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HELIX SYFY Channel Original Series

Helix Mini Review The mix of zombies and mad scientists was interesting, even if flawed Streaming currently on Netflix, for a limited time only, this SyFy Channel original series centers on a sudden disease outbreak at a research facility located in the remote arctic.    Mixing classic elements of a murder mystery “Who Dunnit” with the anxiety inducing terror of when “Scientists play God,” the action-packed series merges genres with deft skill.   Things become even more complicated when the epidemic turns humans into zombie like creatures capable of being organized killers armed with super human strength.    One could see Helix as a high tech, science fiction version of “Lost.”   Intriguing questions are posed, and it is up to the viewer to put the parts together.   For the most part, it does work.    The suspense of being in an enclosed isolated space where death is omnipresent is utilized well to keep the paranoia and fear turned up to a fevered pitch.   S