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The fifth generation

1986 · 1 season

A cold, creeping unease settles in as sterile hospital corridors hide something quietly, inhumanly watchful.

Genres
Drama, Sci-fi & fantasy
Overview
A biological super computer at a Swedish hospital starts manipulating fetuses of pregnant women. As specialists try to stop it the computer starts targeting an 18 year old boy named Jens.
How it feels
Eerie, tense, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Technology, isolation, obsession, fate
Content
Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour1
Realism5
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama, sci-fi & fantasy
Created by
Thomas Borgström
Starring
Krister Henriksson, Gunnel Fred, Tomas Fryk, Sverre Anker Ousdal
Length
1 seasons, 3 episodes
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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