''Spectros'' is a Brazilian

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streaming television series that premiered on

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on February 20, 2020. The seven-episode series is run by writer-director

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and produced by Moonshot Pictures. According to Doug Petrie, the series is a mix of Brazilian folklore and history, with elements of Japanese ghost tales, represented by the colorful streets of Liberdade district, home to the largest Japanese community outside Japan in the world.

Plot

The show is in the Liberdade district in

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. Spectros tells the story of a group of five teenagers who are accidentally attracted to a supernatural reality that they can not comprehend and that connects to the same location of the city in 1908. When confronted by increasingly bizarre and gloomy events, the group comes to an inevitable conclusion: someone is bringing the dead back, and the spirits want revenge for the mistakes committed in the past.

Cast

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*Enzo Barone *Cláudia Okuno *Pedro Carvalho *Mariana Sena

Episodes

References

External links

* * {{Netflix original current series 2020 Brazilian television series debuts Brazilian drama television series Brazilian supernatural television series Netflix original programming Portuguese-language television shows Television series about teenagers Television shows filmed in São Paulo (state) Television shows set in São Paulo