TV series

Requiem from the Darkness

2003 · 1 season

A creeping, unsettling anthology of folk horror that lingers in the mind long after each grim moral reckoning.

Overview: Momosuke is a young man with a dream: to travel Japan and collect one hundred stories. He journeys from place to place, searching for tales of the paranormal and bizarre, hoping to collect tales to publish in his book. However, the calm of Momosuke's life soon is shattered by a chance meeting with three sinister beings: Mataichi the priest, Nagamimi the bird-caller, and the beautiful Ogin. Soon, Momosuke learns that there might be more to his newfound comrades than first meets the eye...
How it feels: Eerie, dark, bleak and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Mystery, morality, death, guilt
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
morality
death
guilt
justice
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild