Dark Tales For Your Eclipse Viewing Party

Inspired by the legend of the Pied Piper, who used his hypnotic flute to lure children out of their homes never to be seen again, Greek thriller “Silent Road” follows the mysterious kidnapping of a bus full of children. When the hostage-takers begin their negotiations with officials, they refuse to talk to anyone but one person: Thalia, an unemployed journalist and recovering addict. She’s connected to the case in multiple ways, but could she be the key to the puzzle? As the investigation digs deeper, the puzzle becomes more and more confounding and everyone starts to look like a suspect. 

The discovery of a dying sex worker in the basement of a secluded cabin is already a darkly compelling premise, but Arctic Circle is not your typical Nordic Noir. Soon officers realize that she is infected with a highly contagious and deadly virus, raising the stakes to an unfathomably degree. The series follows officer Nina Kautsalo and virologist Thomas Lorenz as they track an active serial killer while also trying to contain the virus before it becomes a full-blown pandemic. If murder and deadly viruses don’t chill you, then the vast, snow-covered landscape of Finland’s icy Lapland certainly will. 

One day after a wealthy landowner gives his daughter an ultimatum between her boyfriend or her inheritance, he disappears without a trace. Two years go by and the case grows colder by the minute. But will a new investigator with Missing People Sweden be able to solve the seemingly impossible mystery? This dark psychological thriller is based on a real-life mystery documented by Swedish crime reporter Joakim Palmkvist in his bestselling non-fiction book “The Dark Heart – A true Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigation.”

Can playing God be like making a deal with the Devil? In this Danish psychological thriller, a group of residents of a small town team up to plot the perfect murder against the local villain only to discover that delivering the town from evil is not so easy. When the son of a doctor is hit by a truck and killed, the whole town suspects the driver, Mike, of running him down deliberately. Instead of being contrite or pleading his innocence, Mike flaunts his volatile behavior and bullies the townspeople even harder. As Mike gets increasingly out of control, five people most affected by him start to hatch a plan. Could getting rid of Mike solve all their problems? Or will their own secrets reveal even darker ones?