The River
The River Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.5 |
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"Found-footage horror lost in the Amazon"
A famous nature-show explorer vanishes deep in the Amazon, and when his emergency beacon activates years later, his estranged son and wife assemble a rescue crew to find him. Filmed as found footage for a documentary-within-the-show, the series drops the team on a cursed river where something supernatural stalks every tributary. It moves fast and leans hard into jump scares and creeping dread rather than characterization, feeling like a serialized haunted house ride. The mystery of what happened to the explorer keeps pulling you forward even when the scares feel repetitive.
the relentless, inventive jump-scare craft from the Paranormal Activity team applied to a jungle setting.
you need grounded characters, since the found-footage gimmick prioritizes scares over depth.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Magus | 6.8 | 536 | 44 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Marbeley | 7.0 | 433 | 44 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Los Ciegos | 7.1 | 365 | 44 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | A Better Man | 7.1 | 316 | 43 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Peaches | 7.6 | 313 | 42 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Doctor Emmet Cole | 7.7 | 298 | 44 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | The Experiment | 7.7 | 318 | 44 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Row, Row, Row Your Boat | 7.5 | 323 | 44 min |