TV series

Kinderfänger

2020 · 1 season

A moody, slow-burning horror mystery that wraps you in dread as a teacher fights a fairy-tale monster for stolen children.

Tagline: Release your monsters or they'll never release you.
Overview: When vulnerable kids start going missing, Olivia, a hard-of-hearing/deaf teacher goes searching - only to find herself in a battle with the Kinderfänger, a mythical creature who will stop at nothing to keep the children he's stolen.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, survival, family, trauma
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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
Themes: isolation
survival
family
trauma
mystery
Places: small town
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none