‘Netflix’s My Sad Dead, Everything to Know About Release Date, Time, Cast, Plot, and Trailer’

Pablo Larraín is bringing his signature blend of restraint and dread to the streaming service with ‘My Sad Dead,’ a psychological horror miniseries built from the fiction of Argentine author Mariana Enriquez. The show is produced by Larraín’s own banner Fabula and is set to premiere on Netflix on September 24.

The series centers on grief, memory, and the thin line between the living and the dead, filtered through a story that unfolds in a forgotten corner of a South American city. Ahead of its arrival, here is a full breakdown of everything currently known about ‘My Sad Dead,’ including when it releases, who stars in it, what it is about, and where to watch the trailer.

My Sad Dead Release Date and Time on Netflix

‘My Sad Dead’ is set to release on Netflix on September 24, 2026, arriving as a four episode miniseries. Before landing on the streamer, the series had its premiere at the 74th San Sebastián International Film Festival. It was also set to compete in the official lineup at the San Sebastian Film Festival this month, giving the project an early festival pedigree before its global streaming debut.

As for timing on release day, Netflix has a consistent pattern for rolling out new originals. New Netflix original movies and TV series always release at midnight Pacific time in the United States and Canada, meaning West Coast viewers in cities like Los Angeles or San Francisco can begin streaming from 12am on release day. Viewers in the Mountain time zone should expect the show at 1am, those in Central time at 2am, and East Coast subscribers in New York or Washington DC at 3am Eastern.

For audiences in the United Kingdom and Ireland, new Netflix originals mostly become available at 8am local time. That means international fans of Larraín’s work will need to plan around the early morning window if they want to be among the first to watch, though as with most Netflix releases, the show will remain available on demand for as long as subscribers want to revisit it afterward.

The Cast of My Sad Dead

The series is led by Mercedes Morán in the central role of Ema, a retired doctor whose grief over her mother’s death opens a door she cannot close. Morán stars alongside Dolores Fonzi, Alejandra Flechner, and Carolina Álvarez.

The cast is rounded out by Carlos Portaluppi, Germán de Silva, and Chilean actress Luz Jiménez. Together the ensemble anchors a story that leans on intimate, character driven performances rather than jump scares, a hallmark of Larraín’s approach to the horror genre.

Behind the camera, Larraín also produces alongside Juan de Dios Larraín and Ángela Poblete, with Álvaro Cabello and Cristián Donoso serving as executive producers. Rodrigo Bazaes oversees design on the series while Sergio Armstrong works as director of photography. The production was filmed with exterior locations in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and lists Fabula and K&S Films among its production companies.

What Is the Plot of My Sad Dead

The story follows Ema, a retired doctor working through grief after losing her mother, who discovers she can see and speak with the dead around her, including her own mother. According to Netflix’s official description, thousands of lives are shaken once Ema’s niece arrives, setting off a chain of events that ripples far beyond her own household.

Per the official synopsis, the arrival of Ema’s niece Julie and the murder of three local teenagers trigger a strange phenomenon that breaks the fragile balance between the living and the dead. What begins as a private burden carried by one grieving woman starts to spread outward into the wider neighborhood, turning personal sorrow into something closer to collective haunting.

Larraín has described the tone he was chasing with the material in blunt terms. “My Sad Dead shows us a city, poverty, violence, and people and social classes that have been forgotten. There is abandonment, death, and love, but at its core, the terror lies in the everyday.” Netflix has tagged the series as chilling and understated, built around themes of ghosts, secrets, and intimate family drama rooted in Argentinian storytelling.

Watch the My Sad Dead Trailer

The first trailer for ‘My Sad Dead’ arrived with the tagline “The Dead Start To Make Themselves Present,” setting the tone for a series more concerned with slow dread than shock horror. The footage leans into the show’s grounded, working class setting, using ordinary domestic spaces to build unease rather than relying on elaborate visual effects.

The trailer premiere was an exclusive rollout from Deadline, which framed the project as one of the more anticipated titles on Netflix’s international slate this fall given Larraín’s track record with films like ‘El Conde’ and ‘Maria.’ That pedigree, paired with source material from a writer as respected as Mariana Enriquez, has already put the series on the radar of horror fans well before its streaming debut.

For a filmmaker known for prestige dramas, the move into a four part horror miniseries marks a notable shift in format, even as the thematic concerns of class, memory, and loss remain consistent with his earlier work. With festival buzz already building out of San Sebastián, ‘My Sad Dead’ looks poised to be one of the more distinctive horror offerings Netflix has released this year.

What do you make of Pablo Larraín trading feature length prestige drama for a four part ghost story about grief spreading through a neighborhood, and are you planning to stream ‘My Sad Dead’ the moment it hits Netflix.