Red Mirror: Demon 79 Analysis and Breakdown
After binging the wicked new season of Netflix’s Black Mirror, I’m dying to talk about one of my favorite episodes: Red Mirror — Demon 79. At a preview for the Season 6 premier, the show’s creator Charlie Brooker said: “Demon 79 opens with a ‘Red Mirror presents’ title sequence, marking it out as ‘different-from-yet-adjacent-to’ Black Mirror. This is because, typically, Black Mirror has focused on tech dystopias or media satire, whereas this story has a stronger supernatural element, harking back to 1970s horror. The episode is almost unclassifiable.”
To be completely honest, I’m hooked up to the Red Mirror IV and I need some more episodes, stat. I will be spoiling this episode from start to finish, so if you have not watched it yet, you’ve been warned. Now, let’s talk about the final episode of Black (Red) Mirror’s newest season.
But Before That…the Origin Story
Originally airing in 2011, Black Mirror was an instant hit amongst audiences because of how it drew you in with this uncanny, familiar, dystopian society of a potential parallel universe of our own. Because the episodes did not feature any particular continuity, the anthology approach to the series was incredibly captivating, with each episode ending in such a way that left you thinking ‘what the f*ck did I just watch?’.
