Curon

Get past the first episode which is admittedly not great (overbearing music to create a 'horror' feel when the show is not a horror) and you'll find it's an enjoyable show with engaging characters. I'd probably give it a 7.5/10 but have scored higher to counter balance the people giving it a ridiculously low rating - it's far better than they're making out! I see a lot of comparisons to Stranger Things and Dark: why? Completely different shows, don't expect similarities. Very interested in seeing the story continue and I hope the bad reviews don't ruin its chances

Curon was just ok. The seven episodes of season one are left feeling confused since the show is not sure of what genre its going for - suspense, horror, supernatural - other than it all being overlaid with teen angst and parental turmoil in a small Austrian/Italian village. I mostly enjoyed it, but I wouldn't bother if another season is in the making.

I mean people are criticizing this series.. I admit it that it wasn't horror .. but it was mysterious and suspenseful.The twins were great!I actually liked this show. Makers made a fault by saying this a HORROR SERIES. That's it.

Curon - A village in Alto Adige in northern Italy - and a misterious lake with an horrific curse...

The basic idea looked quite interesting to me, also because I drive through the town every year - I once even toutched the tower. Sadly, the story could have been much better. It is very predictable, you can tell what will come up next and the ongoing of the plot is neither very creative or innovative, nor some kind of thrilling. The story does with the idea of a cursed lake what you expect it to do. When you watch closely and overthing some things happening, you can even find some plot holes.

In addition, I have my problems with the characters. They aren't very deep and easy replaceable, most of them just filling up positions in the story you need a character for. We got the "Netflix-typical" teenagers you get tired of so easy. The one shy guy, the one bad guy, the gay one...

Nevertheless four stars for the good basic idea and the basically more or less entertaining bits.

The actors are okay, given what they had to work with. And the main characters might be clichéd, but that's not bad at all. That's just the way many stories work. The camera, editing and music are good. So there's an enough creepy, eerie vibe to it, that I wanted to know where it goes and watched all episodes.

But the story is incoherent, has too many plot holes and lacks character development. Some things seem to happen for no other reason than creating effects. There's an easy to understand, yet very plain story with wolves that makes the show a bit cheap. On the other hand we have the main characters, a family cursed apparently for no reason, because there's never an explanation. But this would be one of the most important things to know! Also the curse works different on some people. Why? The twists are either predictable or illogical. Last but not least at some parts the German synchronization is cringe worthy, especially the South Tyrolean dialect sounds utterly ridiculous. The English version isn't better.

The end of this season with a boring, quite predictable cliffhanger was enough for me. So I wouldn't watch a second one. But see for yourself!

Compared to the French Netflix production Marianne, which I found very entertaining and had a proper synchronization, but unfortunately got cancelled already after one season, it would be a shocking surprise, if they went on with this one.

to those, who claim, there's no need to use your brain to "understand" : well, this might be the main motto of the orange rumpelstiltskin of the USA and the biggest problem of our world ;) cheers