Scary Trailer for Netflix’s True Crime ‘American Nightmare’ Doc Series
by Alex Billington
January 3, 2024
Source: YouTube
“I’ve never heard of a case where the kidnappers drop their victim on the front door of their house.” Netflix has revealed an official trailer for another chilling true crime doc mini-series titled American Nightmare, arriving to watch later in January. Continuing the trend of featuring frightening stories from America, this doc examines the real life case of Denise Huskins and an vent in March of 2015. After a home invasion and abduction, a young couple’s recounting of the events is too far fetched for the police to believe. Why did the victims seem so calm? Was it all a hoax? From the filmmakers behind The Tinder Swindler, this three-part doc unravels the consequences of our cultural rush to judgment, and the (irreversible) damage done when law enforcement decides the truth can’t possibly be true. Which is extra disquieting to think about… Netflix reminds: “The story of Huskins’ disappearance invited national media scrutiny, with many comparing it to the 2012 Gillian Flynn novel Gone Girl.” But there’s much more than that. What a deranged & twisted story.
Here’s the main official trailer for Netflix’s doc series American Nightmare, direct from YouTube:
When the worst happens, those at the center of the story hope for justice — or, at the very least, to be believed. Unfortunately, the vast, knotty criminal justice system doesn’t always prove so reliable. In 2015, Denise Huskins and her boyfriend Aaron Quinn were woken in the dead of night by a home invader. Huskins was kidnapped, and what transpired next in the terrifying, twisty, (and very twisted) tale is the subject of this new docu-series on Netflix. American Nightmare is a documentary mini-series directed by doc producers / filmmakers Bernadette Higgins and Felicity Morris, both of whom made the Tinder Swindler doc series for Netflix previously, as well as work in TV producing for years previously. Produced by RAW. Executive produced by Rebecca North and Fiona Stourton. Produced by RAW. Netflix will debut the American Nightmare true crime doc series streaming starting January 17th, 2024 this month. Curious?