The Netflix True Crime Movie That’s Taking Over The World
True crime and Netflix go hand-in-hand, with some of the streamer’s most massive hits coming from the true-crime genre. It seems like the streamer has another big hit on its hands with the recently released documentary Rosa Peral’s Tapes. The hour-and-twenty-minute documentary film features the first interview of Peral from prison after she was convicted of murdering her partner with the help of an ex-lover.
The documentary film Rosa Peral’s Tapes is a global streaming hit on Netflix.
The Carles Vidal Novellas and Manuel Perez-directed Rosa Peral’s Tapes hit the streamer just last week and it has already climbed to Netflix’s global Top Ten rankings in the span of just a few days. In fact, it reached the #6 spot worldwide in the film category, so there are clearly quite a few people interested in this case all over the world.
Elias Argentiere provides the voice for the English version of the doc, and the rest of the cast of the doc includes Xavier Bartoli, Carla Lechon, Cloe Forts, Oscar Reyes, Lorena Villarreal, Jana Vidal, and Alba Ribo.
Of course, the fact that docs like Rosa Peral’s Tapes can get tons of viewers all over the world means that Netflix is likely going to continue making these true crime docs regardless of the recency of the events.
Rosa Peral’s Tapes is far from the only documentary Netflix has released this year, and it’s not surprising that the streamer continues to pump out a steady stream of these true crime shows and movies. There is clearly a morbid fascination with the subject matter that is able to grab the attention of people the world over. The streamer has also been under fire in recent years for the exploitative nature of some of the true crime content it releases.
For instance, the recent glut of Jeffrey Dahmer-focused content has especially been under scrutiny, since many of the family members and friends of the victims are still alive. The retelling of these true crime stories over and over and the level of attention they get can sometimes cause these victims a lot of pain and trauma as they relive the events all over again.
Reportedly, there was no hard evidence to convict Peral and there was a media takedown of her character, which is made more confusing by the fact that both Peral and her ex-lover Alberto Lopez would accuse each other of being the key perpatrator of the muder of Pedro Rodriguez, who was Peral’s lover at the time.
Of course, the fact that docs like Rosa Peral’s Tapes can get tons of viewers all over the world means that Netflix is likely going to continue making these true crime docs regardless of the recency of the events.
Rosa Peral’s Tapes retells the true crime tale of a murder that was committed in Barcelona in 2017, the subsequent controversial trial, and the media circus that accompanied all of the events. Interestingly, this tale might actually be one of the true crime stories that are worthy of a documentary retelling, simply for the fact that the circumstances around the trial were so bizarre.
Reportedly, there was no hard evidence to convict Peral, and there was a media takedown of her character, which is made more confusing by the fact that both Peral and her ex-lover Alberto Lopez would accuse each other of being the key perpetrator of the murder of Pedro Rodriguez, who was Peral’s lover at the time.
In any case, if you want to see what the Rosa Peral’s Tapes documentary is all about, you can stream it on Netflix now. The streamer also put together a six-episode series titled Burning Body which is a fictional retelling of true crime events. Whether or not any of these projects clear anything up about the case, there will undoubtedly be plenty of people who watch them.
