X Femmes Season 1 Apr 2026

This moral ambiguity caused a firestorm on French television forums in 2009. Critics called it "man-hating pulp." Others, like Les Inrockuptibles , hailed it as "the only honest horror show about the French #MeToo movement—six years early." Season 1 is not perfect. The anthology format means no character returns, so you never get the catharsis of seeing a heroine grow. The budget is painfully apparent: CGI gore has aged poorly, and the show relies heavily on moody lighting to hide cheap sets.

By Margot Deschamps

The result, fifteen years later, remains one of the most underrated feminist genre experiments of the late 2000s. Creator Patrick Menais had a simple pitch: What if the paranormal wasn't about aliens, but about intimacy? x femmes season 1