Parents' Guide to The Dead Girls

TV Netflix Drama 2025
The Dead Girls TV show poster: Arcelia Ramírez and Paulina Gaitán stand against jail bars. In the background, the press take photos.

Common Sense Media Review

By Ty'Kira Smalls , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 16+

Lots of sex, death, swearing in drama on killer sisters.

Parents Need to Know

Why Age 16+?

Any Positive Content?

  • The Dead Girls TV show screenshot 1: Paulina Gaitán stands in the middle of open doors. She aims a handgun. She's dressed in black.
  • The Dead Girls TV show screenshot 2: Arcelia Ramírez holds money at a register. She wears a dark orange blouse with a brown floral on one side.
  • The Dead Girls TV show screenshot 3: Alfonso Herrera stands behind trays full of pastries. He wears a tan button-up shirt and a watch.

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What's the Story?

THE DEAD GIRLS follows the Baladro sisters, who run a brothel in 1960s Mexico. Serafina and Arcángela Baladro (Paulina Gaitan and Arcelia Ramírez) have plenty of money, an empire, and the police department in their pocket. Serafina enters a tumultuous relationship with Simón (Alfonso Herrera), and she thinks about a domestic life outside of the brothel. But when one of their girls is found dead in a room, the empire that the sisters built on corruption, murder, and vengeance begins to crumble.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
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This series takes an extremely melodramatic approach to a true story of murder, corruption, and revenge. The Dead Girls is over-the-top, intriguing, and chaotic. The start-and-stop, dark comedic pacing will either pull viewers into the story or confuse them. This is definitely not for young viewers, and parents should note the sexual content, violence, drinking, smoking, and language.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about series based on novels or true events. Are you familiar with the crimes that inspired The Dead Girls? Are you familiar with the novel it's based on? How are their portrayals different? How are they similar? What do you think creators are trying to convey through this series?

  • In this story, many people in power, like the police department, are corrupt. How does that make you feel? What is this series trying to say about the justice system in Mexico? Is the message clear?

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The Dead Girls TV show poster: Arcelia Ramírez and Paulina Gaitán stand against jail bars. In the background, the press take photos.

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