Red Rose will terrify all smartphone users as the new horror drama arrives on Netflix.
With Chernobyl’s Adam Nagaitis and Gentleman Jack actress Natalie Gavin among its stars this is a thriller series that exposes the dangers that lurk online as it follows a group of teenagers, including Wren (Amelia Clarkson) and Rochelle (Isis Hainsworth), who are enjoying a long summer after their GCSEs. But their friendships are infiltrated by a phone app called 'Red Rose', which threatens dangerous consequences if they don’t meet its demands.
Created by Eleven, the production company behind Sex Education and The Enfield Haunting, the series explores the intoxicating relationship between teenagers and their online lives.
So here's everything you need to know about the eight-part horror drama Red Rose…
Red Rose Netflix release date
Red Rose is now available globally on Netflix having previously been shown on the BBC in 2022. You can still watch it on BBC iPlayer in the UK as well.
Is there a trailer for Red Rose?
Yes there's trailer for Red Rose/ 'It's not just your battery that could die!' it tells us, setting the tone for the horror to come! Just as we were expecting it's edge-of-your-seat stuff. See below, plus a teaser trailer in the tweet below...
Red Rose plot
Red Rose is set in Bolton, in north west England, during the long, hot summer after the GCSE exams are over and follows a group of childhood friends. Wren (Amelia Clarkson) and Rochelle (Isis Hainsworth) are on the cusp of a summer of fun with their tight-knit gang – including Wren’s crush Noah (Harry Redding) – after finishing their GCSEs. But when Rochelle downloads a mysterious phone app called Red Rose, it kickstarts a terrifying campaign of dangerous demands, which exposes the friends to a seemingly supernatural force. Who or what is Red Rose?
"Wren and her friends are excited for no school and no rules. It’s set to be a summer with everything ahead of them," says Amelia Clarkson, 24, who’s starred in Poldark and The Last Kingdom. "But Wren’s romantic interest in Noah causes Rochelle to feel jealous, and the collapse of their friendship is awful timing considering what Rochelle goes through with Red Rose,’ she adds. ‘Rochelle becomes isolated, and the phone itself becomes this kind of phantom amongst the group, which is truly terrifying."
Red Rose cast
The Red Rose cast is a mix of experienced actors, rising stars and newcomers. It features Chernobyl and The Terror actor Adam Nagaitis, Natalie Gavin (Gentleman Jack) as Rochelle's estranged parents, plus Samuel Anderson (Doctor Who, Landscapers). It’s rising stars include Amelie Clarkson (Poldark), Isis Hainsworth (Metal Lords), Ali Khan (The School for Good and Evil), Ellis Howard (Catherine the Great) and Ashna Rabheru (Sex Education) while newcomers Harry Redding and Natalie Blair round out the cast (see main picture above).
Red Rose behind the scenes
Red Rose is written by Bolton-born twins Michael and Paul Clarkson, who penned The Haunting of Bly Manor on Netflix.
"The show has an individual writing style that I hope will set it apart from anything else," says Amelia Clarkson."The fact that the characters take what’s on their phones as absolute gospel speaks volumes for our generation, too."
