TV series

Rebecca

1979 · 1 season

A slow, shadowy gothic mystery that wraps you in unease and quiet longing, with a constant sense of being watched.

Overview: Rebecca is a four-part British television miniseries dramatised by Hugh Whitemore, adapted from Daphne du Maurier's eponymous 1938 mystery novel (which had famously been interpreted to film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1940). A naive young woman marries a wealthy widower, but grows haunted by his late wife's legacy and the sinister housekeeper's obsession with the deceased Rebecca.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, melancholic and romantic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Identity, obsession, isolation, memory
Content: Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
obsession
isolation
memory
class
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild