Thriller series
Insomnia S1
Emma fears losing her mind after suffering from sleep deprivation two weeks before turning 40. Only by confronting her past can she find the answers.
Reyka’s Speelman and five killers who love playing games
Criminal profiler Reyka is back playing strategy games with her childhood captor Angus Speelman in Reyka Season 2. We look back on his slimiest moments from Season 1, and check out five movie killers who love toying with their prey.
Made in South Africa
Reyka S1-2
Kim Engelbrecht and Iain Glen star in this SA crime drama set in KZN about a criminal profiler who is haunted by her past as she investigates shocking murders.
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Angela Black
Trapped in her marriage, Angela is approached out of the blue by Ed, a private investigator, who spills her husband’s darkest secrets.
Josh Hartnett on his role as a tech guru plagued by his own creation in The Fear Index
Josh Hartnett stars as a scientist and hedge fund CEO whose own invention turns on him and the world’s financial markets in The Fear Index.
The Fear Index S1
A genius scientist-turned-Wall-Street-tycoon becomes the target of a plot to destroy the world’s financial markets in this tense thriller.
DAM S2
Rain has finally come to Fischerhaven – but Yola has no memory of anything since her return for her father’s funeral. Will she ever put the missing pieces together?
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Craft vs daft: Spy series The Ipcress File gets espionage right
Harry Palmer is a working-class spy who gets the job done and dusted in British Cold War-era thriller The Ipcress File.
The Ipcress File
As the Cold War rages, an ex-smuggler turned spy is drawn into a dangerous undercover mission to locate a missing British nuclear scientist.
Diiche
When her fiancé is found dead, celebrated actress Diiche must confront her dark side and the secrets of her past.
Made in Nigeria
The Rising
A woman realises that she has been murdered and seeks out her killer and justice in this thriller based on the original Belgian series.
Devils S1-2
In this Italian thriller, Patrick Dempsey stars as the CEO of a major US bank. The show is based on a bestselling novel that was inspired by the 2008 financial crisis.
Interview: Skemerdans directors’ fresh take on Cape Town
“We don’t want to show the mountain or the sea. We want to show the inner city, the grittiness,” says Amy Jephta, who co-directed Skemerdans with Ephraim Gordon.
Interview: Kantie Patel, owner of the oldest nightclub in Cape Town
Galaxy has been a Cape institution since the late 70s, which made it the perfect setting for the upcoming Showmax Original, Skemerdans.
The creator of DAM on the challenges and joys of making the series
Alex Yazbek, the multiple-SAFTA winner who wrote and directed the acclaimed Showmax Original thriller, tells us about his highs and lows.
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Antoinette Louw on playing the deceptively powerful Dora in DAM
She may come across as a nurturer and mother figure, but Yola and Sienna’s aunt Dora is a dark horse if ever there was one.
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Faniswa Yisa on her role as the nursing sister Lindiwe in DAM
As Themba’s aunt, Clara’s nurse and Lazarus Zita’s sister in the Showmax Original, the Knuckle City star gives a spookily good performance.
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Laudo Liebenberg on playing the ruthless Rudy in DAM
The aKing frontman, who has starred in Black Sails and Die Byl, plays a conflicted small-town leader in the Showmax Original thriller.
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Neil Sandilands on his first local role since cracking Hollywood
In the Showmax Original psychological thriller DAM, Neil plays small-town handyman Bernoldus, “the artist hiding in plain sight”.
Lea Vivier on embracing vulnerability as a strength in DAM
In the Showmax Original, Lea plays Yola Fischer, who returns to her childhood home and is forced to confront her troubled past.
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Pallance Dladla on searching for the truth in DAM
In the Showmax Original thriller series, Themba, a biker on the run, lands up in a small town with a lot going on below the surface.
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Showmax Original DAM is now streaming and ready to binge-watch
Drawing comparisons to HBO’s The Outsider, DAM is a thriller about a prodigal daughter exorcising her demons when she returns home.
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First-look trailer: twisty and twisted new Showmax Original, DAM
The dark thriller series is set in the Eastern Cape and stars Lea Vivier, Natasha Loring, Pallance Dladla and more local stars.
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The Third Day
The six-part HBO thriller has been praised as “a riveting psychological thriller and a stunning showcase for Jude Law.”