"What do you get when you cross an all-women dance troupe with a rebellion against Catholicism and erotic '90s thrillers? Something supremely queer, I hope. In the words of Ayo Edebri: I'm simply too seated. This is The Body, a new Netflix psychodrama from queer writer-director and Blame actress Quinn Shephard, starring none other than The Traitors ' sapphic supreme, Gabby Windey (plus a host of other very talented stars) Announced back in October, the eight-part show is set to further the fascination with "raunchy" coming-of-age, sports-ish series when it's released later this year, and with a wink-wink-nudge-nudge approach to religion, too."
""I've always been interested in the idea of girlhood as a religious experience. This story is definitely my way of putting a playful spin on all the nightmares of my own teenage-dom," Shephard told Tudum last year. "Tonally, I would describe the show as gritty camp. It's a raunchy teen psychodrama with a dash of Catholic horror.""
"Described as a psychodrama-cum-teen-thriller with "mounting dread" in every episode, new Netflix hit-in-waiting The Body follows a team of "badly behaved" teen dancers at a Catholic school for girls. Early on, they attempt a group initiation ritual that goes terribly wrong, leading them to have "prophetic visions that set off mass hysteria" in their close-knit town."
The Body is an eight-part Netflix psychodrama centered on a badly behaved team of teen dancers at a Catholic girls' school. A group initiation ritual goes horribly wrong and the dancers begin experiencing prophetic visions that spark mass hysteria across their town. The series blends gritty camp, raunchy coming-of-age elements, and Catholic horror, treating girlhood as a quasi-religious experience. The tone draws heavily on '90s and Y2K teen movies and erotic thrillers such as Mean Girls, Carrie, Jennifer's Body, and Heavenly Creatures, while engaging historic religious trauma and contemporary political shading. Quinn Shephard serves as writer-director, and Gabby Windey stars among an ensemble cast.
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