Overview
A dysfunctional family moves from the city to a small town into a house in which terrible atrocities have taken place. But no one seems to notice except for Patricia “Pat” Phelps, who’s convinced she’s either depressed or possessed – turns out, the symptoms are exactly the same.
Shining Vale functions as a tonal tightrope walk between domestic drama and supernatural horror. The narrative centers on a family relocating to a small town residence with a violent history. While the household members remain oblivious to their surroundings, the mother, played by Courteney Cox, struggles to identify if her internal decline is a clinical mental health crisis or a genuine demonic haunting.
The humor stems from this inherent ambiguity. By mirroring the physical and emotional exhaustion of midlife dissatisfaction with the tropes of a gothic ghost story, the series suggests that the mundane pressures of family life can be as terrifying as any external spirit. It operates on the premise that an identity crisis and possession feel remarkably similar to the person living through them.
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- First Aired
- March 06, 2022
- Status
- Canceled
- Origin
- US
- TMDB Votes
- 67