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The romances I fast-forwarded through. I do have a weakness for industrial settings, and the darker the better. I think the setting and the odd background rumblings kept me hooked, even when the background rumbles were obvious just a tactic to create story motion without doing anything.

There's not a high body count in terms of death, interestingly, but there's a massive body count in hook ups. The LARP aspect of it intrigued me, kept me interested. The "scenarios" that are devised was interesting, too, the details of each LARP. The underlying premise was somehow engaging, and the eventual reveal.

It always said "Based on an idea by" at the beginning, and that feels like all there ever was, that idea. They didn't have a realized story from beginning to end. But the idea kept me there.

I used to play tabletop RPG and some Larp years before, so I was really curious and interested by the story.

Unfortunately, the quality of this series is really really bad.

First of, the characters seem very stereoptypical and mostly stupid, their emotions, relations and reactions don't seem very natural.

Second, there's too many romantic/love issues parasiting the whole story.

Finally, the production and final work is just so disappointing, it looks like an amateur-ish project...

This series made me after 15years of watching movies and series make an account in anger of how bad this is.

The plot holes are so many You dont like anyone, everyone is just disgusting characters in their own way.

Characters spasm out freaking out doping psycothic behaviours and next scene they talk about why the other kissed the other.

This is the wierdest series that are still in some way interesting. I watched it only because i wanted to figure out the origin of this haunted place.

It could have been interesting if there was more happening. A bunch of LARPers run around an abandoned factory...eight episodes later, not much else has happened.

I'll say right off the bat, I didn't really know who some of these Swedish actors were but as a resident of Sweden since a while back I had seen Johan Hedenberg. A wonderful actor.

What struck me right away was the extremely good, scored intro, the music throughout Dystopia is of I am a genuine fan of classic horror, so I was a bit suspicious when I heard VIAPLAY was doing Dystopia but boy was I surprised for a number of reasons.

The first is it kept me wondering what exactly was going on. There was just enough there to build atmosphere and tension without giving away the surprise. And it was delivered with such skill and care that it truly unfolded masterfully. You know something is wrong. You know something is up. But you can't quite figure out what it is. The Director of Dystopia is Richard Jarnhed and I need to keep an eye out for his future endeavors as he is madly talented.

And secondly this was directed by just one director. Richard directed all 8 episodes and that's not normal in Scandinavia.

And lastly, it gave us something new. This is possibly the best aspect because I am sick to death of cookie cutter horror movies. People nowadays have forgotten that horror doesn't just mean blood and guts. Before directors had to create tension and atmosphere by building the plot and unraveling the story slowly. It's refreshing to see this done with such care.

The acting is wonderful and directing is amazing. I was totally blown away by the music!

It is always nice to see a TV-series with some twists, and also those that give you some food for thought.

I am a bit blown away by the rather week reviews in Swedish press. One outlet even writes that it's outside the box and that they love the box. I am sure Dystopia will do very well internationally!

If you like Horror tension and at the same time mystery tension you should see Dystopia.

The series started out okay but eventually the plot holes and questionable character developments made me lose interest completely. Why did the Danish guy start out (kinda) speaking swedish and then gradually drift off into full blown danish, for example? I finished it but had it on as background noise the last few episodes.

How is this rated over 7.5??? Are Swedish people that easy to please? Surely not. People were seen in obvious need of help inside the factory but were just ignored all the men were running around trying to shag anyone they could get their hands on. I actually felt sorry for the actors in this series as I doubt they will ever be asked to work in another series again. So many hours out of my life I will never get back. Totally unbelievable story.

This is a waste of time, avoid at all costs. Extremely boring, painful to watch. It seems there was no money for this series to have an actual storyline and serious effects. Not to mention the lesbian soft p*rn that has absolutely NOTHING to do with the story and since this was in the horror category it is the least to say that it is nothing that i expected. I recommend you go and watch the 2020 amazon series Utopia instead, that is a masterfully created work of art, totally underrated and not spoken about (well not here in the UK where i live).

No idea how on earth this series got a currently 7* + rating here but don't listen to anyone who rated this high. Piece of s.

It's hard to pinpoint exactly what is so bad about this series. They could have made this a great little series, but they just didn't...

The feeling I get from the characters and the tension between them is that they are not believable. If just one of them had behaved like a real person do when a friend has problems, the series would have been over in 2-3 episodes.

The worst series ive ever seen! Bad manuscript, bad scenes, bad acting and too much focus on romantic dramas. I liked the story when I read it about a live in a industrial environment. The more you watch it the more strange it gets.

This is extremely boring swedish crap. Its so bad acting, that you begin to wonder if its a high school performance. Nothing happens. Its not a horror for sure. But What is it? That question lingers on through all the episodes. And you start to wonder why you have wasted all that time watching this crap. Time you could have spent, watching something of quality. Avoid.

Must see series. Not like any other series from Scandinavia which makes it even better. Truly impressed by the acting. I hope that they go for a sequel.

This is one of the worst acting and storyline I've ever seen. Sry to say but it's interesting how anyone manage to see through this...

This is bad.

I mean, just bad.

You know how some tv shows mimic bad shows as a gimmick? This one pretends or thinks it's good and instead, it's just REALLY bad. I mean really bad. Just bad. For emphasis, let me reiterate that this is bad.

The characters you wish would die off sooner. The plot, no, sorry, I have no idea what that is in this show. The sets, you know how it's set in the middle of the forest in an old whatever (yes, I stopped caring as well), you won't care either.

I did you a favor, don't watch this.