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Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping disappearance content into the ol’ VCR.

CW/TW: missing people, SA, grooming, kidnapping, gore, and all like topics 

It’s no secret that true crime has been popular for a while now. 

However, there’s a subgenre of fictionalized true crime I want to focus on today: disappearance content. 

What do I mean by “disappearance content”? 

Well, friends, let me explain… 

I’ve been noticing a trend in shows that focus on a fictionalized disappearance. 

Some of them feel like they could be ripped from a news headline, while others use a disappearance as the jumping off point for a supernatural or slasher storyline. 

Now, I want to give a disclaimer here. 

I know that people go missing every single day, and I’m not here to make fun of or be insensitive to real missing persons cases. 

I can’t imagine losing someone and never getting closure. Saying it must be one of the hardest things a person can go through feels like an understatement. 

Secondly, I did include some CW/TWs up top. These especially apply to the first season of Cruel Summer. 

Alrighty, I think that should do it for disclaimers and introductions. 

Without further ado, here are five disappearance-based shows to check out: 

• Wreck (Hulu) 
• Dead Hot (Tubi) 
• Search Party (Max)
• Cruel Summer (Hulu) 
• Channel Zero: Candle Cove (Shudder and AMC+)