Baby Reindeer: Horror and Trauma
Baby Reindeer: Horror and Trauma
By Kelly Florence & Meg Hafdahl
This article contains spoilers for the 2024 series, Baby Reindeer, streaming on Netflix.
With the title, Baby Reindeer, we weren’t sure what we were getting into when we started the seven-episode series last month. Intrigued by the seemingly innocuous name, it became clear that horror can exist in even the most innocent settings. What begins as a tale of a man offering kindness to a woman in need, the story turns out to be one of stalking, assault, trauma, and healing. Based on the true story of what happened to writer, actor, and creator, Richard Gadd, the series takes on a whole new level of horror as the audience realizes they are watching the man, himself, relive the terrible things that he went through earlier in his life.