Monstrous, by the creator of Train to Busan and Netflix’s Hellbound, is an occult romance K-drama ‘not so different’ from his previous works

Filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho is the creator and scriptwriter of new occult romance series Monstrous, which is about a small town swept up in a supernatural disaster

The original K-drama, which will premiere on April 29, stars Koo Gyo-hwan and Shin Hyun-bin as a former couple who come together to solve the mystery

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Filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho is the creator of Train to Busan (pictured). His newest project, Monstrous, is an occult melodrama. Photo: Next Entertainment World

Published: 5:16pm, 25 Apr 2022

By Lee Gyu-lee

Filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho, best known for hit zombie film Train To Busan (2016) and Netflix’s dystopian fantasy series Hellbound, is the creator and scriptwriter of the new occult romance K-drama Monstrous.

“I wanted to write something in the genre of melodrama,” Yeon says of making Monstrous. “I thought I didn’t want to write anything with horror and said [the series] is going to be about a melodramatic story of a married couple.

“Then, I started to add in occult-genre elements to make the story more interesting and added some crows. So it came out not so different from my previous works. However, it still has a melodramatic story.”

The original series, which will premiere on April 29 on Korean streaming platform Tving, is about a small town swept up by a supernatural disaster.

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