Viewers have been ‘hooked’ on an incredible new true crime drama that follows the brutal murder of a teenage girl, with many praising the tender focus it has on the victim.
Back in 1997, 14-year-old Reena Virk went missing from Saanich on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, after being invited to a party near the Craigflower Bridge.
Her body was found eight days later, having washed up on the shores of the Gorge Inlet.
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Virk’s tragic story has now been made into a new Hulu series starring Lily Gladstone, Vritika Gupta and Riley Keough, with the first two episodes released earlier this week.
It’s based on the book Under the Bridge: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk by acclaimed author Rebecca Godfrey, who received British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction in 2006 for her investigation into the murder. You can watch the trailer here:
The new series, Under the Bridge, is told through the eyes of Godfrey (played by Keough) and a local police officer (Gladstone), taking us into the ‘hidden world of the young girls accused of the murder’ to reveal ‘startling truths’ about the unlikely killer.
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Viewers are already obsessed with the ‘harrowing’ story after watching the first two instalments of the eight-part mini-series – although some have admitted they’ll struggle to have to wait until next week for more.
One tweeted: “Under the Bridge has left me shattered. A harrowing true crime series that acts as a love letter to Reena Virk & her family.
"It gives the victim a voice. A thought-provoking & heartbreaking story of lost & broken people.
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"Full of beautiful, powerful, even frightening performances.”
Someone else agreed: “Hulu's Under the Bridge is harrowing, heartbreaking and riveting. Riley Keough and Lily Gladstone are both excellent, and the young actors are thoroughly compelling.
"It's must- watch TV with a top '90s soundtrack."
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A third wrote: “This new Hulu series Under The Bridge with Lily Gladstone is so f**king good. I love a good murder mystery intertwined w/ tragedies and secrets of the investigating officers in a small ‘peaceful’ town. And get this, they got some bad a*s kids f**king shit UP. Yk what that meanssss.”
A fourth added: “The fact that the Under the Bridge episodes are being released weekly is driving me insane.
"I’m so hooked I want the rest NOW.”
Stream Under the Bridge on Hulu now, with new episodes weekly.
Topics: True Crime, TV And Film
Jess Hardiman