SeriesTV-MASlasher Psychological

Epitaphs2004

Name: Epitaphs
Genre: Slasher, Psychological
Released: 2004-08-14
Rating: 7.4

Created by Adrián Suar

7.4

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 7.8TMDB 7.1

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Year

2004

Seasons

Network

HBO Latin America

Status

Ended

Box Office

🏆 2 wins & 11 nominations total

The premise

Epitafios is a 2004 13-episode, Argentinian crime fiction TV mini-series with the tagline: El Final Está Escrito ... The End Is Written. The series, which takes place in an unnamed South American city, was shot in Buenos Aires. The series was produced by HBO Latin America and Argentinian TV/film company Pol-Ka Producciones. It was written by Marcelo Slavich and Walter Slavich and directed by Alberto Lecchi and Jorge Nisco. Although all of the actors were Argentinian, a neutral Spanish was used instead of the local Rioplatense Spanish, avoiding colloquialisms such as the local vos in favor of the more common tú. The series debuted in Australia on SBS in May 2007 under the title If The Dead Could Speak. It premiered in Poland on Cinemax on November 6, 2008. In Germany, it premiered on November 6, 2009 on pay TV channel FOX under the title Epitafios - Tod Ist Die Antwort.

Horror Vault's take

Set against the shadowy backdrop of an unnamed South American city and shot on location in Buenos Aires, Epitaphs is a gripping HBO Latin America crime thriller that follows investigators closing in on a calculating killer who seems to be working from a predetermined script. Over 13 episodes, the series weaves together detective work, psychological profiling, and a mounting body count into a slow-burn mystery that refuses to let go. The tagline — 'The End Is Written' — hangs over every scene like a dark promise, keeping tension coiled throughout. It's a prestige production that brings cinematic craft to the serial-killer genre.

Content: Violence, Depictions Of Murder, Mature Themes

Episode Guide

· 10h 24m total· Aug 2004 → Nov 2004

S1.E1 · The Past Will Never DiePremiere
Aug 14, 2004 · 48 min
Five years after the death of several innocents at a local school, a brutal crime reunites again sheriff Eugenio Benítez, ex-cop Renzo Márquez and psychiatrist Laura Santini, all at the time a headstone shows the faith of The One Who Never
S1.E2 · Guilty or Victims
Aug 21, 2004 · 48 min
After the death of The One Who Never Should Have, Renzo and Martín decide to work together. Their investigations drive directly to to the father of one of the dead boys on the incident at the school. Meanwhile, Laura is stalked by the kille
S1.E3 · Labirynt
Aug 28, 2004 · 48 min
Trying to figure out the identity of the killer, Renzo and Martín follow the trail of one of the possible guilties. At the same time, they receive the epitaph of The One That Made of Deception a Game. Renzo gets closer to his prey.
S1.E4 · Mortal Game
Sep 4, 2004 · 48 min
Back at the storages, Renzo finds important information, Manuel goes to Laura's consultory and The One Who Made of Curiosity an Obsession will satisfy the killer's curiosity. At the same time, in a complicated police operation, Renzo gets u
S1.E5 · Forgiving the Past
Sep 11, 2004 · 48 min
Laura finds new information about the killer, at the same time, her relation with her ex-husband becomes more tense. A new epitaph, found next to the body of the previous victim predicts the luck of The One Who Ignored that Disgrace Attends