TV series

Portraits of Delusion

2026 · 1 season

A slow, unsettling plunge into secrets and obsession, where beauty and dread braid together until you can't look away.

Overview: In 1935 Gyeongseong, a painter hired to capture the portrait of a reclusive hotel owner becomes entangled in her eerie secrets, uncovering a chilling mystery as he grows increasingly drawn to her.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, mystery, deception, identity
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
mystery
deception
identity
art
Places: single country house
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild