The Crow Girl makes its greatly anticipated debut on Paramount+ today, Thursday January 16, and has already received high praise from British press.
The Crow Girl a multi-faceted contemporary psychological thriller TV-series, is based on the international bestselling trilogy by Erik Axl Sund and follows DCI Jeanette Kilburn and eminent psychotherapist Dr. Sophia Craven as they join forces to hunt the killer of young men. Determined to find who is responsible, the investigation takes Jeanette and Sophia into a dangerous world of historic abuse and murder.
The cast including Eve Myles (Hijack, Broadchurch, A Very English Scandal), Katherine Kelly (Mr Bates vs the Post Office, Liar, Inside No.9) and Dougray Scott (Irvine Welsh’s Crime, Vigil).
Legendary guitarist Slash, who is a huge fan of the novel, serves as Executive Producer and has, together with composer Adam Price, crafted the soundtrack.
The Crow Girl is adapted for the screen by Milly Thomas, who acted in the likes of The Crown and Sex Education, with Charles Martin and Rebecca Rycroft directing.
“One of the finest British crime thrillers of recent years.”
– The Times
“The Crow Girl is a gripping whodunit that brings a Scandi chill to the West Country. Excellent performances from Eve Myles and Dougray Scott illuminate a series that’s not afraid to get much darker than the average streaming thriller. /…/ The series is set in Bristol, but it’s based on a bestseller by Håkan Axlander Sundqvist and Jerker Eriksson about a serial killer in Stockholm. The book is a cult hit, its fans including none other than GNR rock god and tiny-top-hat advocate Slash, who contributes to the soundtrack of the small-screen adaptation. Fret not. This gripping tale of gruesome killings, a paedophile ring and the exploitation of asylum seekers does not kick off with the riffs to “Paradise City”. It instead imports a satisfying Scandi chill to the West Country, as it juggles a torrid sexual abuse storyline with a flinty performance by Eve Myles as a sardonic copper investigating the apparently ritualised deaths of a number of young men. /…/ A seam of uncanniness runs through the series. It is hauntingly embodied by Danish actor Clara Rugaard (last seen in Black Mirror’s underrated “Mazey Day” episode). /…/ The soundtrack is understated and spooky – the perfect accompaniment to a thriller illuminated by the reliably likeable Myles but not afraid to get much darker than the average streaming whodunit.”
–The Independent ★★★★
“A gripping crime drama that fills you with hope for the world’s good people. This confident, stylish adaptation of a Scandinavian bestseller is an extremely well-made thriller about the race to track down a serial child killer.”
– The Guardian ★★★★
“There’s a black vortex of depravity in this tightly-plotted series – but it is compelling. Just when the TV market seems like it’s approaching a Scandi noir saturation point, along comes a drama that makes you fall for the genre all over again. Enter The Crow Girl: a series that is as dark, chilly and foreboding as a Nordic winter, with the camera filters to match. Bristol has never looked so unappealing – set in the depths of winter, it’s been transformed from a vibrant city into warren of bleak streets, where a serial killer could lurk around any corner. /…/ It’s not cheerful, but it rattles along like a runaway train: the perfect gloomy fodder for a cold and gloomy January.”
– The Standard ★★★★
“The Crow Girl is as dark and moreish as crime dramas come. Adapted from Erik Axl Sund’s Scandi-noir novels and with a soundtrack from Slash, The Crow Girl tells a story of exploitation and the terrible legacy of trauma. /…/ Based on the million-selling Erik Axl Sund Scandi-noir novels of the same name, Milly Thomas’s six-part adaptation takes us from innocuous kitchen domestics over loading the dishwasher to the very depths of human cruelty. And all with a lightness of touch that bodes very well for the writer’s future work. The brilliantly understated Eve Myles (Keeping Faith) plays DCI Jeanette Kilburn, a world-weary cop with childcare issues and a rocky marriage. /…/ Myles gives the series a nuanced, human face. She’s an actor often relied upon by dramatists to provide the earth to their more fanciful stories: see her excellent work in Torchwood and, more recently, the wonderfully overblown Hijack. As Kilburn, she’s our way into an increasingly depraved story and her reactions feel truthful and necessarily grounding as the gruesomeness unfolds.”
– The i Paper ★★★★
Photo: Paramount+
