House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths

House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths

Created by: Leena Yadav
Streaming on Netflix.

This show gives us a bizarre, strange experience. It gets more eerie as it keeps progressing. The event in itself is mind bending, and confusing as it is for everyone. But as we get to know more details, about how and why this entire debacle happened - it gets scarier. The first episode starts with the event, the details of the event, and it ends with the hint that this was a planned event, and not something that happened out of an impulse. The second episode deals with the diary, and how they all are being controlled by a voice in a man's head. It's extremely bizarre and mind bending. 

The craft of this material is on point - especially how it's edited. I think documentaries are entirely created on the edit table. In the beginning where they explore the details of the event, they add shots of water leaking from a raw tap, a shot of a lot of wires tangled, and all of these definitely add to the eerie tone of the show. The way the interviews were shot, was also interesting. I remember one of the interviewees was mildly sweating and that added to the tone. They don't have a lot of real footage too, but they crafted a very nice show out of whatever they had. They extensively used a family photo, and some old photos and footages. Netflix has carved a niche for creating these true crime documentaries.