CHon Something very bad is going to happen (Netflix miniseries in 8 episodes) the Duffer brothers produced an original story about the pre-wedding nightmare of an engaged couple. A bizarre and successful experiment where the fear of commitment intersects with an ancient curse and the weight of family ties. The protagonists are a good Adam DiMarco and an excellent Camila Morroneformer model and ex-girlfriend of Leonardo DiCaprio who proves herself here really a good actress.
Something very bad is going to happenplot of the Netflix miniseries
Nicky (Adam DiMarco) and Rachel (Camila Morrone) they are getting married after 7 and a half months of dating. They set up on their way to reach his parents in the mountain cabin, in the middle of the woods, the wedding venue.
Nicky is an optimist and enthusiast by nature thanks to a traditional, overprotective and decidedly wealthy family. Rachel, more shady and restless, often smokes marijuana, has lost her mother and has a strange and agoraphobic father. The very long journey by car shows the two very close-knit and accomplice boyfriends. I decided to take a break in a rest area, they see a newborn baby in the only parked car who cries.
After looking for their parents, they separate: he stays with the child, while the woman enter the first bar found on the highway. A dark place with no customers, with a young waitress with a male name called Rachel asks to inform the police of the discovery of the child. Suddenly an elderly man enters who, looking at her, says: «Are you sure he’s the right one?». The fright is so great that it makes her flee. Returned from her boyfriend he finds him wounded in the face. He explains to her that in his absence, they appeared suddenly the parents: believing that he wanted to kidnap the child, the father punched him.
After this misadventure, they finally reach the splendid chalet in the snow. Rachel is stunned by the luxurious and bizarre decor. Around the large family portrait, there are stuffed dogs everywhere that belonged to the ancestors. In the kitchen, they find sister Portia (Gus Birney) brother Jules (Jeff Wilbusch), his wife Nell (Karla Crome) and their son, little Jude.
Camila Morrone in “Something very bad is going to happen”. (Netflix)
5 days until the wedding
Then they meet the parents: mother Victoria (Jennifer Jason Leigh) welcomes the newcomer with kindness and detachment, father Boris (Ted Levine) barely looks at her. There are 5 days left until the wedding and the women of the house are busy transform Rachel into a perfect bride.
Victoria gives her her white dress, a diamond ring and pearls that belonged to her great-grandmother. Despite their attentions, she feels increasingly restless and tormented from strange sensations. The fault could be the anomalous behavior of the inhabitants. Jules is dark and abrasive and Portia loves telling horror stories of ancient superstitions such as that of the infernal monster who wears people’s skin in search of his lost wife.
When Rachel finds a note with a writing urging her not to get married and Nicky leaves her alone for a whole day, fear takes hold of her. He is certain that something bad is about to happen. Is he really doing the right thing? Who and what wants his unhappiness? The wedding day finally arrives: in front of 100 people and a lavish ceremony, the two are about to become husband and wife. With a masterful twist, the truth is that really something very bad is going to happen.
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The leitmotif that accompanies the episodes it is a strong anxiety combined with a single question: why doesn’t the future bride run away? The answer it is the same one that keeps the viewer glued to the screen: because he wants to see how it will end. A more than promising reason for the horror genre.
The undoubted quality of this miniseries created by Haley Z Boston (Guillermo del Toro’s cabinet of curiosities) And produced by the Duffer brothers Of Stranger Things, it’s in the sophisticated way of telling horrorwhether real or imagined. Fear does not come by showing it as it is but by suggesting it using small and perfect sound signalswhich amplify the feeling of danger.
With the same intent, the camera movements they abruptly impose altered close-ups and low-angle shots for magnify the tricks of the mind even in neutral situations or moments of joy. The script has enormous fun in the placement scary traps in innocent conversations. For example, the true crime radio program that the couple listens to in the car, I tell you of macabre and scabrous details as they head towards their happiness (or so they think). Or the bizarre stories of her sister Portia which inspire her nephew who is ready to stage the death of the new arrival.
To lead the audience into Rachel’s anxieties is added the psychological leverage of the marriage described like the cage of love (and motherhood as a problematic choice). An institution that turns people into monsters, ready to give the worst of themselves. «Marriage destroys love. I don’t want this poison to accompany us, I don’t want us to become like them, I want to live with you but without all this.” Who wouldn’t run away from this sad declaration of intent?
The cast of “Something very bad is going to happen”. (Netflix)
The cast: Camila Morrone, Adam DiMarco and a beautiful soundtrack
Adam DiMarco and Camila Morrone they form one perfect couple. They are capable of swearing eternal love to each other and moving on to a dramatic clash in a few seconds while always remaining credible. The Canadian actorseen in The White Lotus 2, find the right key of kindness and emotional dependence for Nicky. However, what really surprises is Camila Morrone. The American-Italian-Argentine actress and model, after leaving her boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio, dedicated herself totally to acting starting from the series The Night Manager 2. In the role of Rachel she is very skilled at drawing an ambivalent young woman divided between ancient fragilities and great strength of mind.
To help the work of the two there is also an excellent soundtrack. A poignant classic like You are my destiny by Paul Anka accompanies the scariest scenes with irony, while We will not be lovers by The Waterboys chases with melancholic energy the exit from the dream of the promised bride.
The veteran Jennifer Jason Leigh she’s at her best as one passive aggressive and manipulative matriarch who holds in his grasp a son who perhaps never grew up. We’ll see it coming soon in British drama New England Toys. Also worth mentioning the excellent Jeff Wilbuschhis Jules he is the character who ferries the protagonist when in doubt of madness and superstition (but it is also the most ironic note of the entire miniseries).
