Recommended TV: Cracow Monsters
Top Telly. Poland. Netflix. Horror. Kasia Adamik. Gaja Grzegorzewska. Barbara Liberek. Andrzej Chyra. Adam Mendry. Anna Paliga. Recommended TV.
The Netflix horror/ thriller series Cracow Monsters has received a lot of well-deserved credit for the amount of female talent involved in the show. And the show itself lives up to that praise, too.
Cracow Monsters was directed by Kasia Adamik - whose crime thriller Amok is also well-worth checking out- and Olga Chajdas. It was written by Anna Sienska, Gaja Grzegorzewska, and Magdalena Lankosz. The marvellously atmospheric soundtrack was composed by Mary Komasa and Antoni Lazarkiewicz.
Cracow Monsters is based on tales from Polish mythology and stars the ever-splendid Andrzej Chyra as Professor Jan Zawadzki who leads a misfit group of gifted medical students to investigate paranormal events in and around the Polish city of Cracow.
Things are thrown off kilter when they encounter the moody, anarchic Alex- brilliantly and naturalistically played by Barbara Liberek - who unwittingly unleashes a malignant force into the city.
Cracow Monsters is an involving tale that is very well told, with some stunning cinematography and a strong sense of place. There are some fine performances all round - Anna Paligabut and Chyra excel - and Barbara Liberek is understated but unerringly engaging.
Hopefully a second series is on the cards.
Cracking stuff!