In a nameless British urban center, Amy (Cara Theobold) is working a dead end job at a bowling alley. She has no boyfriend. Her two best friends are a party animal with poor impulse control and an oddly harmless and friend zoned skeeze named Jake.  Also, Amy is crazy and see’s things and is being released from a mental hospital.

We of course discover this after a cold open straight out of our collective Hollywood nightmares. There are clown masks. And peeing.

Originally aired on British Channel 4, Netflix’s Crazyhead bears all the classic tonal hallmarks of the source: endless sexually charged banter, societal disaffection, and intensely relatable moments of toe curling awkwardness. Like Misfits, Inbetweeners, and The Office the characters are less likable as pitiable. The villains, body hopping demons, prefer successful professionals in monochrome clothing and suburban lodgings. Everyone is lonely and at least a little miserable and before long, whether we like it or not, we find ourselves rooting for even the most unlikable characters to catch a break.

Crazyhead has been compared by some to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, this may in fact be the case for British Millennials. Whereas Buffy juxtaposed the microdrama and pettiness of the American high school experience with literal monsters emerging from beneath the school, Crazyhead does something similar for life after school and the broken promises of prosperity.  The comparisons only go so far. Where Buffy retains a certain cheesy, B-movie charm, Crazyhead’s unrelenting sense of dread makes for a distinctly darker mood. Even when the heroes succeed, there’s an undeniable sense that nobody in fact has won.

Layered over the demon hunting and occasional bloodshed, are overtones of female empowerment and friendship. Amy, Raquel (a series standout, Susan Wokoma) and Suzanne feel like actual friends and their relational collisions feel surprisingly real. Likewise the sense that regardless of gender norms or societal pressures, growing up as a woman is unique unto itself. Shortcuts are rare and costly, and when it comes down to it, some things simply suck.

Crazyhead won’t be for everyone. I’m not even sure as an American man if it was even for me. On the other hand, if you like your supernatural drama a little raunchier, a little disaffected, a little more British, Crazyhead might be exactly what you’re looking for.