Paranormal

I'm a fan of the novels series, I read the 81 stories since I was 17.. When I heard about this project I went back and read the whole collection again. Now this show stands alone as a very special first Egyptian production from Netflix, I loved the general atmosphere, the looks of the characters, the suspense inside every moment, the coloring.. Loved it all The only thing that disappointed me that they had to deform my early imagination about the storyline itself, I had that bad expression all over my face 😅 every time thay tend to change the way I remember some details.. Daram stuff I know but I didn't like it. I hoped they could find another way to give us the whole thing without messing with tge details. Regarding this I'm proud of the series and I hope they go on making a lot more seasons very soon.

I started watching the anticipated series "paranormal" today and actually it is not only another horror/drama series produced by netflix, but it is a very well done adaptation for the great egyptian author "ahmed khaled tawfik" paranormal stories, the acting was nice, the music was better than expected, the cinematography was interesting to watch, overall it was an enjoyable ride and i am surely waiting for season 2

This is a solid contribution to the burgeoning Netflix Horror-series drama, though it dwells more on exploring the actions of supernatural entities than the shock factor. I really appreciated the mixture of Egyptian monsters that haunt Euro-American popular culture, such as the mummy, with Western monsters seen through an Egyptian lens, like the succubus and Lucifer. The main character is extremely unlikeable and unsympathetic, a self-absorbed narcissistic professor, but somehow he solves all the problems while others who get caught up in the adventure get killed. Sometimes the plot and effects can seem low-grade, especially during the Libyan desert episode, but the 1960s Egyptian scenery is atmospheric and well done, and all the storylines came together nicely in a (for the most part) satisfying and sophisticated way at the end.

When i decided to watch this series i did not know what i'm gonna see,but from the first episode i found myself into it and that's for multiple reasons: -the decors and the setting of thoses periods of times in the arabian countries they really did a great job there. -also,the egyptian and libyan arabic they have done it perfectly it doesn't feel like they translated it from english to arabic. -Samma Ibrahim ''Raeefa Ismail'' all i can say about him is that he's done a remarkble effort in playing his character..as well as the othere characters except some of the kids they didn't convince me with there acting.. even though the series still has cons like -a lot of questions are not answered -the CGI they used was so bad..i mean really bad,and they tried to hide it with the darkness in the scene and the camera movment but they didn't succeed in that one,plus,a lot of events rely on CGI. also,the relationship between Raeefa and megie was so cold and cringy and other things that i don't wanna say for the sake of not spoiling any thing. still this does not diminish the value of ''Paranormal''. if you love horror, mysteries and suspense like me..you'll definitely love this series.

Good solid start of a new promising new horror/mystery show.

The story reminds me of classic adventure stories like Indiana Jones and gives constant suspension and couriosity. You want to know what happens next and what the mystery is about. It does not invent something completly new, but delievers an exciting premise.

The main protagonist is the heart of the show and carries the main attention of the spectator. In comparison the other side characters are boring and lack of an impact and can't compete with the actor of Refaat Ismail.

Where The Haunting of Bly Manor fails and tries to copies his own formula, this show creates a satisfying setting.