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Les Revenants - Genre

Background:
- French supernatural drama television series created by Fabrice Gobert
- Based on the 2004 French film They Came Back (Les Revenants),
- Directed by Frabrice Gobert
- Debuted on 26 November 2012 on Canal+ and completed its 
- First season, consisting of eight episodes
- First season won an International Emmy for Best Drama Series.

- The second season, also comprising eight episodes, premiered on 28 September 2015 on Canal+
- Premiered in the UK on 16 October 2015 on More4, and 
- in the US on 31 October 2015 on SundanceTV.

Canal+ is a huge French television company comparable to the BBC in the UK. 
International distributor was Universal Studios. 

Genre:
'French supernatural drama'. I would say it is also a horror (creepy child e.g. the shining) e.g. when mother see's her daughter thinks she is going mad pleonastic sound stereotypical horror genre.

Les Revenants is a classic example of genre hybridity (when different genres combine)

Horror - 
Supernatural - Creepy kid following someone home 
Drama (also Soap Opera) - Slow paced family drama (arguments, parents have divorced, family member coming back after long time) Mum with the two men (scandal?), 
Avant-garde - Experimental way of showing zombies (no rotting after brains)
Zombie - Experimental way of showing zombies (no rotting after brains) but they are dead coming back to life 
French - 

A Cult TV show
A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a work of culture, often referred to as a cult classic. A film, book, musical artist, television series or video game, among other things, is said to have a cult following when it has a small but very passionate fanbase. A common component of cult followings is the emotional attachment the fans have to the object of the cult following, often identifying themselves and other fans as members of a community. Cult followings are also commonly associated with niche markets. Cult media are often associated with underground culture, and are considered too eccentric or subversive to be appreciated by the general public or to be commercially successful.
Many cult fans express a certain irony about their devotion.[clarify] Sometimes, these cult followings cross the border to camp followings. Fans may become involved in a subculture of fandom, either via conventions, online communities or through activities such as writing series-related fiction, costume creation, replica prop and model building, or creating their own audio or video productions from the formats and characters.


 Zombie Conventions 
Hunger - all the returned are hungry (Camille eating)
Pale faces - (Camille, Victor)
Mortality - Lucy killed in tunnel, Camille returning
Clothing - Camille clothing is atypical - clean clothes, clean face, no injuries
Adeles reaction - shock, horror, non-acceptance. Barricading the door, zombie trying to get into the house. Typical of genre.  
Keyboard heavy soundtrack - typical to have keyboard and synth sounds

 Night of the living dead 
- Wooden barracades
- Horde of slow moving zombies (not in les revenants. All alone, different speeds)
- Move like zombies, stumbling, groaning (not in les revenants.)


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