The Dead Girls Review: In the 1960s, sisters Arcángela and Serafina Baladro run a ruthless empire of brothels where murder is an everyday event. The series is inspired by the Mexican serial killers known as Las Poquianchis.
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The Dead Girls Netflix Director
Luis Estrada
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The Dead Girls Series Cast
Paulina Gaitán, Arcelia Ramírez, Joaquín Cosío, Alfonso Herrera, Mauricio Isaac, Enrique Arreola, Fernando Bonilla, Leticia Huijara, Carlos Aragón, Kristyan Ferrer
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Original Title
Las muertas
The series has 6 episodes, each with a runtime of 60 minutes and is based on Jorge Ibargüengoitia’s novel of the same name.
The Dead Girls Review
For a crime thriller, Netflix’s The Dead Girls is surprisingly light-hearted and even funny sometimes, as it showcases the horrifying crimes of two sisters, Arcángela and Serafina, who ran the biggest brothels at the time. Their violence and psychopathy are at full display in the series, maybe even a bit too displayed, so much so that you can’t help but be a bit completely taken by its intensity.
The series starts as a love story (well, almost) and soon spirals into a revenge thriller and then an all-out blood bath. The series’s relatively innocent beginnings don’t particularly do a good job of giving us a good indication of where it’s going, leaving us to be totally taken by surprise when things end up going off the rails.
The series feels equal parts like a documentary along a fictional series, making it a delicious combination full of thrill and anticipation. As you feel heartbroken for the women who are taken advantage of by the two sisters, you watch these acts go unpunished and even celebrated by those in charge of the law, thanks to widespread corruption.
The series slowly builds intensity, making us think this is just another story about revenge when, in reality, it’s a ruthless tale of greed and desperation. It tests both the sisters’ resolve and ultimately pushes them over the edge when their easy business starts to go under, leaving them helpless and desperate. It’s this desperation that makes them ready to do anything to get what they want, ultimately culminating in a harrowing fate that will give you goosebumps.
The most heartbreaking part of the series is the showcase of ruthlessness against the women under the sisters, which will leave you heartbroken because it’s such a relatable situation that it’s prevalent even today. The cruelty that is exhibited in the series feels so unjustified that it leaves you incensed as you hope for justice to be served. But alas, justice is a slippery slope and often too far to be found.
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In the end, the series makes you feel rather hopeless and heartbroken, but the comedy is on point, and the pacing is quite good. I loved Paulina Gaitan and Arcelia Ramírez as Serafina and Arcángela. They play off each other’s ruthlessness beautifully and are excellent in the show. However, the series has a lot of sexual sequences, so if that bothers you, probably skip this one.
Final Thoughts
The Dead Girls makes interesting points about greed and desperation while being extremely entertaining. The series is an engaging time that will leave you hooked as things go from bad to worse, ultimately ending in a shocking and heartbreaking manner.
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