The Head
2021
6.5/10
The trailer for this popped up on my YouTube recommendations a couple months ago. I had saved it and started watching it around Memorial Day weekend and finished up last night.
The premise of this series has been done a number of times since the 1950s. In this they kind of put a new spin on it. It is a psychological, crime thriller.
The series is a slow burn but it is a series where you need to pay attention to everything that is said and done if you want to figure it out before the last episode. If you suffer from TV ADHD, don’t bother investing the time to watch it.
The series follows the theme of the classic Sci-Fi Horror flick “The Thing”, but it is not a monster or paranormal flick.
My only fault is thru-out the series, some of the characters will speak in their native tongue and sub-titles are used. The problem is the idiot who did subtitles placed them on the screen where you can hardly see/read them. I had to turn subtitles on to find out what they were saying in a number of scenes.
The actor who plays the Professor in “Money Heist” and the actor who played Elchorst in “The Strain” co-stars.
This is a limited series. There are only 6 episodes that run about 45 minutes each. The series is on HBO MAX.
Synopsis
In the middle of the winter, a small group of scientists are in charge of an international base in the Antarctica. During the long polar nights stops communicating with the outside world.