Online streaming giant Netflix has 'freaked' viewers out after adding a new horror series to its platform. The mystery thriller leaving fans 'creeped out' is Delete - a show from Thailand that could have quite easily been an episode in Black Mirror thanks to its 'weird' sci-fi plot.
In the series, a unique smartphone-like device can make someone disappear if their photo is taken with it. A description of the show on Netflix reads: "When a pair of lovers entangled in an extramarital affair plot to begin a new life together, they discover a phone than can erase other people from existence."
The series is yet to receive a review on the Rotten Tomatoes website, due to only being released today (June 28), but the response online has been nothing short of wild. Posting about the new thriller, Netflix tweeted a trailer of it, writing: "If you could make someone disappear simply by taking a photo of them, would you? Delete is now on Netflix."
The trailer has seen been watched more than 202k times, since being uploaded this morning. Twitter user Pkwtff replied: "This kinda creepy." Dondapinks added: "This is so weird."
Juls0 tagged a friend and wrote: "Omg so cool, let's watch itttttttt!!!!" Seulyeaji excitedly put: "DELETE THE SERIES ON NETFLIX!" Meanwhile, on Facebook Keith Hughes said: "This look good." Jackie Steptoe typed: "Looks freaky!"
The series comprise of eight episodes, each around 45 minutes long. The three leads actors in Delete include Nat Kitcharit, Fah Sarika Sathsilpsupa, and Ice Natara Nopparatayapon.
An extended synopsis reads: "Questions that challenge the dark side of the mind It is possible in the real world when there is a mysterious mobile phone that can press to remove people to disappear. Then fell into the hands of a group of people who have a complex relationship that each person hides secrets to bring everyone to meet unexpected stories that may change their lives without deleting. Who should stay? Who should be gone? And who is the referee?"
The synopsis of first episode, titled "Delete: Love", reads: "A mysterious girl asks Lilly to take her picture with a peculiar phone. Following a brief escape to Koh Change, Aim and Lilly come back to reality."
The director of Delete is Parkpoom Wongpoom, who first debuted back in 2004 with his mystery horror thriller Shutter - which boasts of 77 per cent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
