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Final Trailer For Netflix’s “Hellbound” Series Arrives Ahead Of Next Week’s Premiere

Final Trailer For Netflix’s “Hellbound” Series Arrives Ahead Of Next Week’s Premiere

Over the past few years, Korean horror films and series, such as Bong Joon-Ho’s 2020 Academy Award-winning film Parasite, have been growing in popularity in the states. One of the most highly anticipated Korean horror series, “Hellbound, ” which is now headed your way and we’ve got the final trailer for the dark, English subtitled series that gives us a glimpse of creatures that appear before the damned to deliver an ultimatum of when they’ll return. The series is based on a Korean webtoon of the same name and depicts a world where angels of death make themselves known before dragging people to hell. Yeon Sang-Ho, best known for his hit zombie film Train to Busan. is in the director’s chair for the series’ whose six-episode first season premieres on Netflix on November 19, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Horror Fuel

Premiere Date Announced For New Series “Hellbound” From The Director Of ‘Train To Busan”

Netflix has just announced the premiere date for the highly anticipated Korean supernatural series, “Hellbound”, from the director of Train to Busan. In the series, a detective, a lawyer, and a journalist set out to investigate the link between a mysterious cult leader and beings who have descended to earth to condemn people to hell. The series centers on the strange events which are tied to the rise of a religious sect called New Truth. Yoo Ah-in (Burning, #Alive) plays the leader of the cult, Jung Jin-soo, while Yang Ik-june (Breathless) plays a widowed detective Jin Kyung-hoon, and Park Jung-min (Time to Hunt) stars as the journalist. Kim Hyun-joo (Glass Slippers) plays the lawyer. Yeon Sang-ho developed the series with Choi Gyu-seok based on the duo’s webtoon Hell. The official synopsis is as follows: “Unearthly beings deliver bloody condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of divine justice.” “Hellbound” made its

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2021
Horror Fuel

Hell Is Unleashed In The Trailer For ‘Train To Busan’ Sequel ‘Peninsula’

Set four years after South Korea’s total decimation in Train to Busan, the zombie thriller that captivated audiences worldwide, acclaimed director Yeon Sang-ho brings us Peninsula, the next nail-biting chapter in his post-apocalyptic world. After a long wait, we finally have the first full trailer that tests the action-packed zombie movie we’ve been begging for! Jung-seok, a soldier who previously escaped the diseased wasteland, relives the horror when assigned to a covert operation with two simple objectives: retrieve and survive. When his team unexpectedly stumbles upon survivors, their lives will depend on whether the best—or worst—of human nature prevails in the direst of circumstances. Gang Dong-won, Lee Jung-hyun, Kwon Hae-hyo, Lee Ye-Won, Kim Min-jae, and Koo Kyo-hwan star in this high octane horror.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 16, 2020
Horror Fuel

‘Train To Busan’ Director Making ‘Hellbound’, A Supernatural Horror Series For Netlix

Director Yeon Sang-ho made waves with his 2016 hit zombie film Train to Busan, whose sequel Penninsula is on the way. Now, the director has a new project, a Netflix series titled Hellbound. The series is an adaptation of Choi Gyu-seok‘s Korean webtoon Hell, which tells of a group surviving under social chaos when a group of supernatural beings appear and condemn people to hell. A new religious group interprets them as the will of the divine. There is no release date announced as of yet, but we’ll keep you updated. In the meantime, check out the trailer for Peninsula.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2020
Horror Fuel

Sink Your Teeth Into The Trailer For ‘Train To Busan’ Sequel ‘Peninsula’

Set four years after South Korea’s total decimation in Train to Busan, the zombie thriller that captivated audiences worldwide, acclaimed director Yeon Sang-ho brings us Peninsula, the next nail-biting chapter in his post-apocalyptic world. And we’ve got the first teaser trailer! Jung-seok, a soldier who previously escaped the diseased wasteland, relives the horror when assigned to a covert operation with two simple objectives: retrieve and survive. When his team unexpectedly stumbles upon survivors, their lives will depend on whether the best—or worst—of human nature prevails in the direst of circumstances. Gang Dong-won, Lee Jung-hyun, Kwon Hae-hyo, Lee Ye-Won, Kim Min-jae, and Koo Kyo-hwan star in this high octane horror. A release date should be announced soon.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 2, 2020
Horror Fuel

A First Look At Train To Busan Sequel ‘Peninsula’

Yeon Sang-ho‘s 2016 Korean zombie flick Train to Busan was a smash hit around the world. Now, the sequel, Peninsula has secured distribution through Well Go USA. And today, we’ve got the first look and it’s badass! The film is set four years after Train to Busan, in the same universe, but it does not continue the story and features new characters. Government authority has been decimated after the zombie outbreak in Korea. Nothing is left except the geographic traits of the land. A former soldier who manages to escape from the Korean peninsula – a zombie-infested wasteland turned into a ghetto by other nations trying to stop the spread of the virus. Sent back with a crew on a mission to retrieve something, he goes through the port of Incheon to reach Seoul and comes under attack, discovering there are non-infected survivors left on the peninsula. Gang Dong-won, Lee Jung-hyun, Kwon Hae-hyo, Lee Ye-Won, Kim Min-jae, and Koo Kyo-hwan

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 24, 2020
Horror Fuel

SEOUL STATION, The Prequel To Train To Busan, Arrives In The U.S. This May

Seoul Station, the highly-anticipated, award-winning prequel to the 2016 zombie hit Train To Busan will arrive exclusively on iTunes in the U.S. later this month from writer-director Yeon Sang-ho. In this animated film, “a man sleeping in Seoul Station becomes a catalyst for the pandemonium in downtown Seoul, a zombie apocalypse. The rapidly spreading infection propels an authentic family drama, drawing mordant parallels to real-world social horrors.” The characters of Seoul Station are voiced by Seung-ryong Ryu, Franciska Friede, Joon Lee, Sang-hee Lee, and Eun-Kyung Shim. The unrated, Korean language film which features English subtitles, arrives on iTunes on May 30, 2017 from Film Rise.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 26, 2017

More from Yeon Sang-ho

Final Trailer For Netflix’s “Hellbound” Series Arrives Ahead Of Next Week’s Premiere

Final Trailer For Netflix’s “Hellbound” Series Arrives Ahead Of Next Week’s Premiere

Over the past few years, Korean horror films and series, such as Bong Joon-Ho’s 2020 Academy Award-winning film Parasite, have been growing in popularity in the states. One of the most highly anticipated Korean horror series, “Hellbound, ” which is now headed your way and we’ve got the final trailer for the dark, English subtitled series that gives us a glimpse of creatures that appear before the damned to deliver an ultimatum of when they’ll return. The series is based on a Korean webtoon of the same name and depicts a world where angels of death make themselves known before dragging people to hell. Yeon Sang-Ho, best known for his hit zombie film Train to Busan. is in the director’s chair for the series’ whose six-episode first season premieres on Netflix on November 19, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Horror Fuel

Premiere Date Announced For New Series “Hellbound” From The Director Of ‘Train To Busan”

Netflix has just announced the premiere date for the highly anticipated Korean supernatural series, “Hellbound”, from the director of Train to Busan. In the series, a detective, a lawyer, and a journalist set out to investigate the link between a mysterious cult leader and beings who have descended to earth to condemn people to hell. The series centers on the strange events which are tied to the rise of a religious sect called New Truth. Yoo Ah-in (Burning, #Alive) plays the leader of the cult, Jung Jin-soo, while Yang Ik-june (Breathless) plays a widowed detective Jin Kyung-hoon, and Park Jung-min (Time to Hunt) stars as the journalist. Kim Hyun-joo (Glass Slippers) plays the lawyer. Yeon Sang-ho developed the series with Choi Gyu-seok based on the duo’s webtoon Hell. The official synopsis is as follows: “Unearthly beings deliver bloody condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of divine justice.” “Hellbound” made its

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2021
Horror Fuel

Hell Is Unleashed In The Trailer For ‘Train To Busan’ Sequel ‘Peninsula’

Set four years after South Korea’s total decimation in Train to Busan, the zombie thriller that captivated audiences worldwide, acclaimed director Yeon Sang-ho brings us Peninsula, the next nail-biting chapter in his post-apocalyptic world. After a long wait, we finally have the first full trailer that tests the action-packed zombie movie we’ve been begging for! Jung-seok, a soldier who previously escaped the diseased wasteland, relives the horror when assigned to a covert operation with two simple objectives: retrieve and survive. When his team unexpectedly stumbles upon survivors, their lives will depend on whether the best—or worst—of human nature prevails in the direst of circumstances. Gang Dong-won, Lee Jung-hyun, Kwon Hae-hyo, Lee Ye-Won, Kim Min-jae, and Koo Kyo-hwan star in this high octane horror.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 16, 2020
Horror Fuel

‘Train To Busan’ Director Making ‘Hellbound’, A Supernatural Horror Series For Netlix

Director Yeon Sang-ho made waves with his 2016 hit zombie film Train to Busan, whose sequel Penninsula is on the way. Now, the director has a new project, a Netflix series titled Hellbound. The series is an adaptation of Choi Gyu-seok‘s Korean webtoon Hell, which tells of a group surviving under social chaos when a group of supernatural beings appear and condemn people to hell. A new religious group interprets them as the will of the divine. There is no release date announced as of yet, but we’ll keep you updated. In the meantime, check out the trailer for Peninsula.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2020
Horror Fuel

Sink Your Teeth Into The Trailer For ‘Train To Busan’ Sequel ‘Peninsula’

Set four years after South Korea’s total decimation in Train to Busan, the zombie thriller that captivated audiences worldwide, acclaimed director Yeon Sang-ho brings us Peninsula, the next nail-biting chapter in his post-apocalyptic world. And we’ve got the first teaser trailer! Jung-seok, a soldier who previously escaped the diseased wasteland, relives the horror when assigned to a covert operation with two simple objectives: retrieve and survive. When his team unexpectedly stumbles upon survivors, their lives will depend on whether the best—or worst—of human nature prevails in the direst of circumstances. Gang Dong-won, Lee Jung-hyun, Kwon Hae-hyo, Lee Ye-Won, Kim Min-jae, and Koo Kyo-hwan star in this high octane horror. A release date should be announced soon.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 2, 2020
Horror Fuel

A First Look At Train To Busan Sequel ‘Peninsula’

Yeon Sang-ho‘s 2016 Korean zombie flick Train to Busan was a smash hit around the world. Now, the sequel, Peninsula has secured distribution through Well Go USA. And today, we’ve got the first look and it’s badass! The film is set four years after Train to Busan, in the same universe, but it does not continue the story and features new characters. Government authority has been decimated after the zombie outbreak in Korea. Nothing is left except the geographic traits of the land. A former soldier who manages to escape from the Korean peninsula – a zombie-infested wasteland turned into a ghetto by other nations trying to stop the spread of the virus. Sent back with a crew on a mission to retrieve something, he goes through the port of Incheon to reach Seoul and comes under attack, discovering there are non-infected survivors left on the peninsula. Gang Dong-won, Lee Jung-hyun, Kwon Hae-hyo, Lee Ye-Won, Kim Min-jae, and Koo Kyo-hwan

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 24, 2020
Horror Fuel

SEOUL STATION, The Prequel To Train To Busan, Arrives In The U.S. This May

Seoul Station, the highly-anticipated, award-winning prequel to the 2016 zombie hit Train To Busan will arrive exclusively on iTunes in the U.S. later this month from writer-director Yeon Sang-ho. In this animated film, “a man sleeping in Seoul Station becomes a catalyst for the pandemonium in downtown Seoul, a zombie apocalypse. The rapidly spreading infection propels an authentic family drama, drawing mordant parallels to real-world social horrors.” The characters of Seoul Station are voiced by Seung-ryong Ryu, Franciska Friede, Joon Lee, Sang-hee Lee, and Eun-Kyung Shim. The unrated, Korean language film which features English subtitles, arrives on iTunes on May 30, 2017 from Film Rise.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 26, 2017