Gyeongseong Creature
Gyeongseong, 1945. In Seoul's grim era under colonial rule, an entrepreneur and a sleuth fight for survival and face a monster born out of human greed.
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Official Trailer [ENG SUB]
Official Teaser [ENG SUB]
Date Announcement
Park Seo-jun and Han So-hee giving us the lowdown...
Meet the Cast [ENG SUB]
Episodes
Facing financial ruin, Jang Tae-sang agrees to track down a missing person — but two figures trail him. Meanwhile, sinister operations occur undergrou...
Yoon Chae-ok and Yoon Jung-won find a lead on Myeong-ja, leading them to a hospital. Soon, a calamity traps the two inside, leaving Tae-sang concerned...
Tae-sang decides to reenter the hospital, but discovers that Ryu Sachimoto is nearby. At the hospital, Chae-ok and Jung-won devise a risky rescue plan...
Reunited in their search for Myeong-ja, Tae-sang and Chae-ok attempt to also save other survivors. But soon, the monster makes itself known.
After coming face to face with the creature, Tae-sang and Chae-ok get captured. But as one plans his escape, the other stays to find a person dear to...
Tae-sang steadfastly remains to save Chae-ok and the captives. On a mission to find her mother, Chae-ok learns the grisly truth — and confronts the be...
With only 10 minutes to act, Tae-sang and Chae-ok risk it all to get everyone to safety. But just as all goes to plan, one of them may not get out ali...
An unlikely acquaintance becomes Tae-sang's ticket out of the hospital. After a touching reunion, Tae-sang and Chae-ok encounter a transformed Myeong-...
After a series of grisly deaths, Ishikawa finds Myeong-ja in her new state. Tae-sang shares a tender moment with Chae-ok, unaware of her hidden plan.
In order to rescue Chae-ok and stop the atrocity, Tae-sang and Jung-won forge a plan. But just as the coast seems clear, Yukiko Maeda stands in the wa...
Cast
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TMDB Reviews
1 year ago
GyeongSeong Creature is a horror series that taps into a dark aspect of history, not so well known in the West. That is, the Empire of Japans experimentation on human beings.
Shockingly a lot of what is referenced in this series, really happened. This bleak platform is used as starting point to craft a Korean horror series, that's reminiscent of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein and any Lovecraftian tale, you care to name. A story that not only exposes the horrors of forced medical experimentation, on human beings but also other dark aspects, of imperialism.
Whilst the over riding tale is compelling, I felt the monster/creature effects just didn't come across as all that real, robbing the series of a portion of its impact. Characterisations felt uneven too, with supposedly intelligent, often calculating people, doing inexplicably stupid things.
That said, this series remains a generally worthwhile horror watch, for those with a stomach for it.
In summary, a reasonable but by no means exceptional series from South Korea, that blends dark aspects of the past with fantasy/horror elements. There is also a dash of social commentary on the price imperialism exacts, from those it oppresses. Worth a look.