Love ‘Love, Death and Robots’? Watch ‘The Kirlian Frequency’ on Netflix

There are some truly remarkable, innovative gems hiding in the depths of your Netflix account, and The Kirlian Frequency is one of them. Part radio play, part collection of conspiracy theories, it’s hard to explain exactly what this five-part animated series is. The only thing that can definitively be said about this animated series is that it must be seen to be believed.

Written and directed by Cristian Ponce and Pedro Saieg, The Kirlian Frequency is an Argentinian web series that was originally released on YouTube and Vimeo. Its animation is purposefully low budget, incorporating black silhouettes with glowing eyes against strategically patterned backgrounds. Yet the overall effect of these simple yet strange visuals with this story’s audio-heavy, rambling narration make the short series a compelling exploration of the oddities of animation. It’s a series that will immediately intrigue fans of Netflix’s Love, Death & Robots.

Each episode starts with the unnamed radio host of 96.6, The Kirlian Frequency. His nightly disjointed monologues about distrusting the government should be familiar to anyone whose ever explored the land mine that is AM radio. The difference is that every story this host presents is hauntingly true. Warnings of ghostly little boys who will steal your soul casually bleed into exposes about the town’s werewolf and a call-in story from a woman being stalked by ominous strangers worried about bugs. It’s insane nonsense, but as the animation proves it’s insanity that’s actually unfolding in this world.

Or is it? That’s the question that forever haunts The Kirlian Frequency and its far too level-headed host. Is he really presenting this warped world the way it is and uncovering its dark truths, or is this entire series an actualized representation of what a conspiracy theory looks like? There’s never a clear answer, and that’s what makes The Kirlian Frequency so interesting. And with an only 45-minute runtime, this is one animated mystery you can easily explore in an afternoon.

Watch The Kirlian Frequency on Netflix