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Black Hands

2020 · 1 season

A somber, quietly dread-soaked family portrait where ordinary domestic life curdles toward an inevitable, known tragedy.

Genres
Drama, Crime
Overview
On June 20, 1994, five members of the Bain family were found dead in their Dunedin home. The atrocity captured the nation, and it remains one of New Zealand’s most controversial cases. This dramatised version tells the story of each of the family members in the months leading up to their deaths.
How it feels
Dark, bleak, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Family, isolation, death, guilt
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
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8.5
Romance1
Tension6.5
Darkness8.5
Complexity6
Emotional weight8.5

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Starring
Amelia Elliott, Joel Tobeck, Richard Crouchley, Luanne Gordon, Lucy Currey, Angus Stevens
Length
1 seasons, 5 episodes
Network
TVNZ 1
Languages
English

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