Gyeongseong Creature (Seasons 1–2)

Gyeongseong Creature (2023) is a Korean Netflix series blending noir detective thriller with sci-fi horror — watch it online on iFILM. The setting is March 1945 in Japanese-occupied Seoul, weeks before liberation. Park Seo-joon plays Jang Tae-sang, a pawnshop owner given one ultimatum: locate a missing woman before the cherry blossoms fall, or lose everything.

The trail leads to a military hospital where something monstrous is being engineered behind sealed doors. Han So-hee plays Yoon Chae-ok, a tracker who has spent a decade hunting for her vanished mother. The two are drawn into a conspiracy that goes far beyond a missing-persons case. Released in two parts, the series links colonial-era atrocity directly to the creature at its centre — not as metaphor but as cause and effect.

That choice separates it from standard K-drama fantasy: the horror is grounded, the stakes are historical. Stream Gyeongseong Creature (2023) online on iFILM.