Archive 81 Review: A Horror Mystery Full Of Creaky Mysteries and Puzzles (No Spoilers)

Starring: Mamoudou Athie, Dina Shihabi, Matt McGorry

Director: Rebecca Thomas

Streaming Platform: Netflix (click to watch)

Filmyhype Ratings: 3.5/5 (three and half star) [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”]

Archive 81 Review: Archive 81 Netflix’s mystery-horror series, with the title credits of James Wan, tells the story of uncovering secrets from past videotapes. that connects to many puzzles both past and present until the story is unpredictable. The Archive 81 series is based on the podcast of the same name. The Boy is an Amazon Prime horror mystery series written by Paul Harris Boardman and directed by Hellraiser: Inferno: The Exorcism of Emily Rose. By Rebecca Thomas, one of the directors of the Stranger Things series, produced by James Wan, this is a dedicated team for the horror genre. which resulted in the results of the work that came out as a combination of signature credit works of many matters together clearly.

Archive 81 Review: Story Plot

The plot of Archive 81 – Alternative Universes takes us into the life of Dan Turner who in his life works as an archivist in a museum, specializing in recovering and restoring old cassettes. One day he is contacted by a mysterious entrepreneur who assigns him the task of restoring the cassettes of an amateur documentary of a student, which were damaged in 1994 following a fire. In the same year that Dan also lost his entire family in a fire. Despite a bit of mistrust, Dan accepts the job and begins to meet Melody Pandras the girl who in 1994 carries out a report on the Visser condominium with an ancient charm and whose tenants seem to hide something dangerous with strange ties to an ancient sect.

Isolated in a structure in the woods because the boxes cannot be moved, Dan ends up feeling more and more empathetic for Melody and is convinced that he can save her Archive recovery man Dan Turner (Mamoudou Athie) is hired to recover a mysterious videotape from the 1994 building fire of student Mandy Pendes (Dina Shihabi). Strange things were happening all around him. while watching this tape So he decides to find out what happened. Who exactly is Mandy? And what does his employer want from the information in this videotape?

Archive 81 Review & Analysis

The series is a fusion of various horror genres. By the tone of the story, there are many mysterious mysteries. Type 7 At first, the audience still couldn’t understand anything at all (8 endings of the first season) because the story continues with a focus on releasing puzzles. without emphasizing the answer It’s like we’re sitting and watching a tape where the protagonist recovers the corpse together. in which the tape is gradually Strange things happen, both from incidents filmed in a residential building where strange people gather, like a child with a haunted epileptic. A man who looks like a good saint but has acted mysteriously many times. A priest who believes in exorcisms An elderly woman who collects works from mysterious artists. A group of people gathered for a strange ceremony in the middle of the night. including a strange sound The building was happening all the time, and there was also the 6th floor where no one was allowed to go up.

The story argues that this tape will be the key to what happened on the day that building fire killed everyone in it. including Mandy who shot this video. All of these mysteries will be stories Dan saw through broken tapes of that era, not a complete video, with images crashing, sound disappearing, and something intervening in the video several times. What exactly is hidden in this video footage file? which looks like a supernatural story straight out of horror It’s a ghost-themed scene that shocks the audience as well. But on the other hand, Dan himself has a past that he had undergone psychotherapy. vague that Is what Dan saw while watching the video, was it true? Or the terrifying mysteries in the video cause Dan to have a hallucination.

Part of the hallucinations stem from the environment around Dan’s workplace, an abandoned house for Dan to work alone. Do not allow anyone else to enter, the contract will be terminated. which the house promotes a haunting atmosphere of the story is good but not a haunted house It’s a house, half a research laboratory, with a secret room, with surveillance cameras monitoring Dan’s life all the time. But the story doesn’t do that Dan doesn’t know. The story tells him first and then tries to uncover the secrets of the house along with the secrets in each roll of the video he retrieves. Even though there are a lot of mysteries in the story, it’s not right to know what the truth is But it doesn’t make things look difficult. boring On the other hand, the story releases a mystery, each of which is very interesting to follow. Even if the audience can’t connect to the story for sure. But it didn’t cause a headache. Just might be confused by the story that looks like Dan himself cursed. “What’s the matter?” Every time a new mystery pops up.

Another thing that helps to build up the atmosphere in the story to create a mysterious and terrifying mood well is Strange use of sound effects Many things that I can’t tell what the sound is But the story wears it almost all the time. It’s like an ambient sound. (Environmental sound) that constantly disturbs the minds of the characters in the story It is not a sound that occurs in nature that is understandable. which also affects the audience Makes when these voices come in, the story will look slow and gloomy, as if something will appear at any time. It’s a deeply frightening emotion accompanying the story that these sounds do their job well.

The story isn’t just a mystery genre but there’s also a lot of love drama going on, as Dan watches Mandy’s video and gradually begins to feel more and more attached to her. Until the dream saw him and her talking like it was real, indistinguishable whether it was real, a dream or a fantasy. Every scene in this episode will have a cloud of mist. Around the couple let the audience know that this was a surreal scene that was happening. which made people wonder what it was Is this also a timeless sci-fi romance? Everything that happens has an answer that goes much further than that. It’s a mix of ideas, like we’re watching Stranger Things and stuff like that. and in addition to the video footage we saw with Dan There will be scenes that tell a story without using footage as Mandy’s life directly. before cutting back to the footage Dan was watching It completes the story of Mandy for the audience to understand more. which she is the main protagonist telling a different era different from the present.

The supporting characters in the story are also quite active. Like Dan’s friend who helped to investigate the long-distance story, because where Dan was staying there was no phone signal. no internet Causing Dan to secretly contact his friends sometimes and he gradually Investigate the clues Dan sees in the video. Find the person you think is still alive to solve the mystery along with the video Dan saw. But on the other hand, he began to worry about whether Dan might be in a state of psychedelic panic as he reported strange things to him.

The series tells a story with a lot of puzzles and a gradual storyline. until it seems like a dark matter Make it a big disadvantage of the story as well. In addition, the story has a very big knot. but made a short final scene There is nothing as big as it is bound to. Until it seems that the capital is not enough or not, I do not know But secretly disappointed with the final scene quite a lot. And it’s not all over yet. But leaving the story to continue with Season 2 (but almost completely cleared the story in the first season).

Archive 81 Review: The Last Words

It’s a really good series in terms of script, production quality and elements. But the plot might not be as enjoyable as the general audience. If you like horror mystery series with a lot of mystery, you can watch it. But if you like simple things. It’s fast and not complicated, just skip it. A series that has the name of James Wan involved and is made out in the horror mystery genre with many intricate puzzles to follow. But the story will gradually proceed slowly until it seems very dark If the audience can’t wait patiently for the story that will go to one final answer. may not be able to bear to watch this as well.