EPISODE
The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness - Season 1
The Son of Sam case grew into a lifelong obsession for journalist Maury Terry, who became convinced that the murders were linked to a satanic cult.
20 May 1944, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada
6 June 1967, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
May 06, 2021
Like so many of Netflix's murder docs, there is a grim thrill to it all and it does hook you in, but it's ultimately hollow.
May 05, 2021
Should put a new perspective on one of the most famous serial-killer cases of all time.
May 17, 2021
This sensationalized true crime series delves unconvincingly into the flimsy argument that multiple people were responsible for the 1977 New York City killing spree.
May 07, 2021
The series' overly familiar and impersonal form dominates, overwhelms, even obscures its ample, fascinating substance.
May 18, 2021
Too often, the series becomes rote in its investigative imagery. The visual resemblance to other Netflix crime documentaries remains a turnoff.
May 05, 2021
Unfortunately, the fact that these are all just theories means that The Sons of Sam feels, by the end of its four-hour running time, extravagantly unnecessary.
May 07, 2021
In the more than capable hands of director Joshua Zeman, The Sons of Sam becomes as much a profile of Terry's obsessive attempts to re-open the case...
May 13, 2021
Despite this last bit of information, Sons of Sam still ends on a slightly muddled note. In trying to unpack the ambiguity of the material and end the series in a satisfying manner, Zeman stumbles.
May 07, 2021
The series presents a harrowing account of those stressful few months...
May 05, 2021
An occasionally interesting story, full of chilling possibility. But it also misses the dark forest for the trees.
May 05, 2021
Terry's descent down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories around David Berkowitz fuels Sons of Sam but it's handled in such a tabloid, sensational way with the kind of logic that makes real journalists furious.
