Jordskott is a police/thriller/horror series from Sweden with two seasons currently streaming on the service Shudder.

The show follows Eva Thornblad a police officer returning home after her father death in a fire. Johan Thornblad led the family business in lumber and mineral extraction and with his death the fate of the company the heart of community’s economy is in doubt as environmentalists pressure for the local virgin forest to be kept pristine. Eva is haunted by the disappearance of her daughter seven years earlier and when local children began vanishing in similar manners she’s drawn by the local police force into the investigation. What she uncovers are dark family secrets, horrors in the forest, and a noirish plot to steal the company her family founded.

Jordskott, which means ‘soil shoot’ in Swedish, practices what is rare today the slow build-up and reveal of supernatural horror. While I watched the series, I was reminded of Twin Peaks and how what started as a hunt for a serial killer twisted into a tale of ancient evil and the corruption just under the surface of a small American town. Jordskott while having the same gradual reveal of supernatural forces and evil that lurks inside of people’s souls, takes its own approach and should not be considered as a ‘knock off’ production. Its similarity lies in tone not plot.

We have not yet started on Season 2, but I am very pleased with season one, which did not end in a cliff-hanger but rather presented a complete and satisfying story. If you have Shudder, and given its slim pricing it’s really one of the best deals out there for commercial-free streaming, this is something to give a spin.