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Equinox

★ 6.1 9K votes 2020–2020 1 season · 6 episodes Ended Netflix
UnsettlingA creeping sense of unease and wrongness that gets under your skin.This show: 8/10Mystery boxCentral riddles sustained across whole seasons.This show: 8/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Danica CurcicLars BrygmannKaroline HammHanne HedelundViola MartinsenFanny Leander Bornedal
Written by
Tea Lindeburg
Starring
Danica CurcicLars BrygmannKaroline HammHanne HedelundViola MartinsenFanny Leander Bornedal
Written by
Tea Lindeburg
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Nordic folk-horror dressed as a missing-persons mystery"

Equinox follows a young woman who starts digging into the decades-old disappearance of her older sister's entire high school class, vanished without explanation on a school trip. As she pulls at old threads, she stumbles into unsettling folklore and rituals tied to the changing seasons. The show leans heavily into moody Nordic atmosphere, cold light, and dread rather than jump-scares, unfolding at a deliberate, brooding pace. It's less about answers arriving quickly and more about sinking into an eerie small-town mystery where the past refuses to stay buried.

Watch it for

the slow-burn Scandinavian atmosphere and folklore-tinged dread that builds steadily across just six episodes.

Maybe skip if

you want fast answers or clean explanations rather than mood-heavy ambiguity.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12020
6.72K64h 30m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Det kommer til at ske igen6.8
38646 min
▶2Pigen er væk6.7
32646 min
▶3Hvad er det du ser, når du sover?6.8
31152 min
▶4Alt på plads, plads til alt6.9
30243 min
▶5Jeg hører stemmer6.9
29241 min
▶6Blodet flyder i årerne6.1
32442 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Danica Curcic Astrid
Lars Brygmann Dennis
Karoline Hamm Ida
Hanne Hedelund Lene
Viola Martinsen Astrid, 9 years
Fanny Leander Bornedal Amelia
August Carter Jakob
Ask Truelsen Falke
Alexandre Willaume Henrik
Peder Holm Johansen Torben

Crew

Tea Lindeburg

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