Hellbound Releases Two Gripping Teaser Posters!
“Executors” from Hell that land in the middle of Seoul. The chaos that unfolds as people are faced with unimaginable supernatural phenomenon, “Is this murder, or damnation?”
Netflix series Hellbound explores a world swept by a supernatural phenomenon where executors from Hell suddenly start to condemn people to Hell, and a new religious group called the New Truth emerges amidst this chaos, while others try to uncover the truth behind the series of events.
With the two teaser posters that have been released, Hellbound is fueling viewers’ anticipation for the new world that director Yeon Sang-ho has created.
The two teaser posters draw the attention of audiences with the gripping images of never-seen-before “executors” and people who are called upon and forced to experience condemnation to Hell. The person seemingly being punished by being set on fire in front of an executor and the terror and chaos portrayed by the man being chased by an executor in the middle of Seoul amplify the intrigue of audiences about a new dystopian world created by director Yeon Sang-ho. Visualized in a way that has never been seen before, the executors invite viewers to wonder where they are from and what the demonstration of Hell means. Anticipation grows by the day about the stories that will unfold in Hellbound.
Having been invited to a series of renowned domestic and international film festivals even before its official release, including the Toronto International Film Festival, BFI London Festival, and Busan International Film Festival, the highly-anticipated Netflix series Hellbound is based on the webtoon titled The Hellbound, critically acclaimed as “the most shocking piece of work in the history of webtoon” and boasting a rating of 9.77 out of 10. “From the time when I was working on the webtoon, bringing the story onto the screen was always at the back of my mind,” says director Yeon Sang-ho, who created the original webtoon with Choi Gyu-seok, author and illustrator of Songgot, teamed up with Choi again to flesh out the world of Hellbound. Through the supernatural phenomenon where “executors” from Hell land in the middle of Seoul to demonstrate condemnation to Hell, the filmmaker reveals human weaknesses and fears and provides a sharp portrayal of a variety of people in the midst of the chaos. From Seoul Station to Train to Busan, Peninsula, and The Cursed: Dead Man’s Prey, director Yeon Sang-ho has made social commentary through his portrayal of imperfections and diverse aspects of people who are faced with insurmountable disasters or supernatural phenomena, and with Hellbound, he once again poses the sharp question of “What kind of world do we live in? And how should we, as humanity, live?”
Ramping up anticipation with the unveiling of the two gripping teaser posters, Hellbound premieres exclusively on Netflix on November 19.
Infomation
Title: Hellbound
Original Work: The Hellbound, a webtoon written by Yeon Sang-ho and Choi Gyu-seok
Directed by: Yeon Sang-ho
Written by: Yeon Sang-ho and Choi Gyu-seok
Starring: Yoo Ah-in, Kim Hyun-joo, Park Jeong-min, Won Jin-a, Yang Ik-june, Kim Do-yoon, Kim Shin-rock, Ryu Kyung-soo, Lee Re et al.
Produced by: Climax Studio
Distributed by: Netflix