Hometown (Season 1)

Hometown (홈타운, 2021) is a South Korean crime thriller you can watch online on iFILM. Detective Chwe Hyon-In lost his wife to a terrorist attack. He buried it for ten years — until a new case in a quiet provincial town started pulling the same thread.

At the centre of it: a cassette tape with recordings of serial killings and sounds no one can explain. Director Park Hyun-suk lets the setting carry the weight — a small city where everyone knows everyone creates a particular kind of dread. Um Tae-goo and Han Ye-ri lead the cast; both are actors who do more with a look than most manage with a speech. The TV-MA rating is earned. Stream Hometown online on iFILM.