The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window has a superb title for a multitude of reasons. Sure, it describes the actual premise of the new Netflix series featuring Kristen Bell perfectly while also evoking the story’s mysterious and twist-laden nature, but more importantly, it captures the show’s ability to poke fun at the physiological horror genre’s expense and still occupy that space and embrace what makes it so addictive in the first place. Granted, none of that matters if the series isn’t any good, but, thankfully, that isn’t the case, as Bell, Michael Ealy, Tom Riley, and the rest of an overall stellar cast create a show that isn’t afraid to take a few jabs at itself while also successfully keeping viewers on the edge of their seats. It’s not an easy feat, and while the show has its flaws, this is a murder mystery that left me gasping more than once and had me glued to my screen all the way through.
