Netflix Reveals Tense Thriller The Bequeathed
Netflix just dropped a trailer for the upcoming Korean suspense drama series The Bequeathed, and it looks like things are about to get sinister. Starring Kim Hyun-joo, the series centers on a long-forgotten family burial plot, and not everything is as it seems. Coming from the brilliant mind of Yeon Sang-ho, the creator of Hellbound and director of Train to Busan, we’re about to be thrust into a supernatural world full of shadowy specters and familial rifts that can only be made by what lies beneath the burial plot.
The Bequeathed will center on Kim Hyn-joo’s Yun Seo-ha, who unexpectedly inherits a plot of land from her late and forgotten uncle. Though this alone sounds like fertile ground for a story that will certainly get under your skin, there are even more complications if the trailer has anything to say about it. Seo-ha’s younger half-brother, Kim Yeong-ho (Ryu Kyung-soo), shows up and suggests that he has a right to the burial ground as well.
At the time of this writing, the full story arc of The Bequeathed is shrouded in mystery. But reports indicate that Park Hee-soon will take on the role of a detective named Choi Seong-jun, who believes that the strange happenings in his town are directly related to the burial ground. His younger sister will be portrayed by Park Byung-eun, and there will be familial tensions stemming from a past incident that happened between the two before the events of the series take place.
In addition to Yeon Sang-ho writing and creating The Bequeathed, the series will be helmed by Min Hong-nam, who has worked with Sang-ho in the past as an assistant director on projects like Train to Busan, Psychokinesis, and Peninsula. But that’s not the only overlap in personnel that we’ll witness, as Kim Hyun-joo also plays a prominent role in the South Korean dark fantasy series Hellbound. The critically acclaimed series is based off of the webtoon of the same name and is another Yeon Sang-ho invention.
With a cast and crew so well-seasoned by past collaborations, it’s reasonable to assume that The Bequeathed will boast a natural chemistry that only comes from years of experience. And if the trailer is any indication, we’re in for a true nail-biter of a series that will tap into the unknown while using the familiarity of family as its primary narrative vehicle. In other words, whatever drama manifests on the surface will only be further exacerbated by whatever unknown entities are lurking beneath the soil.
If the trailer is any indication, The Bequeathed will be a worthy addition to Netflix’s constantly growing K-Content catalog. While we wait for The Bequeathed to make its January 19 2024 premiere, there’s plenty more where that came from. If your appetite for dark South Korean horror thrillers needs to be quelled in the meantime, the following titles come with strong recommendations: All of Us Are Dead, The Glory, #Alive, Kingdom, and Sweet Home.
If you’re thinking about making a New Year’s resolution, we’d strongly suggest scrolling through Netflix’s K-Content catalog to give yourself a primer of what’s to come.
