TV series

Asylum

2026 · 1 season

A grim, high-stakes survival thriller that keeps you tense and uneasy as ordinary people are pushed to desperate extremes.

Overview: Innocent people are forced to play a brutal and deadly game organized by an international betting syndicate, fighting for their survival.
How it feels: Dark, tense, bleak and cynical. Relentless and needs your attention.
About: Survival, violence, power, corruption
Content: Strong violence, gore and language. Mild sexual content.
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Full breakdown

Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
violence
power
corruption
crime
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild