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Horror TV shows are extremely popular, and with as many releases that come out every year, fans of the genre are inevitably bound to miss a few series, especially those from other parts of the world. The best horror series in general are most appreciated when there are well-crafted scares and gradual amounts of suspension built throughout episodes. Bonus points are awarded by fans of twisted horror tales when shows are intense with their violence and gore.

Part of what makes horror such a beloved genre is the universal feeling of fear. This is why international horror shows are able to garner worldwide success, because no matter the language, all that matters is that audiences are effectively scared. Though horror TV shows can be enjoyed all year round, the approaching end of "spooky season" is the perfect time to binge a horror series from another part of the world, from Mexico to South Korea.

Lyda Patitucci, whose first feature “Like Sheep Among Wolves” is launching from the Rotterdam Film Festival’s Harbor section, represents a rare case of an Italian female filmmaker who cut her teeth in the genre movie trenches.

Her extensive experience prior to her debut comprises being a second unit director, specialized in action scenes, on films such as Matteo Rovere’s drag race drama “Italian Race” and on Rovere’s non conventional ancient Rome origins epic “The First King.” Patitucci has also directed several episodes of supernatural Netflix Italian original series “Curon.”

In “Like Sheep Among Wolves,” the protagonist is an intrepid female undercover police agent named Vera who infiltrates a dangerous Serbian syndicate in Rome’s criminal underworld and wins the trust of its kingpins. All seems to be going right in the leadup to her big bust until – just as she is about to set up the gang...

Gaumont, the venerable French film and television group behind “The Intouchables” and “Lupin,” is launching in Italy with Marco Rosi, an industry veteran joining from Lux Vide, and a bullish first slate.

The company is already well-established in the U.S., the U.K. and Germany. Its expansion in Italy represents a logical step in Gaumont’s global strategy since the country ranks as a key European market and boasts a fertile ground for content creation.

Rosi, who was Lux Vide’s head of international co-productions and worked on prestige Italian series such as “Medici,” “Devils” and “Leonardo,” has been appointed general manager of Gaumont’s Italian operation. As such, he will lead a dedicated team across development and production and will report directly to Christophe Riandee, vice CEO of Gaumont. The banner will be headquartered in Rome, and will be focused on Italian-language TV series. Gaumont suggested that it...

The Italian director is helming the first Italian original film for Amazon Prime Video: a young-adult comedy produced by Notorious Pictures. Shooting has commenced on the first Italian original film to come courtesy of Amazon, which is intitled Anni da cane (Dog Years) and is directed by Fabio Mollo. Produced by Notorious Pictures and shaping up to be a young-adult comedy, the film will be available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, as of the autumn, in over 240 countries and territories worldwide. Anni da cane is written by Mary Stella Brugiati and Alessandro Bosi, and tells the tale of Stella, a self-conscious, cynical and troubled teen with a huge imagination. After a life-changing car accident which also involves a dog, she is convinced that her life should now be counted in dog years – one being the equivalent of seven...

Emerging Italian helmer Claudio Giovannesi, who made a splash in Berlin with his prizewinning Neapolitan teen mob drama “Piranhas,” is set to direct immigration epic “Vita,” set in New York’s early 20th century Little Italy.

Based on Melania Mazzucco’s novel by the same title, winner of Italy’s prestigious Strega Prize, “Vita” is set in 1903 when two kids, a girl named Vita and a boy named Diamante, disembark alone in New York.

“Vita,” which means life in Italian, is grounded in authentic documentation, based on the true story of Mazzucco’s ancestors. The book was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in the U.S.

From the extreme poverty of Italy’s rural south the two kids “are thrust in a modern, chaotic and hostile metropolis. Like all other Italian immigrants, in order to survive they have to work hard in Little Italy: a fierce neighborhood dominated by the Mano Nera,...

Netflix is on track to open its Italian base in Rome in the second half of 2021, and is committing to doubling down on its output of local original series by 2022.

The streaming giant revealed plans to open a Rome office one year ago, just prior to the pandemic, but the crisis slowed down the opening. Now, the company has taken a lease on a large, classy neoclassic building in central Rome, called Villino Rattazzi, located near the U.S. Embassy and the iconic Via Veneto.

The Netflix Rome office will be opening in the second half of this year and will start out with a staff of 40 employees, ranging from marketing and public relations to production executives. That number is destined to grow, it said in a statement.

“We are delighted to have found our Italian home in Rome, which is tangible proof of our ambitious commitment and marks a...

Daniel Campos Pavoncelli, Federica Mele and Michele Priano reveal the crucial role that the location in South Tyrol, Italy, played in the production of Netflix’s supernatural series Curon. In the silence of the night, church bells ring. A tranquil bell tower appears, mysteriously lodged in the middle of a lake in the Venosta Valley. Lake Resia near Curon is one of the finalists of the Eufcn Location Award, the annual prize for European film locations organised by the European Film Commissions Network (Eufcn) in collaboration with Cineuropa. The location was submitted by the Idm Film Fund & Commission from Idm Südtirol. The words and experiences of Daniel Campos Pavoncelli (Executive Producer – Indiana Production), Federica Mele (3rd Assistant Director) and Michele Priano (Location Manager), reveal the crucial role that the location in South Tyrol, Italy, played in the production of Netflix’s supernatural drama television series Curon. In 1950, three lakes...

Italian firm Indiana Production, German outfit SquareOne Productions and French company Snd (Groupe M6) have revealed details about their Italian-language mafia series L’Ora (Ink Against Bullets).

The 10-part returning mafia origin series is inspired by the real-life investigative endeavors of the Sicilian newspaper of the same name.

The series is directed by Piero Messina, best known for Netflix Original series Suburra, Ciro d’Emilio and Stefano Lorenzi. Currently in post-production, completion is scheduled for Q2, 2021. Snd and SquareOne handle international rights.

The series will chart how in October 1958, the Sicilian newspaper L’Ora denounced the mafia and its endemic organized crime in the region. Shortly after, a bomb detonated in front of the editorial offices; only two days later the daily reappeared with the headline: ‘The Mafia may threaten us, our investigation continues.’

Inspired by those events, the series takes place in Palermo of the late 1950s and early...

One aspect of Netflix that often goes unsung is the way it brings foreign TV shows to the US. This has resulted in some particularly cool television from Europe jumping the pond, including chillers like Marianne, Curon and Dark. Now, a new show looks set to join their ranks: Biohackers, a German production that explores the murky waters of biohacking, aka genetic experimentation.

Set in Freiberg, Germany, we follow medical student Mia Akerlund (Luna Wedler) as she immerses herself deep into the world of experimental genetic experiments. As she does, she investigates her brother’s mysterious death, which seems to be linked to the work of a top lecturer at the university. What follows looks like a pretty cool thriller, as Akerlund begins with custom-designed glow-in-the-dark mice and ends with hints of much more sinister DNA tinkering in later episodes.

Netflix describes it as so:

“From Thc chips to genetic enhancements,...

It’d be tough to argue that June has been as strong of a month for new content as May was when it comes to Netflix, but the streaming giant certainly hasn’t been slouching over the last few weeks.

Between their new original Da 5 Bloods, underrated flicks like Before I Fall and The Night Clerk and TV shows such as One Piece, Legends of Tomorrow and How to Get Away With Murder, there’s certainly been a lot to dig into and below, you can find the full list of what arrived this week.

22 New Movies Added This Week

365 Days (2020) 4th Republic (2019) Addicted to Life (2014) Asura Guru (2018) Axone (2019) Bawarchi (1972) Before I Fall (2017) Da 5 Bloods (2020) Netflix Original Don’t Crack Under Pressure (2017) Don’t Crack Under Pressure II (2016) Don’t Crack Under Pressure III (2017) Forensic (2020) From A to B (2014) Jo Koy: In His Elements (2020) Magnetic (2018) Menahi (2008) Middle Men...

The sun may be shining, but Netflix just can’t help keeping it spooky. One of the best things about their rise to the top of the entertainment world has been their eagerness to greenlight new horror shows. Highlights over the last few years have been Marianne, Castlevania, Dark, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and The Haunting of Hill House, which will be followed later this year by The Haunting of Bly Manor.

Today, however, we can add two more shows to that burgeoning library of spooktacular thrills. First up is Netflix Original Curon. This is an Italian horror series that sounds like an interesting cross between Marianne and The Haunting of Hill House. The synopsis describes it as so:

Seventeen years after the tragic events that forced her to leave Curon, a woman returns home with her twin children. They soon discover that the town is cursed: when you hear...

Netflix is having a stellar month. Space Force is picking up rave reviews and big audience figures and the final season of 13 Reasons Why has been a hit. But the wheels continue to turn, with its massive library of content expanding every day.

Today, June 10th, is no exception. There are two cool new horror shows premiering, a sci-fi thriller, an interesting documentary series, some comedy and a family drama.

See below for the full list:

Released June 10

Curon *Netflix Series

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: Season 5

Lenox Hill *Netflix Documentary

Middle Men

My Mister: Season 1

Reality Z *Netflix Original

Pride of place is Curon, a much-hyped Italian horror series about a mother returning to her hometown with her twin boys to find sinister supernatural goings-on. It looks set to follow in the same trend as Marianne and The Haunting of Hill House and has a pretty damn spooky trailer.

This supernatural drama directed by Fabio Mollo and Lyda Patitucci boasts an exceptional setting and a captivating plot, but the results are mixed. If you want to get an idea of how powerful the setting of an audiovisual work can be, we give you Curon, Netflix’s new Italian original series, available from today in 190 countries around the world, courtesy of the global streaming platform. The driving force of the story, in this mystery-thriller-paranormal seven-parter series directed by Fabio Mollo and Lyda Patitucci (once Matteo Rovere second unit director), is an old church bell tower rising out of a lake, a ghostly and evocative image which stays with the viewer throughout. The series’ location is a real-life place found in Curon Venosta, in Italy’s Alto Adige region, where an old town encircled by mountains was flooded by an artificial dam, with only this...

As we continue to make our way into June, it’s shaping up to be a bit of a less eventful month for new Netflix releases than May was. But that certainly doesn’t mean viewers have been left wanting for fresh content to sink their teeth into. Far from it, in fact.

We’ve seen some great new additions to the platform over the past few days already and this coming week looks to continue the trend. Admittedly, there’s not quite as much standout material here as we got at the start of the month, but that’s to be expected as the first of any given month is usually the best day when it comes to new drops.

Nevertheless, there’s still a lot to get excited about over the coming days and here’s what’s on the way:

Released June 8

Before I Fall

Released June...

Netflix has confirmed that 47 new original movies, series, documentaries and specials will be debuting on the streaming service in June. Leading off the lineup are the debut of “Da 5 Bloods,” a film by Oscar winner Spike Lee about four Vietnam vets revisiting their past, and the second season of Ryan Murphy‘s satire “The Politician.” And just in time for Pride is season 5 of “Queer Eye.”

The documentary slate is filled with such varied films as “Spelling the Dream” about the Scripps National Spelling Bee, “Lenox Hill” about the staff of the famed New York hospital, and “Athlete A” about the sexually abuse scandal that rocked the Us gymnastics team

And in these trying times, we can take comfort in the slew of stand-up specials, including new sets by George Lopez, Jo Koy and Eric Andre, as well as such lighter fare as the Will Ferrell comedy “Eurovision Song...

To help you anticipate and navigate all that Netflix has to offer, TVLine presents this comprehensive list of all the TV series, movies, documentaries and specials making their debut on the streaming service this month — all as a 100-percent free supplement to our daily and handy What to Watch and weekly TVLine-Up columns.

Among Netflix TV shows this June, you have a second term for Ryan Murphy’s The Politician, new seasons of F Is for Family, Mr. Iglesias, The Order and Queer Eye, and the series finales of 13 Reasons Why and Fuller House. In addition, you’ll find...