47 minSeason 2 • Episode 9
LatestThe series takes place in a small Russian town where a deadly virus appears. Most of the inhabitants die, only a few people remain alive, who are affected by sleeping sickness: people cannot wake up on their own, and after two hours of sleep they fall into a coma.
Direction
Three directors create jagged, disorienting tonal shifts.
Practical Effects
Genuine Russian locations feel eerily abandoned.
Creators
Roman Volobuev, Alexandr Lungin, Elena Vanina
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed in actual closed Russian military towns; cast members reported real abandoned equipment on set.
The 'sleeping sickness' mirrors real 2016 Russian anthrax outbreaks from thawed reindeer carcasses—climate horror made literal.
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