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Pablo Larraín’s Netflix Horror Miniseries ‘My Sad Dead’ Premieres

9/9/2026

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Pablo Larraín launches the Netflix miniseries My Sad Dead, which competes at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
It adapts Mariana Enriquez’s Argentine stories into psychological horror about a grieving doctor.
Retired doctor Ema, played by Mercedes Morán, sees and speaks with the dead after her mother’s death.
Larraín says everyday life can become terrifying, reflecting poverty, violence and forgotten social classes.
My Sad Dead streams on Netflix beginning September 24 2026.

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Story summary

Pablo Larraín launches the Netflix miniseries My Sad Dead, which competes at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
It adapts Mariana Enriquez’s Argentine stories into psychological horror about a grieving doctor.
Retired doctor Ema, played by Mercedes Morán, sees and speaks with the dead after her mother’s death.
Larraín says everyday life can become terrifying, reflecting poverty, violence and forgotten social classes.
My Sad Dead streams on Netflix beginning September 24 2026.