User Reviews

Overall, I have loved this series, this concluding episode though, didn't feel very satisfying. This excellent series deserved something a little bit better.

Not a lot is explained, so many things are left in mid air, this felt more like a prequel to a second series, which seems a certainty.

Unfortunately the horror vibe has fizzled out for the most part, and we're given something that's just a little weird, perhaps a bit surreal. It very nearly works.

On the plus side, we get one or two good revelations, we get to learn a little bit about where Melody is, and finally we get the meeting we've been waiting for. Top notch acting and visuals once again.

Maybe it'll be better on a second viewing, but compared to the rest of the series, this was off the pace, 6/10.

Netflix shows RARELY catch my eye, but after reading the synopsis of this and looking it up seeing Wan/Benson/Moorhead involved, I had to invest myself.

This series swings for the fences with ominous subject matter that's all over the place and delivers well on mind bending ideals. Often times it can drag on but usually has enough surreal enigma to keep your attention. Unfortunately it shares the same pattern as most series these days. A culmination of 30 seconds of visual brilliance at the end of each episode to keep you on edge and watch the next. This finale is no different and ultimately ends in a middling and head scratching way without a true satisfying conclusion to the convoluted yet imaginative story. I will say the eeriness is unlike anything I've seen in awhile for a series though. Maybe they want to keep people hoping for another season but loose ends could've been tied up better.

Archive 81 is a very curious entry into the box set world, and I was mostly hooked on this horror TV series.

The premise is very interesting taking the now much cliched 'found/lost footage' story and making it all fresh. Our lead is a video tape restorer and has been given a lucrative contract to restore some sensitive videos found in a fire from long back, only to find that there's more than meets the eye!

What we have actually is 2-3 separate narratives which flow through the show that we have to follow, and each is very intriguing. You really are kept on your tenterhooks. It crosses so many lines, as we watch the psychological horror build with cults and cross time travel! There's detective & investigation aspects too, which you are yourself trying to figure it all out too.

None of the actors are well known (not to me anyhow) but you'd think they were mostly experienced as they capture so much so well, and you feel for them. The direction & cinematography is great and thankfully they are able to keep the tension despite it being spread over 8 hours of shows.

I'm trying to not say too much, but really this is a very cerebral show, far better than the usual stuff that is getting churned across the streaming sites. A lot of kudos to Netflix for giving this the green light.

I really recommend you to give it a chance, it's a genuinely great modern horror series.

Awesome finish! Gotta hope they do a season 2!

Really excited to see how they pull it all together, great premise and well executed! And I'm gonna learn that tune on the Piano! See what I can summon!!!!!!!!

This series definitely needs to be watched twice. Too much is left to our imagination. That may be a good thing. I could not look away. What is that reflection in the other window in the last shot of the final scene? I feel that there is more to come.