Ares is a curious Dutch psychological horror series that you have to give a lot of credit to. We have a story about a young mixed race lady who finds she herself immersed in the world of a very exclusive & secretive high society members club who claim to have been the historical power behind Dutch society. The twist is that there is some supernatural horror wrapped up in everything that no one can understand, and our protagonist finds herself infatuated and obsessive to be part of their group to move up in their world, whilst at the same time certain others seem to be trying to stop her for whatever reasons (for good & selfish reasons).
Jade Olieberg is very watchable and helps keep us engrossed in this Dutch language series, as we try to figure out what is going on. The big problem is that we really don't know what is going on, and I don't think the writers themselves knew either. In certain ways they had a very good idea, but they had to drag it out into a roughly four hour series (8 x30 minute episode), without an idea of how to wrap it all up. The series kind of reminds me of an old horror movie called High Society, and maybe this series was a 'homage' to it. It kind of reminds me also of very manga horror series too.
If you like some more adult and cerebral psychological tv shows, then really this is worth a watch, but it does sadly lose its way badly. I still enjoyed it, but think there was a bit of a missed opportunity too.
Jade Olieberg is very watchable and helps keep us engrossed in this Dutch language series, as we try to figure out what is going on. The big problem is that we really don't know what is going on, and I don't think the writers themselves knew either. In certain ways they had a very good idea, but they had to drag it out into a roughly four hour series (8 x30 minute episode), without an idea of how to wrap it all up. The series kind of reminds me of an old horror movie called High Society, and maybe this series was a 'homage' to it. It kind of reminds me also of very manga horror series too.
If you like some more adult and cerebral psychological tv shows, then really this is worth a watch, but it does sadly lose its way badly. I still enjoyed it, but think there was a bit of a missed opportunity too.