Miniseries · HBO Max
The Palu Family: Under a Dark Spell
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Palu Family: Under a Dark Spell actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Palu Family: Under a Dark Spell reads strongest on Serialized, Bingeability and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
An investigation into one of Turkey's most shocking cases -- and how one man was able to enact total control over a tight-knit family.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Denizhan KaymakExecutive Producer
- Deniz Şaşmaz OflazExecutive Producer
- Şükrü Oktay KılıçExecutive Producer
- Dilan KaradağExecutive Producer
Cinematography
- Evren GündoğduDirector of Photography
Music
- Türkay NişancıOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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- HBO MaxStreaming
Where to go from here
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