TV series

Beasts

1976 · 1 season

A quietly unsettling anthology that burrows under the skin with psychological dread rather than shocks, leaving a lingering sense of unease.

Overview: Beasts is a series of six television plays by Manx writer Nigel Kneale, unconnected save for a bestial horror theme, made by ATV for ITV in the United Kingdom and broadcast in 1976. The series avoids typical monster horror clichès, more so focusing on psychological and supernatural themes.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, obsession, madness, fate
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
obsession
madness
fate
nature
Places: countryside
small town
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild