can’t be a scientist, she thinks, she can teach American housewives (and not just them) something different from the usual recipes. Based on the best-seller by Bonnie Garmus, Chemistry Lessons stars Oscar winner Brie Larson (Captain Marvel) in the title role. The first two episodes will be available from Friday 13 October on Apple TV+.
Goosebumps (on Disney+ from Friday 13 October)
After a TV series in the nineties and two films in 2015 and 2018, another serial adaptation for Robert Lawrence Stine’s horror novels (translated into 32 languages, 400 million copies sold). The new version of Goosebumps, ten episodes in total, is taken from five books in particular: Photos from the Future, The Cursed Mask, The Clock of Destiny, Creeping Vengeance and The Talking Puppet. At the center of the story are five high school kids who investigate the disappearance 30 years earlier of the teenager Harold Biddle. The research will reveal dark secrets from their parents’ past. The cast of the series includes Justin Long, Rachael Harris and Zack Morris (no, it has nothing to do with the legendary character of Bayside School).
Frasier (on Paramount+ starting Friday, October 13)
Frasier Crane, the radio psychiatrist from the series that aired in the United States from 1993 to 2004 (won 37 Emmy Awards), returns. In the reboot the protagonist moved to another city, from Seattle to Boston, and became very rich. In addition to Kelsey Grammer, who returns to the role of Frasier, some of the actors from the original show may return, but not John Mahoney and the dog Moose (both are dead). The original Frasier was born as a spin-off of Cin Cin, where the psychiatrist appeared in the 45th episode. The reboot was written by How I Met Your Mother’s Chris Harris and Life in Pieces’ Joe Cristalli.
Everybody Loves Diamonds (on Amazon Prime from Friday 13 October)
After The Gold, on the “robbery of the century”, another series focusing on a theft that has made history. Everybody Loves Diamonds, an Italian production by Amazon, loosely inspired by the “Antwerp Coup”, which in 2003 entered the Guinness Book of Records as the largest diamond theft in the world. At the center of the series is a group of thieves led by Leonardo Notarbartolo, who with a brilliant plan manages to penetrate the Antwerp Diamond Center and steal stones worth millions of euros. The eight-episode series was written by Stefano Bises (Gomorrah, ZeroZeroZero) and produced by Wildside, already behind the success of Amazon’s other Italian series Bang Bang Baby. In the cast, alongside the Italians Kim Rossi Stuart, Anna Foglietta, Gian Marco Tognazzi and Carlotta Antonelli (Suburra), Rupert Everett and Malcolm McDowell also appear.
October 8, 2023 (modified October 8, 2023 | 08:05)
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