Hellbound
“They were resurrected into a hellbound world.”
Original title: 지옥
Yeon Sang-ho, the director behind 'Train to Busan', brings the same apocalyptic dread to television with a premise that turns divine judgment into public spectacle: monstrous entities appear without warning to drag condemned souls to a brutal death, and cameras capture every second of it. Out of the ensuing panic rises a religious movement, New Truth, that reframes the massacres as righteous punishment and seizes control of a terrified public. Kim Hyun-joo's steely detective anchors a story less interested in the monsters than in the cult that weaponizes them. 'Hellbound' is horror as social critique, asking what a society does when it decides some deaths are deserved.
Seasons
2
Episodes
12
Country
South Korea
Status
Canceled
Cast
Yoo Ah-in
Jung Jin-su · 6 eps
Kim Sung-cheol
Jung Jin-su · 6 eps
Kim Hyun-joo
Min Hye-jin · 12 eps
Kim Shin-rock
Park Jung-ja · 12 eps
Yang Ik-june
Detective Jin Kyung-hun · 9 eps
Lee Dong-hee
Kim Jeong-chil · 9 eps
Lee Re
Jin Hee-jung · 7 eps
Won Jin-ah
Song So-hyun · 6 eps
Park Jeong-min
Bae Young-jae · 6 eps
Jung Zi-so
Angel (voice) · 6 eps
Ryu Kyung-soo
Deacon Yu-ji · 6 eps
Kim Jung-woo
[Detective] · 6 eps
Kim Do-yoon
Arrowhead Streamer / Lee Dong-wook · 6 eps
Choi Jung-hwa
[Jungbu HQ leader] · 6 eps
Moon So-ri
Senior Secretary Lee / Lee Soo-gyeong · 4 eps
Im Sung-jae
Cheong Sehyeong · 4 eps
Cha Si-won
Sa-cheong · 3 eps
Park Jung-pyo
Detective Hong Eun-pyo · 3 eps
Kim Si-ha
Park Ha-yul · 3 eps
Lee Dong-yong
Team leader · 3 eps
Nam Jin-bok
Committee Member #1 · 3 eps
Cho Dong-in
Pinwheel · 3 eps
Hong Eui-joon
Kim Sung-jip · 3 eps
Chae Seo-an
Gong Yeon-jae · 1 eps
Moon Geun-young
Ms. Sunshine / Oh Ji-won · 2 eps
Im Hyung-kook
Gong Hyeong-jun · 2 eps
Ko Seo-jeong
Mi-Suk · 2 eps
Kim Mi-soo
Deacon Young-In · 1 eps
Kim Kyu-baek
Joo Myeong-hun · 1 eps
Lee So-i
Girl at the cafe · 1 eps
Reviews
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Trailer
Official trailer
Hellbound
Where to Watch
Streaming
Netflix Episode Guide
1
Episode 1
Horrified bystanders watch as otherworldly beasts chase down and kill a man in broad daylight. Jung Jinsu declares that only sinners are sent to hell.
2
Episode 2
The New Truth offers a sizable payment to Park Jungja, a condemned woman, in exchange for the right to live-broadcast the moment her fate is decided.
3
Episode 3
Addressing a stunned world, Jinsu preaches righteousness. Detective Jin Kyunghun searches for his missing daughter. The Arrowhead targets Min Hyejin.
4
Episode 4
Bae Youngjae follows his co-worker to a fishing dock, where he witnesses a terrifying sight. The Prophet Angel appears in an unthinkable place.
5
Episode 5
A despairing Youngjae tracks down a man who he thinks might have answers. The New Truth catches wind of a mysterious organization with its own agenda.
6
Episode 6
With detrimental information hanging over its head, The New Truth scrambles to protect its power by preventing the public from learning the truth.
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From the same creator: Yeon Sang-ho
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