Is Any Part Of Archive 81 Real? Kaelago Cult, Visser, Comet?
Netflix's Archive 81 is a truly eery series—but how much of the story is real? From secret cults in the heart of New York City to world-opening comets, Archive 81 is packed to the brim with supernatural elements that would be truly terrifying to experience in real life. Here is a breakdown of the truth behind this horrifying series.
Archive 81 is the latest project from the iconic horror creator, James Wan, and Rebecca Sonnenshine. Based on the podcast of the same name, Archive 81 is a found-footage horror series about a video archivist named Dan Turner (Mamoudou Athie) who uncovers a century-old murderous cult after he was hired by the shady Mr. Davenport (Martin Donovan) to restore old VHS tapes. As Dan restores these tapes, he falls down a rabbit hole of mysteries surrounding Melody Pendras (Dina Shihabi) and the tenants of the supernatural Visser Apartments.
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Archive 81 is not—unsurprisingly—a true story. However, some of its material is drawn from real-life inspiration. The Vos Society, while itself not real, has endless inspiration to draw from. NYC, and the state of New York as a whole, has been a hotbed of mysticism and supernatural spirituality for decades, providing a home for practices such as seances, tarot reading and, over the years, multiple cults and secret societies as well. The Vos Society's beliefs surrounding the Comet Kharon also closely mirror the beliefs of the Heaven's Gate cult, who committed mass suicide in 1997 under the belief that the Comet Hale-Bopp would free them from their bodies and take them to a new world. Comet Kharon is not a real comet that orbits the earth, though its name is derived from the Greek deity Charon, who serves to ferry the
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