A fun watch for horror fans, but content warnings for suicide and self-harm intrinsic to the story
I'm a huge fan of any death game-esque type of horror, and while this isn't really that it is close enough that I decided to give it a watch. I'm happy that I did. I found the writing to be pretty solid; the characters were consistent (and clever!), the balance of humour and horror was good, the pacing didn't drag, and the worldbuilding/explanation for the horror felt pretty well thought out. The soundtrack was simple and beautiful, doing a great job of creating an atmosphere without being too distracting. The acting was 10/10 (to me), and the visual effects were excellent. The story overall felt more character-driven than "get us to the next scare/gross out" driven.
It occasionally verged a bit too close to feeling like it might go into fantasy-adventure territory for my taste, but that's more of a matter of preference and really wasn't so bad until after the plot had been essentially wrapped up. There might be some confusion around the fate of one character, but I think that may be intentional as it seems like they may have been trying to set up a second season without leaving the show on a cliffhanger. I'm not giving a perfect score mostly because I feel like for a horror show, it wasn't especially creepy or scary. It was suspenseful, and got intense at times, but to me it is missing a bit of that sense of fear and consistent heightened emotions that I usually go to horror for. However I did enjoy the relationships between characters being such a big focus.
Overall I enjoyed it, I would say that this is more of an easy/light watch for a horror fan who's okay with a bit of gore (so long as scenes of suicide and self-harm are not a trigger for you, if they are then I would say you should avoid this show). It's not too intense, but it also isn't boring. If you don't like horror, you won't like this (because it's horror). But if you're horror-neutral you should be fine.
It occasionally verged a bit too close to feeling like it might go into fantasy-adventure territory for my taste, but that's more of a matter of preference and really wasn't so bad until after the plot had been essentially wrapped up. There might be some confusion around the fate of one character, but I think that may be intentional as it seems like they may have been trying to set up a second season without leaving the show on a cliffhanger. I'm not giving a perfect score mostly because I feel like for a horror show, it wasn't especially creepy or scary. It was suspenseful, and got intense at times, but to me it is missing a bit of that sense of fear and consistent heightened emotions that I usually go to horror for. However I did enjoy the relationships between characters being such a big focus.
Overall I enjoyed it, I would say that this is more of an easy/light watch for a horror fan who's okay with a bit of gore (so long as scenes of suicide and self-harm are not a trigger for you, if they are then I would say you should avoid this show). It's not too intense, but it also isn't boring. If you don't like horror, you won't like this (because it's horror). But if you're horror-neutral you should be fine.
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