Ryan Murphy reigns supreme on Netflix. After the immense success of his “Dahmer” series, the famous creator dethrones himself with his new project, “The Watcher”.
Ryan Murphy cultivates his taste for strange and terrifying stories and it proves its worth on the Netflix planet. After having monopolized the top of the ranking for three consecutive weeks, with Dahmer, the prolific creator continues to shine with The Watcher.
This 7-episode mini-series, created and written with Ian Brennan, chronicles the ordeal of the Brannock family who move into a dream house at 657 Boulevard, Westfield, New Jersey. A few days after their arrival, mysterious anonymous letters, signed “The Watcher”, come to break their peace.
If Dahmer and The Watcher are very different in tone as in form, the projects are both inspired by real events. Their success confirms the public’s appetite for true crimes – real crime stories in French.
The Watcher on Netflix: the true story behind creator Dahmer’s new series
Sinister and particularly disturbing, the series on the Jeffrey Dahmer affair, carried by Evan Peters, has established itself as a real phenomenon on the platform. It even became the second most watched fiction of all time after Stranger Things.
The boxes of Dahmer and The Watcher come to restore color to the contract which binds Netflix to Ryan Murphy. In 2018, the American Horror Story creator signed a $300 million deal with the streaming giant. Despite the undeniable talent of the producer, the results have so far been mixed.
The Watcher and Dahmer are available on Netflix.