The Watcher beats Dahmer
Nail crushes nail, Ryan Murphy beats Ryan Murphy: after 21 days at the top of the list of the most viewed titles by Netflix Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has been dethroned. The series that reconstructs the events of the terrifying American serial killer had made its debut last September 21 and was immediately placed at the top of the top 10 of the most viewed practically all over the world. Despite or even thanks to the controversy that had surrounded it, this story has aroused a spasmodic curiosity but which has now had to give way to an equally powerful novelty: The Watcher, the new thriller series created by Murphy himself and released on 13 October.Based on a true story, The Watcher stars Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale as a couple who move into a new home, the home of their dreams, only to collide with the hostility of their neighbors but above all with the paranoia induced by a series of threatening letters arriving from a mysterious Observer. In a few days, the new thriller managed to unseat Dahmer, who in recent weeks had managed to climb the ranking of the most viewed of Netflix: with over 700 million hours seen in just two weeks, it is the second most English-language series. seen in the history of the platform, just after the fourth season of Stranger Things. Coincidentally, one of Netflix's most viewed films is currently another Murphy production, namely Mr. Harrigan's Phone, an adaptation of a Stephen King short novel by Blumhouse.
These results demonstrate how the mega-deal signed by Netflix with Ryan Murphy in 2018 was a very successful move: after first attempts that have had moderate success, such as The Politician or Hollywood, Murphy has continued to churn out new titles such as Ratched and Halston which, through ups and downs, have continued to consolidate its relationship with the audience of the streaming platform. But it is precisely with Dahmer and The Watcher, with whom the prolific showrunner has returned to the glories of two of his greatest hits (American Horror Story and American Crime Story), that this combination has given the most surprising results. Until the next, distressing series.