"Gritty camp" mystery drama The Body is now available on Netflix in the UK
Netflix has aired a new drama and it is one fans do not want to miss. Today, the streaming platform has released an eight-part psychological thriller titled The Body.
The show is written and directed by Quinn Shephard, who described the “gritty camp” project as her “most personal” story to date.
“I’ve always been interested in the idea of girlhood as a religious experience,” she told Tudum.
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“This story is definitely my way of putting a playful spin on all the nightmares of my own teenage-dom.
“Tonally, I would describe the show as gritty camp. It’s a raunchy teen psychodrama with a dash of Catholic horror.”
Inspired by elements of classic noughties movies such as Jennifer's Body and Mean Girls, The Body follows a group of misfit Catholic schoolgirls on a dance team called the Lions.
Set in a small American town, the group welcomes a new recruit called Grace Franklin. Played by Sofia Wylie, she must go through an initiation process involving drugs.
The team performs a ritual that helps them win the regional championship competition, but there are devastating ramifications.
The ritual was performed incorrectly, which results in members of the Lions experiencing prophetic visions.
Both the school and town descend into mass hysteria, and the story focuses on Grace following her initiation process.
Joining Wylie in the main cast are Kristina Bogic, Sara Boustany, Geena Meszaros, Nnamdi Asomugha, Louisa Krause, Shirley Chen and Jackson Kelly.
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Further discussing the show's themes, Shephard added: "I think that the emotions of trying to figure out who you are, how to love your identity, where you align with your belief system, and wanting to be loved [don’t] ever really go away.
"I think that the truth is that as much as we'd like to think otherwise, we don't ever stop coming of age."
The Body is available to stream on Netflix.
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