Top 5 Bizarre Yet Watchable Shows On Netflix
Netflix is the opening to a universe of some of the best TV shows and movies. Yet, don’t be amazed if you come across some of the most bizarre shows and films on the same platform.
But we do not call them strange because the movies and series are basically bad. We do so because while the concept or the story is strange in some, the others seem monotonous and absurd. Even then, you will find a couple of them are highly rated by viewers and unusually watchable. Starting from Floor is Lava to Aggretsuko, here we have mentioned some of the weirdest shows on Netflix for your viewing, if you want to watch them.
Some of the most bizarre shows on Netflix-
1. Sexy Beasts (2021)
Although the concept behind the show may be a decent one — to lend a hand to those who have not been able to find a date because of how they look — it takes blind dating to a entire new level. Moreover, the execution is awful.
Sexy Beasts, while the title is every bit misleading, it presents real-life singles who go on a date wearing prosthetics of animals or any fantastical being. It is difficult to find anything exciting in this show. It’s not astonishing that the original 2014 UK show, on which this is actually based, could not last more than a season.
Watch it here.
2. Test Patterns (2014)
Netflix possibly still assumes that its subscribers are Einstein’s clones. Or else, this technical hoo-ha of a show would not even exist. Visualize staring at your screen, nothing but flexible charts and a picture of a small girl playing with musical instruments fixed at the centre.
The show has four seasons and nearly all episodes are two hours long. Except the charts and a mechanical voice, creating a sort of spooky countdown on a loop, there is not anything — no, nada.
According to Netflix, it is a “compilation of video test patterns organised by source resolution and native frame rate.” Principally, the videos are to test your screen’s illustration balance and rendering.
Watch it here.
3. Michael Bolton’s Big, Sexy Valentine Day Special (2017)
Yep, this show has a 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes (RT), since it is perfectly stupid and hilarious at the same time. It can safely be counted amongst the most bizarre shows on Netflix owing to its odd plotline.
Santa Clause requires 75,000 babies by Christmas to balance the toy production. What does he do then? Approaches singer-songwriter Bolton of the problem. After that, Bolton organizes a telethon with one objective that is to inspire people to make love.
Quite a few prominent names appear as themselves in this special, which includes Adam Scott, Brooke Shields, Sinbad and Janeane Garofalo.
Watch it here.
4. Floor is Lava (2020)
Based on the well-liked children’s game of the same name, this reality show is about contestants crossing a room with lava on its floor to win rewards. Competitors have to find the way through an obstacle course by clinging on to walls, leaping to grab ropes or dangle from them or other props like chandeliers and chairs.
Those who fall into the bubbling red lava are out of the game. Except wait, that isn’t real lava - obviously. According to Newsweek, the “lava” may be made of water, modified food starch and xanthan gum.
The winners will be rewarded with US$ 10,000 and a US$ 29 lava lamp. As weird as any show can be, Floor is Lava has received mixed reviews from critics, with USA Today placing it with others in what is dubbed as “summer of silliness”. Anyhow, the show has been renewed again for a second season.
Watch it here.
5. 4 Ep Example Show for Automation (2016)
Released in 2016, the four episodes are only a few seconds long. They are not anything but a demo of how Netflix’s automatic next episode play feature work.
Keen viewers of this odd show on Netflix will find scenes that are worn out from the critically acclaimed BoJack Horseman, which is accessible on the platform as well. As this gem among bizarre shows moves to the ending, it leads us to Example Show — another odd one that is no longer on the OTT platform.
Watch it here.