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Hot Skull

★ 7.1 9K votes 2022–2022 1 season · 8 episodes Ended Netflix
DystopiaOppressive imagined societies and the people caught in them.This show: 8/10UnsettlingA creeping sense of unease and wrongness that gets under your skin.This show: 7/10Social commentaryDeliberate critique of how society works.This show: 7/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 7/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 7/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Osman SonantŞevket ÇoruhHazal SubasiKubilay TunçerArda AnaratFurkan Kalabalik
Written by
Mert Baykal
Starring
Osman SonantŞevket ÇoruhHazal SubasiKubilay TunçerArda AnaratFurkan Kalabalik
Written by
Mert Baykal
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A plague that turns words into weapons"

In a near-future Istanbul gripped by a mysterious epidemic that turns spoken language itself into a source of contagious madness, a reclusive linguistics professor discovers he may be immune. As chaos spreads and shadowy factions hunt him, he's pulled from academic isolation into a desperate fight for survival. The show moves at a tense, moody clip, leaning on atmosphere, paranoia, and a grim vision of a collapsing city rather than big action. It's a slow-building dystopian thriller that trades spectacle for dread and asks unsettling questions about communication and control.

Watch it for

the eerie premise of language itself becoming a deadly virus in a decaying city.

Maybe skip if

you want fast pacing or a satisfying, fully resolved ending after one season.

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

All Seasons

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Season 12022
7.12K88h 14m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Galanthus Byzantinus7.0
32465 min
▶2Cat, Box, Funnel7.1
25458 min
▶3Zone 67.1
23361 min
▶4High Fever7.2
23359 min
▶5Dawn broke, Hour hand died7.2
22959 min
▶613 to 77.2
21661 min
▶7Rose and Thorn7.0
22461 min
▶8My name doesn't matter7.0
22070 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Osman Sonant Murat Siyavus
Şevket Çoruh Anton Kadir Tarakçi
Hazal Subasi Şule Eryılmaz
Kubilay Tunçer Fazil
Arda Anarat Arif
Furkan Kalabalik Serhat
Isik Naz Özedgü Melisa
Tilbe Saran Emel
Hakan Gerçek Can
Erdem Akakçe Cevat

Crew

Mert Baykal

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