With the man responsible for helming apocalyptic horror movies like Train to Busan and Peninsula, and shows like Hellbound – Yeon Sang-ho – making his return to create the upcoming Korean occult series The Bequeathed (선산), one can expect great terrors on the way that will treat you to a spine-chilling watching experience like no other.
2024 is already turning out to be quite the year ruling with thriller content at the top of the premiere table with films like Exhuma and Concrete Utopia‘s sequel, Badland Hunters, releasing in the first quarter of the new year itself. Dystopian storytelling has once again consumed the K-entertainment industry and avid viewers of these solemn and grave themes are in for a blockbuster-filled time without a doubt.
Scheduled for an OTT premiere this January, Sang-ho’s creation is also one of the many new webtoon adaptations to make it to the small screen in recent memory. Directed by Min Hong-nam (making his directorial debut), the suspenseful K-drama has been co-written by Yeon alongside Min and Hwang Eun-young, and is based on Kang Tae-kyung’s webtoon of the same name. Check out this article for more details of the series releasing soon.
The Bequeathed Kdrama Plot
Ominous secrets of a family start spilling out as the figurative skeleton in the closet is let loose once a woman becomes the sole inheritor of a burial ground following the death of an unknown uncle. Soon after that, as she attempts to reconnect with this side of her family shrouded in darkness, a man claiming to be her half-brother also appears on the scene, demanding the right to their ancestral ground. Before she can grasp the situation at hand, a string of murders tied to her family’s secrets unleash a bloody fury of even bigger dangers ahead.
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The Bequeathed Netflix Cast
The Netflix series has casted Kim Hyun-joo (Jung_E Netflix film, Trolley, Hellbound), Park Hee-soon (Trolley, Moving, My Name), Park Byung-eun (The Great Battle, Moving) and Ryu Kyung-soo (Itaewon Class, Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938, Jung_E) in lead roles. Park Sung-hoon (The Glory) is also expected to join in as a guest star.
The Bequeathed Release Date and Trailer
Helmed by production companies Wow Point and RedPeter Films, that have previously well-tested this genre of movies, the webtoon-inspired Korean drama series will release on Netflix on January 19, 2024. It will reportedly have 6 episodes, all releasing on the same day.
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Will you be tuning into Netflix for the forthcoming horror series? Let us know your thoughts on the concept in the comments section below.
First of WHAT….THE…FUCK…IS…THAT…SHOWS…NAME?!?
i cannot say it, could it say instead: the heat
I think many will overlook this one and because of the loong weird name, i was lucky to find it,
What it is about: dectetive investigation stuff, the bodyes in episode one is pilling up, but otherwise god grief its SO BORING, and 1 houer with talking and finding the murderer, but they never fight with one,
I was afraid i never wake up from my slumber, its nothing for me ITS NOT FUNNY AT ALL, if the rest of this showis like this someone must wakemeup with a shotgun tomy face, i prefer dragon breath shells,
If you have patient watch it, if not go for a walk into a higway with atleast 50cars,
My score so far: 1.0 of 5, please make more funny comedy shows.
Boring, police investigation only, 90% talking stuff, too loong episodes, must be patient to watch, the people in this unliklebale, please die.
My advice for this show: fastforward to the end of each episode if you want anything to happen, its always at the end of each episode, everything before that you could just sleep trought it.