The only thriller you need to watch after ‘Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen’
Do you like those kinds of thrillers where anything and everything can go wrong in a blink? Then, you must have already watched Haley Z Boston’s Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen on Netflix, which comes with the most twisted and unexpected paranoia kick.
But if you feel lost about where to head next to get your fill of unsettling thrillers now that Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen is done and dusted, worry not! Just hit the play button on Behind Her Eyes, and you’re in for a show.
In Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, bride-to-be Rachel, on her way to marry fiancé Nicky, is creeped out by an eerie feeling that he might not be her soulmate, which spirals into supernatural confrontations and revelations, culminating in a bloody finale. If you’ve watched the eight-episode series, the hunger for more will not diminish yet.
So, if you enjoyed the creeping dread, the untrustworthy partner trope, concluding in a wild, genre-shifting finale, go for Behind Her Eyes on Netflix.
Like Boston’s mystery horror series, this psychological thriller is famous for dramatic narrative pivots in its final act. In case you’re still processing how Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen came to a close, Behind Her Eyes is one of the few shows that can level up to its jaw-dropping finale.
Created by Steve Lightfoot and directed by Erik Richter Strand, Behind Her Eyes follows Louise, a single mother who begins an affair with her boss, while also befriending his mysterious wife. What starts as a love triangle soon evolves into a dark supernatural mystery involving astral projection, quietly sneaking into an unsettling territory that keeps you on the edge.
Another similarity between the two thrillers is that they lean heavily into the perspective of their female leads, who constantly appear as a missing piece of a puzzle we cannot yet deduce. Likewise, there’s a burdening dilemma whether the protagonist is actually paranoid or whether there actually exists a conspiracy against her.
While Netflix has quite a few thrillers in its catalogue that imitate the surreal, disorienting ambience of Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, Behind Her Eyes is probably the closest.
If you haven’t watched it already, be prepared because the ending could leave you scratching your head twice as much.