TV series

Evil Genius

2018 · 1 season

A queasy, slow-dawning true-crime puzzle that keeps pulling you deeper into small-town strangeness and unsettling characters.

Overview: This baffling true crime story starts with the grisly death of a pizza man who robs a bank with a bomb around his neck - and gets weirder from there.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, tense and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Crime, mystery, deception, madness
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Full breakdown

Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
mystery
deception
madness
death
Places: small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none