TV series

The Living and the Dead

2016 · 1 season

A slow, brooding Victorian ghost story that wraps grief and the supernatural in a cold, unsettling atmosphere.

Tagline: What lies beneath should be left beneath.
Overview: Somerset 1894. When a pioneering Victorian psychologist brings his vivacious young wife to live on his family's estate, he is confronted by one disturbing case after another. Are these strange events linked merely by coincidence, or is there something more sinister - more supernatural - going on at Shepzoy?
How it feels: Eerie, melancholic, tense and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Grief, isolation, obsession, memory
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: grief
isolation
obsession
memory
fate
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild