News on Netflix: What is this detective series with a particularly creepy game of cat and mouse?

Its visuals on the Netflix home page may suggest a link to Squid Game. But the masked appearance of this Copycat Killer character is the only link this Taiwanese series has to the South Korean hit, apart from possibly offering the platform’s subscribers an addictive and suspenseful storyline.

Because Copycat Killer evokes more of a Se7en vibe, and the intro lets us discover an unhealthy cat-and-mouse game between a masked serial killer and a particularly nasty police inspector. Jumping back a few weeks allows us to understand the origin of this situation.

The series is designed to make viewers question the concept of morality, with a harsh critique of the media manipulated by this serial killer, who does not shy away from staging his murders by filming them and then addressing them to television channels. The enthusiasm he inspires in the community encourages him to take his actions even further, but also confronts the police hot on his heels…

Although the plot of the program takes place in the 90s, it is difficult not to see there a portrait of our society, the actions of a killer who can recall the murder of the psychopath Luca Rocco Magnotta, as well as a follower of the film. The murders were then broadcast on the Internet.

Hailing from Taiwan, this ten-episode series takes its inspiration from a Japanese novel Mohan Written by Miyuki Miyaba, already the subject of a film adaptation in 2008 (but also made into a two-part TV movie in Japan). Despite the changes to move the action to Taiwan, this new adaptation is largely faithful to the source material.

The Taiwanese series Copycat Killer is now available exclusively on Netflix!