In Just Over 1 Week, Netflix’s New 8-Part Thriller Is One of the Most-Watched Shows on the Streamer

When a show that’s clearly meant for a niche audience manages to enter the mainstream despite a negligible marketing push, you know it’s going to be something out of the ordinary. Viewers across the world seem to be deciding for themselves if Netflix’s new eight-part horror series is actually as good as everyone says it is. Created by Haley Z. Boston and executive-produced by the Duffer Brothers, the show has now spent a full week on the streamer’s viewership rankings. It’s competing against a Nordic noir mystery series, Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole, and the recently released third season of XO, Kitty, the spin-off to Netflix’s popular teen romance film trilogy To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.

The new horror series serves as a star-making vehicle for Camila Morrone, best known for Daisy Jones & the Six and the second season of The Night Manager. In the new show, she plays a young woman on the verge of marrying her supposed soulmate, played by Adam DiMarco. However, things take a turn for the worst when they arrive at the wedding venue, the groom’s sinister-looking family manor in the middle of nowhere. Boston has said in interviews that the show is an analogy for the millennial experience, particularly the commitment-phobia that people of a certain generation often go through.

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We’re talking, of course, about the evocatively-titled new series, Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen. Combining the rich atmospheric lore of The Shining with the creepy thrills of Rosemary’s Baby, the series has received positive reviews. It holds a “Certified Fresh” 88% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics’ consensus reads, “Marrying horror and atmospheric storytelling to thrilling effect, Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen ably transports newlywed jitters to the surrealist realm of binge-worthy TV.” In her review, Collider’s Jasneet Singh described it as “a visually stunning watch that effectively employs all the camera tricks at its disposal to tell a tale as old as time, one where the uncertainty around soulmates takes on a more sinister form.” According to FlixPatrol, Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen has spent over a week on Netflix’s domestic and global viewership charts, having peaked at the number one position. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.

Release Date

2026 – 2026-00-00

Network

Netflix

Showrunner

Haley Z. Boston

Directors

Weronika Tofilska, Axelle Carolyn, Lisa Brühlmann

Writers

Ben Bolea, Kate Trefry, Alex Delyle, Alana B. Lytle, Haley Z. Boston

Cast

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  Adam DiMarco

  Nicky Cunningham

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  Camila Morrone

  Rachel Harkin