Kristen Bell stars in Netflix’s latest series as the titular woman in the house across the street from the girl in the window – the latter of whom likely gets murdered. That’s how those things go, no?
A spoof of many genre tropes, the show certainly has no shortage of inspiration: from classics like Rear Window, more recent works like Disturbia, to book adaptations like The Girl on the Train and the very bad The Woman in the Window, there’s plenty of “voyeur witnesses crime but everyone thinks they’re crazy so they have to go out and do the police’s job for them” movies to draw from.
For heartbroken Anna (Bell), every day is the same. She sits with her wine, staring out the window, watching life go by without her. But when a handsome neighbour (Tom Riley) and his adorable daughter move in across the street, Anna starts to see a light at the end of the tunnel. That is until she witnesses a gruesome murder… Or did she? She does have a penchant for mixing pills and comedic amounts of red vino, after all.
From breaking endless casserole dishes to the rampant alcoholism and sceptical law enforcement, this concisely-titled, eight-episode series looks to poke fun at this very successful, very niche thriller subgenre. The best part? Apart from one snippet of dialogue (“I just feel like I’m falling apart like a house of cards, like a sandcastle when the tide has come in, like a rickety chair, or an old jalopy”), the teaser plays it completely straight.
Michael Ealy, Mary Holland, Shelley Hennig, Cameron Britton, Christina Anthony and Benjamin Levy Aguilar also star in The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window, which is due to launch on Netflix January 28th.
Watch the teaser trailer below:
