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Is South Korean Series ‘Hellbound’ Netflix’s Next ‘Squid Game’?
Netflix’s Squid Game was an enormous hit for the streaming giant. With any groundbreaking phenomenon, a trend is always the follow up. It’s no surprise that Netflix is doubling down on its Korean selection, and Train to Busan director’s next epic Hellbound is a nice place to start.
Hellbound is set in a world in which Death Angels start appearing and dragging people to to hell. The phenomenon changes the word as we know it and spawns churches that believe that the Death Angels are holy creatures. It also begins a trend of people living their lives around the fact that one of these Death Angels is inevitably going to come for them. As with Squid Game there is going to be plenty of social commentary.
Hellbound is based on a Korean webtoon called “Hell” and will follow that series pretty closely from the word out of TIFF.
The six-part Hellbound series will land on Netflix to steal some souls beginning November 19.
It’s been a great October. Lots of scary stuff in theaters and on streaming platforms. I think we have become spoiled from the wealth of awesome stuff. Well, November isn’t going to be a slouch either. Its horror lineup is looking pretty good. Its got stuff that is new and some classics thrown into the mix for good measure.
The line-up for Netfix’s November releases goes like this:
Addams Family
Dracula
It Follows
Snakes on a Plane
The Nightingale
Thirteen Ghosts
When a Stranger Calls
Total Recall ( 2012)
Hellbound
Cowboy Bebop
Masters of the Universe Part II
Catching Killers
That’s nice little chunk of horror and thrillers. Most notably, Hellbound is a new Korean series that sounds amazing. I’m certain it was born out of Netflix searching for the next big thing out of Korea. This could be it.
We also have a return to the divisive Masters of the Universe. Part II will tie things up much to a lot of fans chagrin. This series made fans go almost as insane as they went for Halloween Kills.
All in all, it looks like there will be plenty of stuff to keep us in the spooky mood for November. Thirteen Ghosts alone is pretty dang exciting.