Do you like Stranger Things and Resident Evil? You might like Netflix’s new Korean series

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His journey takes him to Onseong Hospital, where disturbing underground experiments are conducted on prisoners. Between these walls, the heroes will have to face the tentacle monster.

Kyongsong Creature surprises from the first moments with its extremely violent opening. In the prison, the bodies are collected, burned and the inmates are shot before the creature appears in the flames.

This South Korean series uses an important part of the country’s history – Japanese colonization – to fuel the fantasy plot.

Between 1910 and 1945, 7,500 people died at the hands of Japanese forces. During these 35 years, many Koreans were imprisoned and subjected to bacteriological experiments.

Kyŏngsŏng’s work echoes this tragedy, obviously much of the fiction. Divided into two parts – 6 episodes for the first, 4 for the second – the series is a large-scale historical drama that does not let up.

With its underground science world, it’s hard not to think of the experiments in Stranger Things. As for the creature, its design is reminiscent of Resident Evil watches.

Between melodrama, horror, and fantasy, The Creature of Kyŏngsŏng blends multiple genres and should definitely appeal to fans of Korean fiction.

The Creation of Kyŏngsŏng – Part 1 is available on Netflix.