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WHAT IS 'SERVANT' ABOUT?
The start of
Servant
(Apple TV +) plunges us into a
dark, stale atmosphere in which it is sensed that something bad is going to happen.
In a neighborhood of Philadelphia (USA), the Turner couple (a gastronomic consultant and chef himself; news anchor on television she) suffers for the loss of their little Jericho.
Tired of Dorothy (Lauren Ambrose) not getting over the duel, Sean (Toby Kebbell) agrees to let a
reborn
doll
take the place of his deceased son
within weeks of birth.
And until Leanne (Nell Tiger Free), an 18-year-old girl of unknown origin, takes care of him, as happens in minute one of the first episode.
Promotional image of 'Servant'.
What nobody counts on is that, shortly after the babysitter arrives,
a real baby appears in the crib where the doll used to be.
And that Dorothy finds it normal, which leads Sean and Julian (Rupert Grint), Dorothy's brother, not knowing what to do after getting caught up in a charade.
From there, the strange behavior of a Leanne clinging to her Bible,
paranormal events that shake the Turners
and the appearance of unique characters who knock on the door make nothing seem normal.
And let fear be felt in an
almost unique setting: a large
multi-storey
house
.
WHAT MAKES 'SERVANT' SO TERRORIFIC?
As we say, nothing seems normal in a series whose
chapters do not exceed 30 minutes
.
Not the behavior of a
Dorothy who does not see anything strange about a baby arriving at her house
, nor that Leanne seems to have supernatural powers or that there is someone else who knows what happens inside the house and manages the Turners at will.
The extremely dark photography, musical notes that create tension and the scares that Sean takes over and over again make up an insane atmosphere that makes
Servant
a very scary series.
And very bad vibes.
Lauren Ambrose and Toby Kebbell bring the Turners to life.
Or, as
Guillermo del Toro
has defined
, "surreal, iconoclastic, and insidiously disturbing in so many small ways that it could test the patience of some. It was an absolute payoff for me."
Although, to praise,
Stephen King
, who has stated that "
M. Night Shyamalan
, terrifying as hell, creeps to nerve endings. Need I say more?", Having said before the first season of
Servant
it was "extremely disturbing and totally captivating."
KNOWN FACES
The actors who bring the Turners to life are
Lauren Ambrose
(who we saw as little Claire Fisher from
Six Feet Under
) and
Toby Kebbell
.
This actor, who was under the command of
Juan Antonio Bayona
in
A monster comes to see me
, has become a luxury secondary in action films such as
Prince of Persia.
The Sands of Time
,
Wrath of the Titans
or
Kong: Skull Island
.
One of Guillermo del Toro's tweets.
And, in the shoes of the nanny, we discover
Nell Tiger Free
, who appeared in
Game of Thrones
as Myrcella Baratheon, the only daughter of King Robert Baratheon and Cersei Lannister.
But if there is a famous actor in
Servant
, it is
Rupert Grint
.
Or, what is the same, Ron Weasley in the
Harry Potter
saga
.
Although, series by series (
sick leave
,
Snatch
), Grint gradually removes that image of a child, giving way to a more mature one.
SHYAMALAN'S GREAT MOMENTUM
On
Servant
,
M. Night Shyamalan
is an executive producer and has directed three chapters.
Although the creator is
Tony Basgallop
(scriptwriter of series such as
Hotel Babylon
or
24: Live another day
), the director of
The Sixth Sense
is the great claim of a production designed to satisfy the most exquisite fans of psychological terror.
The haunting 'reborn baby' featured in 'Servant'.
So involved is
Shyamalan with
Servant
that he appears in his first chapter in the form of a cameo
as a delivery man who goes to the Turner house to deliver an order.
A detail that has always been one of his hallmarks in each feature film he directed and where he reserved a very small appearance.
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