Netflix’s New 8-Part Psychological Thriller Series Gets Promising Season 2 Update From Creator

Published Nov 14, 2026, 12:45 PM EST

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Netflix's new psychological thriller is making waves on streaming.

Netflix has become the hub for YA series and movies, but also dark and brooding thrillers that keep audiences on the edge of their seats. Series such as Keira Knightley's Black Doves took the world by storm, as well as titles such as The Night Agent, The Diplomat, and You. Now, its newest thriller series has become the talk of the town and has landed a near-perfect rating on Rotten Tomatoes. However, the streaming giant has yet to renew the YA drama for another season.

The latest YA drama has landed on streaming giant Netflix and is already dominating the streaming charts. The Body, an eight-part psychological thriller, has just dropped its first season and transports its audience to 2004 in a Catholic school as a dance troupe initiates a new member during a Halloween house party by performing a fake sacrifice, which leads to mass hysteria throughout the town. During an interview with What's On Netflix, showrunner and creator Quinn Shephard shared her hopes and plans for The Body season 2:

"I can’t talk about it much. I would say that there are some Season 2 ideas percolating in my brain and in Gina’s brain. I think we’d be so lucky if we got one, and we would love to bring it to life."

When asked further about writing a second season for Netflix's new smash hit, Shephard stated that she will be listening to the soundtrack for the series created by Christopher Stracey: "I think that the actual score to the show is incredible, and I think when I’m writing season two I will probably just listen to the score that we have now because it’s like the best Catholic Mass you’ve ever been to, but make it a rave, and it really sounds like that."

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The Body season 1 has been met with great critical acclaim and has achieved a terrific Rotten Tomatoes rating of 86% from critics and a near-perfect 98% from the audience. Critics stated that "The sexy coming-of-age genre-bending series reimagines the erotic thrillers of the ‘90s and early noughties to breathtaking effect," and "The stakes are real. For anyone who has lived through it and has the blessed benefit of distance, The Body feels tailor-made."

Warning: Spoilers ahead for The Body.Netflix has yet to reveal if The Body will return for a second season, but after the nail-biting cliffhanger, Shephard hopes to bring a voice to a character that was left silent throughout season 1. When asked about the character Grace following her awakening from a coma, many thought she would remain. The showrunner shared that, "I think we’re very excited that Grace is now awake and we’ll have dialogue definitely instead of just everyone projecting all of their fears and desires onto her."

The Body is available to stream on Netflix now.

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  Kristina Bogic

  Anya Butler

• Geena Carling Meszaros

  Lisbeth Anderson