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Netflix’s First YA Horror Series “GIRIGO” Unveils Character Stills Featuring Five Distinct Personalities

Netflix’s First YA Horror Series “GIRIGO” Unveils Character Stills Featuring Five Distinct Personalities

Jeon So-young, Kang Mi-na, Baek Sun-ho, Hyun Woo-seok, and Lee Hyo-je—five high school students battling a curse
Netflix has released a set of character stills that capture tense moments from five high school students trapped in the curse of the wish-granting app 〈GIRIGO〉, in its ambitious debut Korean-style young adult horror series.
| Chua-young
Byun Yohan and Ahn Jae-hong Team Up for a Mystery Thriller… One Day of Terror in “Sonless Day”

Byun Yohan and Ahn Jae-hong Team Up for a Mystery Thriller… One Day of Terror in “Sonless Day”

Director Heo Jeong, known for “Hide-and-Seek” and “The Ghost of Jangsan,” directs the film… It wraps production on the 11th and begins post-production work
Actors ’Byun Yohan’ and ’Ahn Jae-hong’ are set to signal a powerful on-screen chemistry in a mystery thriller ’Sonless Day’ that whips up fear for just 24 hours. Production company CGV Pictures said Tuesday that ’Sonless Day’, which tracks strange incidents that unfold ahead of a new home move,...
| James choi
‘Hope’ Finally Meets Moviegoers. Here’s How Cineplay’s Critics Rated It

‘Hope’ Finally Meets Moviegoers. Here’s How Cineplay’s Critics Rated It

Advance bookings alone topped 600,000. That opening-day figure shows that 〈Hope〉 has become a national talking point, not just a movie-industry event. 〈Hope〉 is the new film from director Na Hong-jin, known for the tense, audacious intensity of 〈The Chaser〉, 〈The Yellow Sea〉 and 〈The Wailing〉.
| Joo Seong-cheol
[BIFAN 2026] How to Enjoy Bucheon 30 Years, 100 Times Over ① Bucheon Is a Genre! 99 Asian Genre Films, 11 Genre Films Directed by Women

[BIFAN 2026] How to Enjoy Bucheon 30 Years, 100 Times Over ① Bucheon Is a Genre! 99 Asian Genre Films, 11 Genre Films Directed by Women

On the occasion of its 30th edition, the festival announced the start of its three-year project, “Asian Genre Films 99” (Asian Genre Films 99).
Above all, it’s a genre festival. For its 30th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Chairman Shin Chul, hereafter BIFAN), the festival screens 321 films from 50 countries (170 feature films, 85 short films, 38 AI titles, and 28 XR titles), and of these 93 are world premieres.
| Joo Seong-cheol
Kim Jae-joong Unveils 'Burn' Music Video for 'The Shrine: The Demon's Whisper' OST

Kim Jae-joong Unveils 'Burn' Music Video for 'The Shrine: The Demon's Whisper' OST

Blending K-shamanism and J-horror, Kim Jae-joong personally performs the OST as Myung-jin, a male shaman.
Ahead of its July 17 release, the shamanism-themed occult horror film 〈The Shrine: The Demon's Whisper〉 has unveiled the music video for "Burn," an OST track performed by lead actor Kim Jae-joong.〈The Shrine: The Demon's Whisper〉 follows the story of Myung-jin (Kim Jae-joong), a male shaman who...
| Kim Ji-yeon
Where You’ve Seen the ‘My Flavor Boys’ Cast From 〈The Legend of Kitchen Soldier〉 Before, Including a ‘Squid Game’ Actor

Where You’ve Seen the ‘My Flavor Boys’ Cast From 〈The Legend of Kitchen Soldier〉 Before, Including a ‘Squid Game’ Actor

The fictional boy band My Flavor Boys has become one of the breakout gags of TVING’s 〈The Recruit Cook Becomes a Legend〉 — popular enough to land on 〈M COUNTDOWN〉 and send viewers searching for the actors behind the group.
| Kim Ji-yeon
[Photo&] Kim Jae-joong makes a bold transformation as a shaman… Tackles Japan-South Korea horror collaboration “Shinsa: Whispers of the Demon” — at the press screening event

[Photo&] Kim Jae-joong makes a bold transformation as a shaman… Tackles Japan-South Korea horror collaboration “Shinsa: Whispers of the Demon” — at the press screening event

Kim Jae-joong takes on the horror challenge with “Shinsa: Whispers of the Demon,” a differentiated kind of fear built on the fusion of a Korean shaman and Japanese occult lore.
This is the most daring transformation he has made since his debut. ‘Kim Jae-joong’ took on his first ‘horror genre’ in his life and stepped forward for the role of ‘a shaman’ through the film ‘Shinsa: Whispers of the Demon’.
| James choi
A Bold Mashup of Teen Drama and Body Horror: “I Want To Be Blonde” Opens on VOD in June

A Bold Mashup of Teen Drama and Body Horror: “I Want To Be Blonde” Opens on VOD in June

The film explores identity and belonging issues facing Asian American teenagers in the U.S. in the format of a genre movie, winning praise A standout from the 2025 SXSW Film Festival featuring Shirley Chen and McKenna Grace delivers an overwhelming sense of immersion Set to land in living rooms in June 2026 through major VOD platforms including the three IPTV providers and Studio Choiсe
I Want To Be Blonde, which combined teen film and body horror and won over audiences, meets Korean viewers on VOD.The film 〈I Want To Be Blonde〉 follows Joann Huang, a Chinese American high school student who lives feeling alienated in American society, and drew major attention after its debut at...
| Seongchan Eol
Cineplay Critics Weigh the Pluses and Minuses of ‘Colony’

Cineplay Critics Weigh the Pluses and Minuses of ‘Colony’

Surpassing 3 million viewers within 10 days of its release, Colony is indisputably the most popular film in theaters right now. Yet despite that box-office success, reactions to Colony are sharply divided — a split that was evident even among Cineplay reporters at a press screening.
| Joo Seong-cheol
10 Million-Viewer Film

10 Million-Viewer Film "Exhuma" Spin-Off Webtoon "Maengjong" to Begin Serializing on Naver Webtoon at 10 p.m. on the 30th

The prequel to "Exhuma," which drew 11.91 million viewers... The story spotlights the first meeting of Shaman Hwarim and Bonggil when they were high school students. "Olgaemi" writer Haemuri is set to write, centered on a strange case tied to the snake god "Jin," as the Korean-style occult universe expands into a webtoon.
Naver Webtoon said on the 29th that it will release the new horror and occult series "Maengjong" on the 30th and begin serializing it. The new work "Maengjong" is a spin-off webtoon of the Korean occult film "Exhuma," which opened in 2024 and drew more than 11.
| Seongchan Eol