TV series

The Perfect Insider

2014 · 1 season

A cerebral, slow-burning puzzle that feels chilly and claustrophobic, rewarding close attention with unsettling revelations.

Overview: Due to Professor Kita’s suggestion, student Moe Nishinosono and Associate Professor Sohei Saikawa head to Professor Kita’s research institute. There, various experiments have been conducted in a low temperature research room. During the night a murder takes place. Two graduate students are found dead in the low temperature research room. How did the killer enter the closed research room and how did the killer leave the room?
How it feels: Tense, eerie, melancholic and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Mystery, isolation, identity, obsession
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: mystery
isolation
identity
obsession
death
Places: single country house
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
twist ending
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild