83 Nigerian Carcasses on Netflix Platform: Digitalisation, Thematic, and Cultural Reiterations in Nollywood Film Remakes DOI: https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-2713/2025/v8n3a5 Charles Okwuowulu Theatre Arts and Mass Communication Departments Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Nigeria okwuowulu.charles@funai.edu.ng & Chiemela Ogbonna Pan Atlantic University Lagos Ibeju-Lekki Lagos 08132179645 cogbonna@pau.edu.ng Abstract The watchdog role of the media has become one of the most discussed issues in scholarship. Having emerged through various evolutionary phases, Nollywood films (particularly the remakes) are noticeably marked by narrative reiterations. This paper explores the dynamics of Nollywood technological evolution, (which has metamorphosed into over-the-top (OTT) services with the attendant video- on-demand (VOD) platforms such as Amazon Prime and Netflix) and its impact on storytelling, production, and distribution practices. In interrogating the digitalisation, thematic shifts, and cultural representations in the Netflix- showcased remakes of Nollywood classics such as Living in Bondage, Rattle Snake, Nneka the Pretty Serpent, and Glamour Girls, the paper employs a qualitative thematic analysis through the prisms of technological determinism and decoloniality theories. It specifically investigates the technological differences, thematic Journal of African films and Diaspora Studies (JAFDIS) (Research on African Films, Diaspora Studies, Performance Arts and Communication Studies) Published consistently since, 2018 ISSN: 2516-2705 (Print) ISSN: 2516-2713 (Online) Indexed by SCOPUS, IBSS, EBSCO, ProQuest, COPERNICUS, ERIH PLUS and SABINET Volume 8, Number 3, September, 2025 pp 83 - 98