Janine Nabers On How Swarm Tackles Uncharted Territory In Psychological Horror

Like the subversive and interesting characters in Donald Glover's hit comedy "Atlanta," which Janine Nabers also worked on as a writer, this series offers a diverse representation of Black women. This allows for more intricately designed characters who are far more developed than other mainstream examples we're accustomed to. As Nabers told The Hollywood Reporter, this was in an attempt to create more original characters that reflect the endless creativity their white counterparts are often privileged to, "I think it's time for us to have characters that represent as big and as subversive and as weird a world as all of the white characters we've seen in many TV shows and movies since the beginning of time."

Nabers and her talented team even interject layers of critique into their unhinged white characters like Billie Eilish's Eva, whose character has surprising real-life roots. This further underlines her point on psychology in the genre as she elaborated, "There's a lot of diversity in horror right now. It isn't really so scary like a ghost coming out of a closet anymore. I think psychological horror feels like something rich and uncharted territory right now for Black people, so I'm really excited." The standout project even references other works of horror like Jordan Peele's invigorating films, which seemingly inspired "Swarm" with masterfully crafted characters and thrilling psychological themes.