Typewriter is according to Twitter so scary and gives you sleepless nights: see therefore

The past few days I saw the internet filled with it: the newest horror series from Netflix: Typewriter. It seemed so scary that the whole of Twitter couldn't sleep and was only tweeting about those sleepless nights because of this series. Well, you know from the past that when you weren't allowed something, you wanted it even more – that's how I am with series and movies. Is something too scary? Can you really not sleep because of it? Then I want to try it myself. I already have sleepless nights (yay insomnia), so it seemed like a smart choice to start this series during a sleepless night. Bad, bad choice.

Because it really is scary. Holy shit, I say. You can check the trailer at the bottom and it already gave me quite the creeps. I could have expected that the whole first season would be like that, but I had also rated myself a bit braver. Unfortunately. So yes, you really have to love suspense, jump scares, and not be averse to a ghost here and there. Oh yes, and just watch it during the day. I'm acting nonchalant about it now, but seriously: it is quite intensely scary.

Typewriter is set in Goa, India. A group of schoolchildren becomes fascinated by an old myth, in which a man supposedly died while writing his book called The Ghost of Sultanpore. He wrote this book on a typewriter, hence the name, and the kids want to investigate the house where he died and where he wrote this book. Before they encounter a ghost, a new family moves into this house and that is when things, well... get grim.

The classic horror elements are present. An old, dilapidated house, with no neighbors in sight – do people really still live there in 2019? Not me. But well, that is present: check. An old device that leads its own life, in this case a typewriter: check. A little girl who died in a suspicious manner in the aforementioned house: check. So that ghost is still roaming around there, indeed. Lots of jump scares, shadows suddenly passing by a window, doorbells ringing for no reason (and then also such a nice old-fashioned one), doors slamming shut; the whole shebang.

The series consists of five episodes, each about fifty minutes long. Yes, you can indeed binge that in a sleepless night. And is it really that scary ? It is finally light and I dare to go to sleep a bit now. So yes, this brave dodo didn't find it a recommendation for the middle of the night. But during the day? Definitely watch.