Irma Vep
(Neon)
This HBO premium miniseries left critics wowed after it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. The series follows Mira, an American movie star, who hopes to escape an existential crisis by moving to France to star in a remake of the silent film Les Vampires. Of course, running away never solves anything and as she begins work on the lurid crime thriller, reality and fiction begin to blur.
One critic praised it for its "relentless cleverness and post-modern sophistication", and the show is currently sitting on a plump 100 per cent Rotten Tomatoes rating.
Streaming from Tuesday.
Offseason
Shudder
Taking inspiration from H.P. Lovecraft's unfathomable horrors and the movie-making style of genre master John Carpenter, this Shudder original will provide plenty of Friday night frights.
![Jocelin Donahue stars in horror film Offseason, streaming on Shudder from Friday.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/CIA3QBI4J2I74DFSQOLABB2JFY.jpg?auth=9410c2cdca0ea4be7bff747654ab6dc2dc473be1bd17c833a17767712e61c124&width=16&height=14&quality=70&smart=true)