‘The Beast in Me,’ starring Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys, filmed extensively in N.J.

Emmy winner Claire Danes is Aggie Wiggs, an author mourning her son in “ The Beast in Me .”

Aggie finds it difficult to write under the weight of her grief — but then she clocks Nile Jarvis.

Danes’ fellow Emmy winner Matthew Rhys is Nile, the writer’s new nextdoor neighbor, who presence puts Aggie on alert. The estate mogul was a suspect in the disappearance of his wife.

As Aggie takes an interest in Nile and his story — and the truth about him — her curiosity is piqued enough to get her interested in writing again.

The Netflix mystery thriller series , which the streamer bills as a “game of cat and mouse that might turn deadly,” filmed extensively in New Jersey. (See full locations list and trailer below.)

“We are, all of us, drawn to monsters,” Danes’ character says in the t